By Nathan Wong | 6 October 2023
Many people base their understanding of the law on American news, movies, and TV shows. Even if the reporters and scriptwriters have got it right, American law is different from Australian law in many ways.
If you compare for example, a copyright violation, it can be a crime in the USA, but it isn’t a crime in Australia. It’s still wrong, but you wont go to jail; you’ll only have to pay damages.