Thread: Rapidshare loses court battle against German booksellers
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Old 08-19-2013, 02:46 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Any fine has to be considerably greater than the retail value of the goods obtained in order to act as a deterrent. My local bus company imposes a fine of 40x the fare that should have been paid for "fare dodgers", which seems like a reasonable deterrent. Let's say someone illegally downloads material which has a retail value of $1000. Would you consider a $40,000 fine for that offence to be unreasonable?
How do people get on the buses without paying, just as a matter of interest?
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