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Re:US Bill Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek by gruez on Monday February 03, 2025 @08:06PM (#42925983)
>You want federal then take a step out and look at all the people who got 10-15 years for carrying an quarter ounce of weed.

Source? My impression is that in basically all of those cases, it's either because:

1. the guy is a repeat offender and/or on probation

2. the guy decided to wanted to fight to the bitter end and they threw the book at them

I'm not saying either are justified, but the implication that someone will get 20 years just because he downloaded deepseek through ollama or whatever is still false.

Re:US Bill Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek by ceejayoz on Monday February 03, 2025 @08:23PM (#42926180)
> the guy is a repeat offender and/or on probation

“It was for two or three quarter ounces of weed!” isn’t the defense you imagine.