that simply watching the films/programs is in itself, not in any way illegal.
Oh for heavens sake. I give up... this is going round and round in circles !
There is no such thing as "just viewing" ... if you are viewing, you are downloading !
I suspect you will also find that the whole idea behind more recent national legislation and EU directives such as Directive 2001/29 from above is to spell this whole nonsense out to people like yourself who think they can do what they like because they are "just viewing".
Infact if we look at 5(2)(b) from 2001/29 which the ruling above told us
"must be interpreted as not covering the case of private copies made from an unlawful source" :
in respect of reproductions on any medium made by a
natural person for private use and for ends that are neither
directly nor indirectly commercial, on condition that the
rightholders receive fair compensation which takes account
of the application or non-application of technological
measures referred to in Article 6 to the work or subject matter concerned.
And you then go back and get an idea of what they call a "reproduction" :
direct or indirect, temporary or permanent reproduction by any means and in any form
Viewing on your computer necessitates a temporary reproduction. Thus case closed.
Finally, just show some damn respect for the content rightsholders and their right to earn a living. Therefore view your content through authorised sources because as the ruling above says, you are merely "
encourage the circulation of counterfeited or pirated works, thus inevitably reducing the volume of sales or of other lawful transactions relating to the protected works, with the result that a normal exploitation of those works would be adversely affected."