As someone who makes a living with creative content I can appreciate enforcing Anti-Piracy laws. But this goes too far. The focus of AP laws used to be to catch those who *distribute copyrighted product for profit*. As the theater patron said, she was going to share that 20 second clip with her family member. This may or may not be true but we can't start locking people up for *possible intent to distribute* copyrighted material.
In case of Anti-Piracy I feel there should be no punishment until an actual crime has been committed. Punishing POTENTIAL INTENT is not justice.
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As someone who makes a living with creative content I can appreciate enforcing Anti-Piracy laws. But this goes too far. The focus of AP laws used to be to catch those who *distribute copyrighted product for profit*. As the theater patron said, she was going to share that 20 second clip with her family member. This may or may not be true but we can't start locking people up for *possible intent to distribute* copyrighted material.
In case of Anti-Piracy I feel there should be no punishment until an actual crime has been committed. Punishing POTENTIAL INTENT is not justice.