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> He didn't hurt anyone except himself. I'm not sure which side of this I'm on, to be honest, but I haven't seen any evidence that there isn't _any_ economic d

> He didn't hurt anyone except himself. I'm not sure which side of this I'm on, to be honest, but I haven't seen any evidence that there isn't _any_ economic damage done by illegal downloading. > Sunde went to prison on his own for what he believed was right This may be true, but it's not like this wasn't a winning venture for him. At a certain point, it could have just been a question of whether he was willing to gamble that he'd gain millions of dollars rather than get locked up.

mathetic 12y ago
> I haven't seen any evidence that there isn't _any_ economic damage done by illegal downloading. Burden of proof is on the accuser and no I don't think X number of people pirated it, it costs $Y, therefore, it caused $X * Y is a proof. > it could have just been Exactly. But don't you think it seems quite unlikely given that he is demonstrably a pretty smart individual and large corporations with deep pockets are coming after him. He should have completely failed to anticipate the consequences.