Copyright Infringement and Shoplifting Contrasted

Posted by Zonk on Thursday February 10, 2005 @07:30AM from the steal-this-post dept.

awesomeO4001 wrote in to mention a post to Karl Wagenfuehr's blog where he compares and contrasts the penalties for copyright infringement vs. shoplifting. From the post: "...from what I can tell, the penalties laid out for downloading one season of a TV show with BitTorrent are much harsher than if you actually stole a DVD set of the same show from a government store...For stealing the DVD you could face no more than up to 1 year imprisonment and up to a $100,000 fine; for downloading the same material you could face statutory damages of up to $3,300,000, costs and attorney's fees"

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but by Quasar1999 · 2005-02-10 07:36 · Score: 5, Funny

Can I shoplift from a store in my underwear? I think the extra 3.2 million is a convenience fee for being able to commit crime in my parent's basement...

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1. Re:but by jd · 2005-02-10 07:43 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  What's a store doing in your underwear?
  
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  It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)