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Re:Ed McMillen: Ubuntu Store Sold Super Meat Boy Without Per... by slowpoke on Sunday December 23, 2012 @11:21AM (#4959783)
>a serious crime

You keep using that word, I don't think it means what you think it means.

Piracy is not a crime, much less a serious one. Murder, for example, is a serious crime. Please don't spout nonsense. Copyright infringement is a civil offense, not even a felony.

That is not to say that what Canonical did - if the accusations are justified - is ethically sound. But please don't spread the bullshit propaganda of certain industry representatives.

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Re:Ed McMillen: Ubuntu Store Sold Super Meat Boy Without Per... by nitrogen on Sunday December 23, 2012 @11:36AM (#4959827)
At least in the US, some forms of copyright infringement are crimes, as demonstrated by the Ninjavideo, TVshack, and Megaupload cases.
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Re:Ed McMillen: Ubuntu Store Sold Super Meat Boy Without Per... by nisse72 on Sunday December 23, 2012 @01:33PM (#4960168)
At least in the case of Megaupload, that remains to be seen.
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