Downloaded Movies (not the dodgy ones...)
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Hi all,
I have a friend in Belgium who is coming down to Frankfurt next week and I have asked him to bring his movie collection. He has about 200 movies all on CD downloaded from the internet.
He is worried about the police catching him with all these cd's.
Does anyone know what the procedure would be if the police happened to search his car and find this?
I planned to copy a few of them and take them back to Scotland with me next week.
I have a feeling its not worth the risk but thought I would ask you guys for any info / input.
Cheers,
Deester
I have a friend in Belgium who is coming down to Frankfurt next week and I have asked him to bring his movie collection. He has about 200 movies all on CD downloaded from the internet.
He is worried about the police catching him with all these cd's.
Does anyone know what the procedure would be if the police happened to search his car and find this?
I planned to copy a few of them and take them back to Scotland with me next week.
I have a feeling its not worth the risk but thought I would ask you guys for any info / input.
Cheers,
Deester
200 are to many to be overseen by the customs though. I'm just guessing here....
I don't think the police would be too interested in these CDs. I don't think the police get involved with that sort of thing, unless it's pornographic or on a massive scale for commercial resale. Check whether ripping CDs on a small scale like that is a criminal offence or a civil one.
Customs might be interested, but I would have thought only in checking that they weren't paedophillic porn or something. I'd be surprised if they were interested in copyright law.
Try anonymously ringing the customs advice line, if there is one.
Edited to add: I took all my CDs and ripped films with me to France at Christmas. Didn't even occur to me that they were putting me at risk. Ooops!
>> Edited by sublimatica on Monday 24th March 08:23
I don't think the police would be too interested in these CDs. I don't think the police get involved with that sort of thing, unless it's pornographic or on a massive scale for commercial resale. Check whether ripping CDs on a small scale like that is a criminal offence or a civil one.
Customs might be interested, but I would have thought only in checking that they weren't paedophillic porn or something. I'd be surprised if they were interested in copyright law.
Try anonymously ringing the customs advice line, if there is one.
Edited to add: I took all my CDs and ripped films with me to France at Christmas. Didn't even occur to me that they were putting me at risk. Ooops!
>> Edited by sublimatica on Monday 24th March 08:23
Sublimatica,
How many movies did you have? My fear is that if you get caught with 200 ish then it might matter as they could see it for commercial use.
On my last crossing back to Ostend I had some movies etc with me and no problems. I guess its just your luck if you get stopped by customs or not.
How many movies did you have? My fear is that if you get caught with 200 ish then it might matter as they could see it for commercial use.
On my last crossing back to Ostend I had some movies etc with me and no problems. I guess its just your luck if you get stopped by customs or not.
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