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Originally Posted by HarryT
Copyright infringement really needs to be made a criminal offence, so that the law will do something about such things.
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I agree in principle, but for different reasons to you. But who would pay for all the extra police hours to track down ebook downloaders and gather evidence against them? In the UK, and probably other places too, the police have had their budgets cut to save money. Even before that budget cut they couldn't afford to investigate every crime committed so they had to prioritise them by either severity of crime or wealth of victim. After the cuts that disparity in law enforcement will get wider, not narrower.