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Originally Posted by cheshire
That's evil, but wouldn't it constitute entrapment?
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At least in the U.S., entrapment is a defense in a criminal prosecution, not a civil prosecution, so a reverse scam is a great way to get names. The problem is that it isn't illegal to buy the illegal copy; it is illegal to sell it, which is why the music industry hasn't tried this tack yet. Plus if Rowling's attorneys (or the music industry in the case of music) were posting the "illegal" copies for downloading, the copies would be legal ones because they were authorized by Rowling (or the music folk). Convoluted but true.