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Copyright infringement isn't a criminal offence unless it's done as part of business. That's true in practice, mostly, but not true in theory. http://en.wikip
by harshreality 13y ago
Copyright infringement isn't a criminal offence unless it's done as part of business.
That's true in practice, mostly, but not true in theory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NET_Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NET_Act
- DanBC 13y agoAh, the context of the thread is UK, so I should have made that a bit more clear that I'm talking about UK law. Sorry. Thanks for the link though. Here's the UK stuff. Section 198 (http://www.ipo.gov.uk/cdpact1988.pdf http://www.ipo.gov.uk/cdpact1988.pdf) is the relevant bit here.
- harshreality 13y ago198(1)(b), 198(1A)(b), 198(2)(b) say otherwise? The U.S. law, I think, but I haven't looked to refresh my memory, does something similar. It says it's only a crime if the value of the work(s) in question exceeds a dollar amount, on the premise that only someone seeking commercial advantage would share works of that much value. Ignoring, of course, that a lot of people who do a lot of p2p filesharing (completely not for profit) exceed those limits.