Interesting warning regarding filesharing

[rh]

On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:59:35 -0500
Noah John Gellner <noah.gellner-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On 16:47 Thu 26 Feb     , JoeHill wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Yea copyright infringement is civil and so as per an earlier post, a
> US company can sue you in 


Civil remedies just happens to be the option that the recording
industry and the film industry are pursuing but it is not the only
remedy. Sections 42 and 43 of the Copyright Act spell it out quite
clearly that it, copyright violation, is a criminal offence.

> Ontario for it. Therefore people should take the warnings coming
> from the US seriously. While people who are sued won't be going to
> jail, they are certainly open to financial risk. 


So yes, you are open to financial risk but also to jail time.
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