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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
Megaupload had plans to pay creators for each download of their creation, they announced it a few weeks before they were closed down. Spottify would be another example.
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This is a joke, no?
However, I do think it almost as ridiculous to send Dotcom to prison as it would be to send the Spotify executives. Megaupload was shut down. That's the big thing. If we can get Dotcom, if fairly convicted, to pay a fine, that would be positive. But to take tax money to make him an all expense paid guest of the United States, receiving the world's most expensive medical care year after year, is a ridiculous waste of money. All it will do is make future Dotcom's put more effort into not getting caught.
The 1,185,458 nonviolent offenders we currently lock up represents five times the number of people held in India's entire prison system . . .
And in the US, unlike India,
One Year of Prison Costs More Than One Year at Princeton
Deterring some of the piracy is fine, but not if you are going to do it vengefully or at great expense.