From: Faisal N Jawdat <faisal@...>
Date: 2007-03-23T08:27:04+09:00
Subject: Re: free pdf ebook

On Mar 22, 2007, at 1:42 PM, Chad Perrin wrote:
> In the US, you can end up in criminal court for activities related  
> to infringement, but not for the infringement itself.

IANAL, but I believe that is not the case, at least on a Federal level:

Prior to 1997, it was illegal to crime to commit copyright  
infringement for commercial or financial gain.  The 1997 No  
Electronic Theft Act makes it illegal to willfully infringe a  
copyright (over a fairly minimal threshold) _without_ commercial  
advantage or financial gain.  Possible penalties include fines and  
jail time.

Details here:

http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/17-18red.htm

Again, I am not a lawyer.

-faisal
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