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Originally Posted by tompe
Yes, but this is dependent on the risk to get caught and for the discussion in this thread it was assumed that the risk was "reasonable". Nobody have said that the fine should depend on the risk. Instead people have claimed it should anly depend on price or on value or depend on both price and value. For me this is a to simplistic view.
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Even if I am 100% guaranteed to be caught and fined, it's still cheaper for me to pirate my books, if the fine is only a fraction of the purchase price. That kind of fine gives no incentive for people not to pirate as a matter of course.