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Old 08-09-2008, 01:13 PM   #303
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Originally Posted by hidari View Post
The above three prove my quote from Einstein Is true. Worse than murder..? what a joke. Why not worse than Genocide?...why not add that to the list.
The problem is that some people demand extremely high sentences or extremely invasive counter-measures without balancing theses with other crimes. You'd think such a question as I stated above is ridiculous but there are people that demand punishments for copyright infringement that are worse than some for committing heavy crimes...

Clearly such penalties or counter-measures are completely out of whack but without conciously comparing them to other, more established crimes you lack a frame of reference for what is "decent". Especially in the US (monetary damages, consenting teens, etc).
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