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Originally Posted by HarryT
No of course I don't - it's a figure of speech. However, I certainly believe that the punishment for it should be a deterrent. When someone can make many £1000s from selling pirate DVDs from a market stall over a weekend, a £100 fine isn't going to be much of a punishment or a deterrent from doing it again. I'd certainly like to see a short jail sentence for such an act.
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That's basically what the punishment for criminal infringement is. The only question though, is whether it's "worth it" to spend taxpayer money to punish this specific individual. The government would have to spend their resources going after this person, and I'm not sure if there's enough benefit in them pursuing such a "small fish". I think the more likely outcome would be a lawsuit from the rights holder, rather than a criminal investigation/arrest/trial.