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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
The point is, he didn't know they were pirate sites otherwise he wouldn't be asking. Questions like this pop up quite regularly here, so it seems reasonable to assume that a lot of other people would be tricked by them too.
But here's the thing, not knowing they are pirate sites is not a defence when the copyright police come for you.
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Not so. It is a defence under most Westminster based law. To be found guilty of committing a crime, intent to commit a crime must be proved.
If I decided to be an antisocial twit and change the local highway speed signs from 100 KPH, to 110 KPH, any person who was pulled over doing the higher speed would definitely NOT be found guilty. (This happened not far from here a few years ago, and no, it wasn't me.)
If you do something "in good faith" you will not be found guilty of lawbreaking. If you buy something that was not legally owned by the person selling it to you, you will likely have whatever it was confiscated, but you will not be charged. (Not in most jurisdictions.)