Re: copyright, crime, Canada

Terry Carroll wrote [in reply to comments about preventing a criminal from benefitting from his crime by publishing a book about it]:
>
> In the U.S., I think this would be difficult to do, ex post facto. I
> think the proper means would be 1) to secure as part of his conviction
> a huge fine in addition to prison time, and 2) upon publication of the
> book, levy against any royalties from the book.

This sounds like a useful work-around for the US but Canada and most of the rest of the world have no problem with retrospective legislation (unless it retrospectively makes something a crime that was not before).

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