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Originally Posted by pdurrant
You'll need to look at the law in your own country.
In the various statutes I've looked at, even if it's illegal for personal use, it's only a civil offence. I.e., the government won't prosecute you, but copyright holders could sue you if they found out and wanted to do so.
Caveat: I am not a lawyer, I might be mistaken, and the laws in your country might be different.
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In the US they are highly unlikely to sue you but if they do and are successful, which they have done with perfectly normal people, they can be awarded inordinately large sums of money
pour encourager les autres.