From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-03-23T15:05:38+09:00
Subject: Re: free pdf ebook

On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 08:27:04AM +0900, Faisal N Jawdat wrote:
> 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.

Alas, I don't have time to read that right now.  I'll get to it later.
For now, I'll just stipulate that your statement is correct as
presented, and say "Wow, I wasn't aware of that bit.  Thank you for the
information."

-- 
CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
Ben Franklin: "As we enjoy great Advantages from the Inventions of
others we should be glad of an Opportunity to serve others by any
Invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously."