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Re:Crimes to Consider Before Music Piracy by ggruschow on Thursday September 03, 2009 @08:06AM (#802255)
He's talking about criminal case penalties. Aren't all the big $ penalties from civil court damages? Jammie Thomas's was.

The US family median net worth is <$100k, so what does it matter if it's $150k or $150m? Isn't the net effect bankruptcy either way?

Criminal penalties are far worse for individuals: similar effective monetary penalties PLUS possible loss of rights and freedoms.

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Re:Crimes to Consider Before Music Piracy by tptacek on Thursday September 03, 2009 @09:26AM (#802388)
Yes, you're right. This article doesn't make any sense. Any one of the actions it contrasts with file sharing could easily get you sued in civil court for seven figures, after you paid fines and did prison time.
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