Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-69.29.91.129-20141129083917/@comment-53539-20141209225246

@Evil, as I said earlier, the police don't tend to touch anyone unless they spread it around. This basically means, anyone who torrents is basically "spreading it around". This is why until Pirate Bay came along, at one stage fans got hit who were known heavy torrents. When they were hit, they were fined the amount of licensing fee that the property would require if one was to sell the product themselves.

Basically, lets just say "good by my home, I shall miss you". The law now focuses on trying to get rid of the cause of the files being share, instead of the people doing it, i.e. the aforementioned Pirate Bay. But this doesn't mean your "safe", it just means the focus is different. You can still be arrested for the act.

So private use, while still is theft of a priority, isn't likely to get you arrested. It doesn't mean you can't be arrested, hell just passing a CD you pirated on to a friend counts as "spreading it around". Morally, its not right to do this either way, a true fan will always put money back into what they love. This is best for everyone, it gives the creators an incentive to invest more into their products most of all. In theory.... In practice this can backfire. It did in vocaloid with the Kagamines Act1.