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It seems to me these blokes got jail time because they are small fish. Nobody goes to jail when it's Apple v Microsoft.
by forinti 4y ago
It seems to me these blokes got jail time because they are small fish.
Nobody goes to jail when it's Apple v Microsoft.
- tzs 4y agoThe following is based on US law. Criminal law in a large fraction of other jurisdictions is broadly similar in this regard. When it is Apple v Microsoft or similar it is generally not willful infringement. Whichever side is being accused of infringement generally believes that either they did not copy from the other company, or that what they copied from the other company was not covered by copyright, or that their copying was covered by fair use, or their copying was covered by a license agreement they have with the copyright holder. Willfulness is an element of criminal copyright infringement.