In Australia, it got passed. It was effectively illegal to use VCR to record programs. How did I know this? Due to the new Copyright Act amendments which made

In Australia, it got passed. It was effectively illegal to use VCR to record programs. How did I know this? Due to the new Copyright Act amendments which made breaking DRM illegal, extended copyright length among other things. One of their arguments for the copyright amendments update is that VCR recording should be legal. IIRC: $93,500 and 5 years jail for copyright infringement. You better not copy a single file without permission. Importing material that infringes copyright, $71,500 and 5 years jail. You better not download a single file without permission. It seems there's no apparent distinction between non-commercial and commercial sharing so your grandmother accidentally forwarding a picture is liable for penalties.