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nmc on Feb 11, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: How smoking weed is still legal for tourists in Am...

Good examples, except for downloading: Dutch law recognizes intellectual property, broadcasting/selling copyrighted material is forbidden, but obtaining it is not illegal.

Ergomane on Feb 11, 2014 [–]

That depends on what is downloaded. Downloading copyrighted software is illegal in NL, downloading movies, music and books is not.

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