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Originally Posted by TheDoc
Stealing equals jail, fine, community service, etc. It's an actual crime.
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Speeding ticket does not mean jail or community service.
Now go ahead and fuck up by not paying the fine or obeying a court order.
In other words, put up content and get sued and have a judge tell you to
take it down and ignore that.
Copyright violation in most states is a civil offense, but give it another 10-20 years.
There will be many studies done on the effects of the internet during this time and
the result will be that piracy crippled too many enterprises.
Those facts may be the cause to make it a criminal offense.
It's already is criminal in some places :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyrig...minal_offences