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Originally Posted by BookCat
I think in the case it would be the pawn shop owner who would be prosecuted for receiving, because he's acting as a fence: buying from someone he (probably) knows to be a thief, then selling this on to the public.
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But...that is completely the opposite of what you said before.
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Originally Posted by BookCat
In reply to Solo1959 regarding the person downloading copies of books under copyright: yes that person is guilty of a crime. They are effectively in receipt of stolen goods. The claim that they didn't know those books were under copyright etc is no defence: ignorance is no defence in law.
So presumably they could be prosecuted for receiving?
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If a person buying from a pawn shop is not committing a crime, neither is the person downloading from a website that is (or appears to be) a legitimate book seller.
Shari