In reviewing the "law" on this, I noticed this line.
"value of the property taken . . . is an
indicator of both the harm to the victim and the gain to the defendant."
So in the case of file sharing, the only gain is the actual use of the IP in queestion.
On a almost completely unrelated note, what would be the full IP value of a Windows system that contained all the software in a typical distro. I start thinking about apache, compilers, and other server software and the figure rises quickly. Without OSS all linux users would bee pirates on a far larger scale than almost any file-sharer.
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I wonder if you would be able to patent that? Of course you only have one year once it is in the wild.
In reviewing the "law" on this, I noticed this line. "value of the property taken . . . is an indicator of both the harm to the victim and the gain to the defendant." So in the case of file sharing, the only gain is the actual use of the IP in queestion. On a almost completely unrelated note, what would be the full IP value of a Windows system that contained all the software in a typical distro. I start thinking about apache, compilers, and other server software and the figure rises quickly. Without OSS all linux users would bee pirates on a far larger scale than almost any file-sharer.