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Originally Posted by HarryT
Surely, though, the idea is that fear of the punishment has a deterrent effect, is it not?
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Absolutely. Any MP3 file sharer has only to think about Jammie Thomas, to think twice about breaking the law. But it only works if they expect they will be caught at it, and have a belief that they will be punished.
Laws and punishment have to go hand in hand with the security system. That's what actually caught Thomas (and that can catch an e-book file sharer, too).