You are not allowed to share such files with others online but you can download them and it’s NOT illegal. I don’t know where you live but I’m willing to bet the law works the same there. It is a law (in my country it translates to “Fair use” but I cannot guarantee that is the name in yours) that states if a media file (picture, music, video, document) was posted online, you are free to assume that the person who posted it had the (copy)right to do it. Without this law the Internet wouldn’t be able to work as it does. Websites are not displayed on your monitor from thin air, your browser downloads their content automatically, caches it on the hard drive and from there it’s loaded and displayed in the browser. Without this law in place, by visiting any website that contains any image, video etc. you would be breaking copyright law because those pictures etc. would download to your hard drive. This law does not apply to software.
WTO governs a lot of global copyright issues. I would be surprised the fair use exception allows you to download copyrighted content except for a few limited fair use purposes, ie education. And with very specific guidelines as to what qualifies as fair use.
You are not allowed to share such files with others online but you can download them and it’s NOT illegal. I don’t know where you live but I’m willing to bet the law works the same there. It is a law (in my country it translates to “Fair use” but I cannot guarantee that is the name in yours) that states if a media file (picture, music, video, document) was posted online, you are free to assume that the person who posted it had the (copy)right to do it. Without this law the Internet wouldn’t be able to work as it does. Websites are not displayed on your monitor from thin air, your browser downloads their content automatically, caches it on the hard drive and from there it’s loaded and displayed in the browser. Without this law in place, by visiting any website that contains any image, video etc. you would be breaking copyright law because those pictures etc. would download to your hard drive. This law does not apply to software.
100% not true in the US.
Unlikely to be prosecuted or sued, but not true.
What country are you from?
WTO governs a lot of global copyright issues. I would be surprised the fair use exception allows you to download copyrighted content except for a few limited fair use purposes, ie education. And with very specific guidelines as to what qualifies as fair use.