5 ms·
... not really? That's a whole lot less drastic and overboard than serving a jail sentence for piracy, which can and does happen.
by Veuxdo 3y ago
... not really? That's a whole lot less drastic and overboard than serving a jail sentence for piracy, which can and does happen.
- c22 3y agoEven a jail sentence isn't very drastic and overbroad when compared to the death penalty.
- sp332 3y agoIn the USA, it's a civil violation, not a crime. You can't go to jail for downloading. Uploading is what gets people in real trouble. Unfortunately bittorrent counts as uploading, which is ridiculous. Some people make a business of piracy and going after those people would be a little more reasonable.
- aidenn0 3y ago> Unfortunately bittorrent counts as uploading, which is ridiculous Piracy laws aside, I don't see why BT counting as uploading is ridiculous; you are aiding in the distribution of the content just as much as if you had setup a public FTP server with the content on it.