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Originally Posted by SleepyBob
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.
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That is precisely my point: if the fine is lower than the retail value of the goods it will be cheaper to pirate than to legitimately purchase. This is an amazingly obvious point that some people in this thread seem to have tremendous difficulty in grasping.