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Originally Posted by darryl
I'm not sure if there is a criminal offence involved in the UK.
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Criminal offences relating to copyright in the UK mostly relate to counterfeiting, selling pirated works and/or distributing pirated works (even for free).
An individual who pirated a work purely for his own use and who did not give away or sell copies of the work would, as understand it it, would not be guilty of a CRIMINAL ACT. They would however be guilty of a Tort (civil wrong) and could be sued by the rights owner.