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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Not as "copyright infringement," with its potential penalty of $150,000 per violation?
So, copying a single album or ebook would be prosecuted as petty theft, with a fine of up to a few hundred dollars as the maximum?
In which case, I very much want to know what jurisdiction you're in, and how its copyright laws are written.
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Yes. Maximum fine of $10,000. Maximum term of imprisonment 3 years (but you'd probably get probation). Possible felony record, though.
The only actual prosecutions I personally know of involved people selling copied DVDs and counterfeit sportswear on the street.
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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
Just one closing statement: Whoever insists on calling violations or infringements of copyright "theft" usually doesn't know better--or, increasingly, has a hidden agenda. It's really very much like "piracy" again, which used to be reserved for violent crimes committed on the high seas until the content industry began to apply it indiscriminately.
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As I pointed out, extensively, I think, and with references, there are many places where an infringement of copyright is theft, plain and simple. It's not a matter of not knowing better, or of having a hidden agenda. It's a matter of knowing what the laws actually say.
Putting your fingers in your ears and ignoring that won't make it go away.
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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
Exactly.
Lots of them, including mine (I am from a civil law country). Let's keep it at that.
No kidding. EOD.
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Your original claim was that copyright infringement was not theft. My only point is that sometimes it is.