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Originally Posted by HarryT
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.
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So you fine the person a million dollars (or pounds, or euros, or whatever the native currency is) What are you going to do if they can't/won't pay it? Are you going to throw them in a debtor's prison? If my child illegally downloads something using my internet connection, I am responsible whether I knew about it or not. Should I lose my house and be in debt for the rest of my life because I'm clueless about technology?
Shari