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As well as civil copyright law, the US has criminal laws with penalties up to five years in prison (and doubled for repeated offenses).

http://www.justice.gov/criminal/cybercrime/18usc2319.htm

I don't believe there's anything like this for patent or trademark infringement, though.



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