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A song on iTunes is a $1, so shouldn't he crime be equal to shoplifting a $24 dress from Macy's? Nobody is charging a shoplifter a million dollars because the d
by sili 17y ago
A song on iTunes is a $1, so shouldn't he crime be equal to shoplifting a $24 dress from Macy's? Nobody is charging a shoplifter a million dollars because the dress' design is an intellectual property of the fashion designer.
- seertaak 17y agoSeriously though: a dress can't be copied at zero cost.
- sili 17y agoTrue, that's what sets media piracy apart from other stealing. But again, if she made the files available for download from her machine, does it mean that 79,000 other people (or even one other person) have download from her? I would like to see records of here traffic that proves that, otherwise she is being presumed guilty and has to prove that she is not. Trying for "potential damages" is a slippery slope.