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Re:Sweet sanity: 75% of Americans say infringement fines sho... by joshAg on Wednesday November 16, 2011 @07:19PM (#3245815)
I am troubled by the fact that you consider the entirety of America to be copyright infringers when the study only indicated that 46% (plus/minus 2%) of americans actually did so. That leaves 53% of non-copyright infringers who think agree with the copyright infringers (assuming all copyright infringers agree that fines should be under $100).

Your statement also brings up the question of whether something that an entire population (according to you) is doing should even be illegal.

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Re:Sweet sanity: 75% of Americans say infringement fines sho... by sp332 on Thursday November 17, 2011 @10:14AM (#3247859)
Copyright laws are so extreme I don't see how you can avoid breaking them. Singing a popular song in a crowded place? You owe performance royalties to the songwriter. Use a song as a soundtrack to a Youtube video? You'll be lucky if they just take your video down, that's commercial-scale infringement! Maybe huge fines, or thousands of dollars in settlements.
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