illegal downloading

The consequences of Illegal Downloading Movies and music. KUIYU ZHOU  In the first of all , we need to know why downloading without paying is illegal? when a movie or music was produced and began to be sold in a market, people who take part in of this process should get profit form it sales or somewhere else(webster.edu). Their products are protected by copyright laws, and you can`t copy it  without permission. If you don`t pay for the movie or something protected by copyright law, it is illegal to download it. In other words, it is a crime. Different consequences of illegal downloading in different counties FOR INDIVIDUALS why it is different consequences? Some countries have strict policies to limit the illegal downloading but some countries can`t use the same policies.In America, under the DMCA( Digital Millennium Copyright Act ), those people who found guilty of copyright infringement may face: up to 5 year in jail up to $150,000