(September 10, 2023 at 10:50 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(September 10, 2023 at 8:36 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Since you can go to prison for it, I’m pretty sure it’s a criminal offense.
Boru
Not in America. Here, it's a civil tort and adjudged differently. First, it's not "beyond a reasonable doubt", but rather "a preponderance of the evidence" in court. Second, there is no incarceration involved. And third, there is no stain on one's criminal record.
I cannot speak to New Zealand law, but in America, this is solely a civil tort.
https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/crim...8%20U.S.C.
Quote:Statutory penalties are found at 18 U.S.C. § 2319. A defendant, convicted for the first time of violating 17 U.S.C. § 506(a) by the unauthorized reproduction or distribution, during any 180-day period, of at least 10 copies or phonorecords, or 1 or more copyrighted works, with a retail value of more than $2,500 can be imprisoned for up to 5 years and fined up to $250,000, or both. 18 U.S.C. §§ 2319(b), 3571(b)(3).
Boru
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