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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
Which is why it should be changed to a criminal case. Only then will the punishment be made appropriate for the crime. Until recently I would have also said they would then be eligible for Legal Aid, but that won't be the case any more.
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Making copyright infringement a criminal offence is exactly what the RIAA and MPAA want! That way they won't have to pay for the prosecutions, and can disclaim responsibility of the fines and other punishments.
One of the problems is that the statutory damages were set assuming that the infringer was doing the infringing commercially and on a large scale. They are completely disproportionate for small-scale non-commercial infringement.