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0 pointsmgunes15y ago0 comments

Arguably pedantic note: under most jurisdictions, copyright infringement is a non-criminal offense in civil law.

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To be equally pedantic but in a more geographically limited fashion: in the US, there are criminal copyright statutes. =)

hristov15y ago

It is a crime under US federal law, as well the laws of most industrialised countries. However, you are right in a way in that not all copyright infringement is a crime under US law.

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