Nothing is for free. In America, streaming "free" movies is considered a crime. A true story of what happened to one of our properties when students illegally streamed movies:
I guess around the world there are no consequences for streaming "free" movies. But did you know that when you stream these movies, they are automatically downloaded to your device? This is how US companies catch people committing Copyright Infringement. Copyright laws are designed to protect the creator of original works, which are creative expressions from others using and profiting their work, without permission.
Summertown House Nightmare
“The internet provider had the name of the movies illegally streamed, the IP address of each device with the downloads... the date, time, everything.”
Not a fun week for Summertown House that week before finals. The internet was shut down. No WIFI. It was quite a shock to everyone. It seemed everyone knew you weren't supposed to download illegal material, but streaming free movies was ok... at least in many other countries there were no consequences.
If it's too good to be true, then it probably is...
Americans can only dream of not having to pay Hulu, Netflix, Amazon to watch movies. If only! But alas, that would be too good to be true!
Please Be Aware
“There will be many new things you learn about living in CA, this issue is a big one to learn fast! No one ever wants their WIFI shut off! ”
So we ended up having a house meeting at Summertown House the night the WIFI was shut off. We all gathered together to find out what happened. Turns out one student had downloaded a game, one he had downloaded many times in Sweden. Another student just wanted to watch a re-run of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. And yet another student at Rose Cottage wanted to watch Aquaman. And they all happened around the same time so that put us all in a big predicament.
No More Chances
So for a couple weeks the students on the property could not log onto YouTube, Google Docs/Slides and for the rest of the semester, movies were blocked... even Netflix. It was a nightmare for sure! Read the info we got about violating the law! So, please be aware we have no chances left! If we download any more illegal material, we will be using dial up connection for internet use, if you even remember what that is. No movies in the US are free. Buy your movies or buy a membership to avoid another nightmare. Thank you!
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