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Originally Posted by HarryT
That's the reason that heavy fines should be imposed for these offences; to send the message that it's not OK to be a freeloader.
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So, would you agree then that if evidence were to show that an extremely heavy fine had no benefit over a small fine in stopping illegal downloading, there would be no reason to set an extremely heavy fine? I would take this position, as it is fundamentally just to impose only the penalty absolutely necessary and no more.
I have no interest in seeing people punished just because they get something for free, they should only be punished if they both: (i) get something for free; and (ii) getting that something for free causes a harm to someone else.