I'm asking about what place one could openly host every known commercial pop song and every Hollywood film without any worry about being shutdown or sued.

For a reference, according to a one-minute check of Wikipedia, the only countries which haven't ratified the Berne Convention or the TRIPS Agreement in any way are Eritrea, Kosovo, Palau and Palestine. While joining these agreements doesn't imply they're enforced, it gives an idea of how widely governments do agree to intellectual property rights.

~~how much would it cost to launch an independent server into orbit?~~

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[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Good example, with the caveat that one would still be subject to the intellectual property rights of Russians, and I'd assume of their allies. (I know I used Hollywood in my example, that's on me)

Thanks for adding the source.

[–] potatoguy@lemmy.eco.br 12 points 1 week ago

I could find Guardians (Защитники), the action movie with the bear with a gatling gun from 2017, in VK, so idk, it might be illegal, but it seems they don't really care at all.

[–] JustVik@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It’s not officially legalized somehow. It’s just not strictly enforced right now. They mostly don’t pay attention. But sometimes there's more chance of paying attention if it's Russian Intellectual Property. I think that if the copyright holder complains about specific content with specific links, they will delete it especially if he is from friendly countries.

[–] JustVik@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Although I may be slightly mistaken, I seem to have found that there are now some exceptions to financial payments for patent violations in relation to unfriendly countries.