Re: Today on fines for using filesharing 'websites'

Tim Ivorson wrote:

> My main worry was that they said *criminal* offence. I thought that the
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>counterfeiting, leaking state secrets or other such unsavoury behaviour.
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'making available' is now a criminal offence under the UK EUCD - unlike 
other member states who chose to make it a civil offense. there is no 
specification as to how large a file or how many files one 'makes 
available', just the the act itself is a criminal offense.

mC~


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