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Originally Posted by darryl
This is not the case in any jurisdiction I am aware of. There is quite simply no criminal offence committed unless the infringements are "commercial".
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Under the Canadian Copyright Act, section 42(1), there are quite a few criminal offences listed. Though most deal with the sales or rental of copyrighted materials, there are some provisions such "distributes infringing copies of a work"..." as to affect prejudicially the owner of the copyright". This was used a while back to shut down several online distribution sites and charge the operators of the system despite there being no commercial element (sales or rentals). Admittedly, the operators of at least one site promptly moved their servers to a site in eastern Europe and didn't miss a beat.