Is it illegal to make a website for watching unlicensed self-subtitled Korean dramas?
<p>I want to create a website for watching Korean dramas must like this one: <a href="https://dramanice.ru/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://dramanice.ru/</a> . I want to add subtitles to all the videos in my language. It would be for educational purposes primarily for people learning Korean.</p>

<p>However, I'm unsure about the copyright law. I read somewhere that if you don't host the videos yourself, then you can use the content without getting in trouble. But what constitutes "hosting the video myself"? If I don't put it on the same server, but have my own private vimeo account for hosting the videos, does that count?</p>

<p>Also, how are websites like dramanice up? When I look at the disclaimer, they mention a few things:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Dramanice are not affiliated with any of the video content and none of
  the video content are held on our servers. The video content that is
  displayed originates from social video websites, such as, but not
  limited to Veoh, YouTube, Dailymotion, Yourupload and Myspace TV. In
  case of copyright infringement, please directly contact the
  responsible parties.Dramanice operates as an index and database of
  Drama content found publicly available on the internet, in principle
  conducting in the same way as yahoo. However, Dramanice.com strongly
  believes in the protection of intellectual property and would be
  willing to assist when possible and applicable. Users who upload to
  these websites agree not to upload illegal content when creating their
  user accounts. Dramanice does not accept responsibility for content
  hosted on third party websites, nor do we upload videos ourselves or
  encourage others to do so. The videos are streamed directly from the
  third-party video sharing services mentioned above. All other
  trademarks, logos, and images are the property of their respective and
  rightful owners.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So does this mean as long as I don't upload the videos directly onto my server it is ok?</p>

<p>If all you are doing is hosting a link to the content and/or complying with the host's ToS you are not violating copyright.</p>

<p>But that's not what you are doing.</p>

<p>By providing subtitles (in the original or a different language) you are transforming the work and that is forbidden by copyright law unless the ToS allow it (they normally don't).</p>

<p>If Korean copyright law has a provision similar to the US fair use provision this may qualify. If they have a provision like the Commonwealth fair dealing it probably doesn't qualify.</p>

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