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It is not just a civil offence. It is potentially an organized crime.
by lostmsu 29d ago
It is not just a civil offence. It is potentially an organized crime.
- ben_w 29d agoThe actual case was literally pursued as a civil offence. "Potentially" is not a useful adjective. The TLDR I've been given is that it's civil when the prosecution is a non-government entity (private person or company), and when the penalty is an injunction or a fine, and when the standard is "preponderance of the evidence". Conversely, it's criminal when the prosecution is a government/when the sought penalty is imprisonment, and when the standard is "beyond a reasonable doubt".