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Originally Posted by AnotherCat
Your own UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 says this about secondary infringement through importation:
Secondary infringement of copyright
22 Secondary infringement: importing infringing copy
The copyright in a work is infringed by a person who, without the licence of the copyright owner, imports into the United Kingdom, otherwise than for his private and domestic use, an article which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe is, an infringing copy of the work.
23 Secondary infringement: possessing or dealing with infringing copy
The copyright in a work is infringed by a person who, without the licence of the copyright owner--
(a) possesses in the course of a business,
(b) sells or lets for hire, or offers or exposes for sale or hire,
(c) in the course of a business exhibits in public or distributes, or
(d) distributes otherwise than in the course of a business to such an extent as to affect prejudicially the owner of the copyright,
an article which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe is, an infringing copy of the work.
If one relies on that Act then it makes it clear that importation in your own country for private and domestic use is permitted. That is the same situation that I outlined for my own (in my own country it makes it clear that this includes digital).
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The law you quote is referring to activities such as importing pirated DVDs or fake goods into the country. It doesn't apply to Internet downloads. Downloading pirated material from the Internet has no exemption for non-commercial use.