Yout is an online utility that lets users download copies of videos from various sources, including YouTube. Founder John Nader insists that the service Yout offers doesn’t break the law — but a Brazilian criminal court disagrees.
File sharing blog TorrentFreak reports that last week, a judge of the 12th Criminal Court of São Paulo issued a ruling against Nader, imposing a hefty fine for violating Brazil’s copyright laws.
Stupid of Brazil to enforce laws for American companies when they have been flagrantly ignoring Brazilian law for years. Tit for tat response would be ignoring stuff like this, at the very least.
Hard to argue it’s use is time shifting when it’s youtube. I’d look into the ramificatuons of ignoring it and never stepping foot in Brazil.
You can’t send someone a file and then get mad that they have it.
