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>I think the issue under discussion is whether or not this kind of law is applied gently and with consideration to seriousness, or whether it tends to be used a
by gruez 2y ago
>I think the issue under discussion is whether or not this kind of law is applied gently and with consideration to seriousness, or whether it tends to be used as a club to make an example of people.
I'm not sure how you got that impression from the original exchange of:
>>[...] You get less jail time for committing 34 felonies.
>up to 20 years. Realistically some kid downloading a model would get probation [...]
- SuperNinKenDo 2y agoI didn't get that impression from the original exchange, I got it from the thread I am responding to involving Aaron Swartz being given as a counter-example to the last point, and inferring why somebody would use Aaron Swartz as a counter-example. Seems I was right in that inference, given other responses to the thread since.