Is Serienstream.to legal? An assessment
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At Serienstream.to you can watch almost every series for free. In this practical tip, we will tell you whether the service is legal.
Serienstream.to: legal or illegal?
- At first glance, Serienstream.to looks serious, no illegal content is suspected.
- Nevertheless, the site violates the law by offering the copyrighted series free of charge.
- The operators of the site are therefore punishable. You can read about the legal situation for you as a user in the next paragraph.
Serienstream.to: What applies to the user?
- So far, users of offers like Serienstream.to or kinox.to have been in a legal gray area. However, the situation has changed following a ruling by the European Court of Justice in April 2017.
- The ruling states that streaming copyrighted content is clearly illegal. The legal situation is now clear, but in practice little changes for the consumers of the streams.
- Many Internet providers already automatically block the Serienstream.to service. You can get around this lock if you change your DNS name server.
- When streaming, only the operator can see your IP address and theoretically determine your identity. You therefore do not have to expect legal consequences until the operators of the website are caught.
- If you are shown an illegal stream, you will incur costs of around EUR 150 per procedure. You also have to pay the license fee for the film. This is the price of the series for online video stores, which is usually between 3 and 10 euros.
- Despite everything, we advise against sites like Serienstream.to. Instead, you should use offers from streaming services such as Netflix or Amazon Prime Video.
In the next article, we will explain what you can do with a streaming warning.