Re:Crazy new Swedish bill makes sharing music and TV as bad ...
by speedplane on Friday February 23, 2018 @04:11AM
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It's far more nefarious to steal $1.00 from a million people than $1M from one.
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Re:Crazy new Swedish bill makes sharing music and TV as bad ...
by moccachino on Friday February 23, 2018 @04:55AM
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Stealing $1.00 from a million people who won't miss it is more devious as you're less likely to get caught and if you get caught people are less likely to bother pursuing it.
But I think it is impossible to say one is objectively worse than the other. It depends so much on how the crime affects people. If you steal a million from a multi-billionaire, he might not even notice. If you scam a clueless person out of a million that they got in debt to hand over to you, that will ruin their life.