In the US rule about rights mainly driven by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) greatly stresses the giving out of material covered by rights While keeping or offering stolen material is clearly not allowed the act of simply broadcasting viewing content without getting a lasting copy by individual users exists in a more complex legal space

Web Access Helpers often send out warnings for detected work on known unauthorized broadcast sites While directly going after individual streamers is rare repeat rule breakers may face service stop or end

The European Union has taken a firmer stand following a 2017 ruling by the European Court of Justice (CJEU) This ruling clearly states that knowingly broadcasting content covered by rights from an unauthorized source is breaking rights This holds even if no lasting copy is made by the user

How it's put into action differs a lot among EU member states with some countries being more active in chasing individual users than others The focus is on the user's "knowledge" that the source is against the rules