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$180 Million for Piracy Conspiracy
theCoder writes "According to an AP story printed in the Orlando Sentinel, Steven R. Frazier has been ordered to pay $180 million restitution for attempting to sell a device that would decrypt the satellite signals sent into everyone's homes. In addition to spending the next 5 years in Federal prison, Frazier will have to pay $500 a month for the next 30,000 years, though no one really expects him to live long enough to make all the payments. That value is based on estimated loses DirectTV and Echostar may have incurred had Frazier been able to sell his devices. Being ordered to pay restitution for actual damages is one thing, but paying for some made up number of future damages? Maybe if I catch someone trying to break into my car, I can sue him for the damage he would have caused if he succeeded..."
Hey dipshits, look up the word "conspiracy" in a dictionary!
...I can go ahead and start shooting people based on the fact that it would be self defense if they had carried through with their attempted plans of attacking me...
they don't put people to death for attempted murder, do they? that seems a little harsh to me.
Why no they don't. But, dipshit, they do give them some serious punishment--sometimes more than 5 years in prison. Geez who are all you people who try to relate $500/month to the death penalty???
When I was a kid you actually had to commit a crime before arrest, trial and conviction.
Conspiracy to commit [insert felony here] is itself a crime, dipshit.
Well, no, not quite. But if you had credible evidence (the voices in your head don't count) of an actual conspiracy to murder you, then you could get law enforcement involved and ultimately the conspirators would wind up in prison. Dipshit.
No wonder the commies were so popular.