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Jackson6612
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Wed, 23 May 07 01:44 AM
FBI Warning:
The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI...
In my opinion there is no need of using word ''Criminal'' above. Saying ''illegal crime'' is nonsense, since crime is always illegal. Likewise, copyright infringement is always criminal act.
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Yankee
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Wed, 23 May 07 01:52 AM
You have a point there, Jackson. However, I suspect that the word 'criminal' was intentionally added due to the fact that so many people apparently don't think copyright infringement is criminal.
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Wed, 23 May 07 01:56 AM
Yes, you can be sued in civil court for damages, which is probably what most people think, without also realizing it's a crime. (However, despite the warning, I bet the FBI investigates only the tiniest fraction of allegations of copyright infringement.)
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Clive
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Wed, 23 May 07 02:19 AM
Hi guys,
You might also look at the larger picture.
This warning is very USA-oriented. I don't believe the FBI investigates crimes that are outside US jurisdiction.
Furthermore, some countries like China have little or no copyright legislation, so it makes little sense to say that copyright infringement in such a country is a criminal act.
Best wishes, Clive
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Jackson6612
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Wed, 23 May 07 04:57 PM
 Clive wrote: | |
Hi guys,
You might also look at the larger picture.
This warning is very USA-oriented. I don't believe the FBI investigates crimes that are outside US jurisdiction.
Furthermore, some countries like China have little or no copyright legislation, so it makes little sense to say that copyright infringement in such a country is a criminal act.
Best wishes, Clive
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Hi Clive,
Add also these names to the list of countries which have almost no copyright legislation. India, Pakistan, and Malaysia.
Best wishes, Jackson
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Jackson6612
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Wed, 23 May 07 05:01 PM
| Grammar Geek wrote: | |
Yes, you can be sued in civil court for damages, which is probably what most people think, without also realizing it's a crime. (However, despite the warning, I bet the FBI investigates only the tiniest fraction of allegations of copyright infringement.)
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Hi GG,
I am unable to exactly understand the text in red. I would be very grateful if you explain it little further.
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Grammar Geek
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Wed, 23 May 07 07:15 PM
Most people (in the U.S.) who think about copyright violations (if they think about it at all) would assume that you can be sued. That's a civil action, between two people/companies, in which one says (usually) that the other should pay them some money for the harm they have suffered.
For example, if I write a poem, and you take my poem and say it's yours, and sell it to a greeting card company who pays you a thousand dollars to use it, you owe me at least a thousand dollars. It could be more, if, to continue the example, I can show that a song writer was going to pay me five thousand dollars for my poem, but won't anymore, now that it's being used in a greeting card. All of that is a civil lawsuit, and despite the FBI's warning, no one will investigate this as a crime.
People may not realize, however, that it IS also a crime. You have stolen something from me, and theft is a crime. But most people don't think about "intellectual" property as something that can be stolen.
Does that make sense now?
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Jackson6612
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Wed, 23 May 07 07:23 PM
| Grammar Geek wrote: | |
Does that make sense now?
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Yes, it does now. Thank you.
Best wishes, Jackson
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