Comment by will_brown
8 years ago
Copyright Infringement is an act, and at least here in the US, an act which both criminal and civil laws provides specific penalties/remedies. On the criminal side, obviously, one of the penalties is imprisonment.
8 years ago
Copyright Infringement is an act, and at least here in the US, an act which both criminal and civil laws provides specific penalties/remedies. On the criminal side, obviously, one of the penalties is imprisonment.
Ah, I was unfamiliar with criminal penalties for copyright infringement. Could you go ahead and link me to the relevant US Code text that provides for such penalties?
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/1204
This happens to be the one under which Kite would fall (since they're infringing copyright for "commercial advantage").
Well I feel old as shit now. Back when DVDs and VHS tapes were a thing we were all indoctrinated by a big blazing "FBI Warning" of the penalties up to 5 years imprisonment and $250,000 fine.