I was thinking not of downloads (because I am aware that a number of countries permit downloads of copyrighted material for personal use) but of Ralph's specific example - that of sending someone a paper copy of a book.
In other words, suppose I made a photocopy of a book which was out of copyright in my own country, and sent you that photocopy, when the book was in copyright in your country. Would you be guilty of copyright infringement by accepting it? I think that in most countries you probably would be.
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