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Old 10-13-2014, 05:34 AM   #84
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
No, you shouldn't be "criminally liable". Copyright infringement is, in the overwhelming majority of cases, a civil, not a criminal matter, and the police don't involve themselves in it. I certainly haven't heard anyone suggest that it should be a criminal offence.
When you're talking about distribution? There are criminal provisions for copyright infringement in my country, and in the USA, and I don't know which other countries. Criminal convictions can and have occurred here. Penalties include fines, community service, and custodial sentences.

The UK included, apparently.

http://www.worldipreview.com/news/uk...right-offences
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