This is applicable to both civil and criminal. For example, I’ve been pirating for over 26 years. I can’t be sued by anyone for the pirating I’ve done for 23 of those years, only for the past 3 years that I’ve pirated.
If anyone tries to scare you about how you’ll be caught for your past pirating activities, don’t be.
*statute
Also, you’re not technically free from charges of piracy just because you downloaded it a long time ago. If you still have those copies , that’s a crime that’s being committed today.
This is generally why we talk about having roms of games we don’t physically own being deleted after 30 (?) days.
FTR: I’m not a lawyer and clearly OP isn’t either.
Copyright isn’t about owning a pirated copy, it’s about distribution, right? The act of distributing a copy has a statute of limitations of 3 years is what OP is claiming.
Okay so you admit you’re not a lawyer but try being technical about something criminally-related while I have not stated that I was a lawyer and I based what I said off some research. Just so you can feel cute by adding a jab at the end of your little reply.
Yeah uh-huh, cute.
Dude, you could just asked “on what information are you basing this opinion?” This is a genuine issue to pay attention to so having the opportunity to help make sure someone doesn’t have an incorrect legal interpretation, you instead just resorted to the snyde remarks.
You’re just stating untrue shit. You absolutely can be charged for shit you pirated 26 years ago if you still have copies and someone is willing to press charges for you owning them.
I’m saying that whoever reads this can do whatever they want but they shouldn’t take legal advice from either of us.