Interesting warning regarding filesharing

[JoeHill]

On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 12:15:12 -0500
Noah John Gellner disseminated the following:

> A person who downloads copyrighted movies or software commits an offence under
> Canadian law.

That's a *criminal* offense?

I was under the impression that copyright cases were strictly under the civil
process.

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