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Is copyright law criminal or civil law are you tried in criminal or civil courts?
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∙ 13y ago
Copyright law is a civil matter. But sometimes it can stray into criminal law, if for example you download a movie illegally that is a civil matter, but if you then sell copies of that movie it is criminal.
To clarify, in the UK it is not illegal to buy 'pirate' DVDs but it is illegal to sell them.
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