Thread: The $15 Boycott: Will you be participating?
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Old 02-05-2010, 03:31 PM   #174
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck View Post
Only in some, very limited, situations. (The RIAA would *love* for copyright infringement to be a crime; they could stop spending money on lawyers & demand that the government prosecute those cases.)
NET Act of 1997 makes copyright infringement, even with no monetary gain, a crime. The RIAA didn't pursue criminal cases because the standard of proof is so much higher in criminal court - civil court standards are far lower.
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