Opera Browser on "Turbo Mode" hehe

In reply to a post by Oliver341:

In reply to a post by tommy45:

It's not illegal, that's the media brainwashing hype bile, Copyright infringement is a civil matter it isn't a criminal offence in the UK , ...yet

The word "illegal" doesn't just apply to criminal law, you can make an "illegal" chess move without facing jail time.

But the media and tv hype will always try to wrongly imply that file sharing be it copyright protected or not could make those that do it criminals, and that it's a serious crime,blah ,blah ,blah
But the truth is ,that if it was a criminal act, then those accused would have the benefit of their accusers having to prove beyond reasonable doubt in the court,that the accused did infact commit the alleged crime. And harvesting IP addresses wouldn't be anywhere near enough evidence to secure a conviction , But of course they will never make it a criminal offence ,that wouldnt work to their advantage

In reply to a post by tommy45:

But the truth is ,that if it was a criminal act, then those accused would have the benefit of their accusers having to prove beyond reasonable doubt in the court,that the accused did infact commit the alleged crime.

Be careful what you wish for, criminal acts can carry custodial sentences.

In theory someone could end up in jail at the end of a chain of events that starts with unlawful distribution of copyright material. Failing to comply with Court Orders or failing to pay damages perhaps.

http://www.inbrief.co.uk/intellectual-property/crimi... also lists a series of activities that are criminal offences (and backed up by other sources).

But the lower burden of proof, specialist judges and higher damages make civil proceedings potentially more attractive.

Define "illegal" whether civil or criminal.

If it's not illegal to share copyrighted material why have so many servers, that allowed users to share said material, been shut down by the judiciary?