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Originally Posted by MikeB1972
I can't see any reason why civil cases shouldn't be worked the same way instead of a multiple of the retail value of the goods. Many book torrents, I believe, are x thousand books, so if someone downloads a 20,000 book torrent it is unreasonable to fine someone £1 million (20,000 books x £5 per book x 10 for penalty) as pretty much no one will be able to pay the fine anyway.
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If you fine the dishonest downloader less than the retail value of the goods, then it's not a punishment: they still end up paying less than the honest purchaser, and that's just plain wrong. If you fine someone £50,000 then they've still got their 20,000 books at half price. Do you think that's fair to the person who's bought those same books honestly and at full price?
How are you going to "take away the stuff they downloaded"? Trust them? These are dishonest people - someone who takes a book without paying for it in the first place is going to have no qualms about lying if you ask them if they've deleted it.