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Originally Posted by HarryT
Nothing at all, but it would be ruinously expensive for the defendant. In a British court, the losing side pays all the legal costs of both sides. It might cost £50,000 for a rights-holder to gather the information needed to prosecute a downloader. Do you think it's fair for a downloader to get a £50,000 judgement against them for downloading 1 song? I would consider it to be grossly disproportionate to the offence, but that would be the result of what you're proposing.
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That's only for civil cases. If it was a real crime they would only need to pay for their own defence. Our government of millionaires wants to do away with Legal Aid because they don't want the poor to have access to justice, but that's a different matter.