05-09-2003, 01:27 PM
There's quite a difference there. Most people who are getting illegal copies of anything aren't actively distributing it. That movie you rented from Blockbuster copied in your VCR? Illegal, but one person has access to it. Someone selling said copies at a trade show? Chances are they'll get noticed. It's been this way for years. The distributors are much more likely to get charged than the purchasers/downloaders. Quite simply, they're the easy targets. You don't hear of a guy who had 10 illegal programs getting busted, but you do hear of 3-guy operations that make 1000s of copies getting busted.
It's the same as the drug policy, albiet less strict. The supply is always more punished than the demand. Nevermind the fact that if there was no demand there'd be no supply.
It's the same as the drug policy, albiet less strict. The supply is always more punished than the demand. Nevermind the fact that if there was no demand there'd be no supply.
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