Re: Today on fines for using filesharing 'websites'

Ian Brown wrote:

> miriam clinton (iriXx) wrote:
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>> thanks, Ian - I still may be wrong though, as what follows below is 
>> all that is enacted - it still is not clear as to whether it is a 
>> criminal or civil offense, although under initial reading 2 years ago 
>> I was under the impression that it was now a criminal offence in the UK.
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> s.198 describes the criminal offences related to making recordings of 
> performances available to the public without consent:
> http://www.patent.gov.uk/copy/legislation/legislation.pdf
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thanksl.. it is as i thought. outrageous - in the US it is still only a 
civil offense under the DMCA.

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