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Originally Posted by JoeD
there's several examples of people who have lied whilst giving evidence in court and ended up serving prison time.
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Against millions the other way, I suggest, admittedly without much evidence. Except this: Surely large numbers of people were convicted in court today even though there was alibi testimony. And I can't find any evidence at news.google.com of even one person who who gave testimony inconsistent with those convictions being arrested today. Googling news.google.com with search term perjury, the only group of people who seems to have much of a chance of being charged with that crime are, strangely enough to me, sporting professionals.
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if you do lie about something and it's discovered there's a good chance of jail time
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How good?
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Perjury has to be a serious offense otherwise the entire justice system would break down.
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In the area of respect for copyright, there isn't much question that it is broken down. Whatever you think of copyright enforcement being privatized to become the responsibility of ISP's, this does indicate the justice system has broken down.