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Originally Posted by HarryT
My fundamental point is that any system of fines which ends up in the dishonest downloader being able to get items for a lower price than the honest purchaser is not actually a punishment at all. You would accept that as being true, I hope?
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Actually, I don't. Now if you could PROVE beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the person who downloaded the item was using it, then MAYBE your system would apply. In your bus analogy, there is no doubt that the person actually used the bus ride. For downloads, I would bet that a large majority of the people who are downloading don't end up using the actual files--they are just storing them on their computer.
Shari