01-27-2006, 04:19 AM
For those using threaded view: I'm replying here merely as an alternative to starting a new thread. My reply is not aimed directly at anyone. I just found this article which made me a little bug-eyed.
Link. Only important points: 7 people plead guilty to copying Star Wars Episode III before its release. They now "face a maximum penalty of a $100,000 (£56,000) fine and one year in jail when sentenced. $100,000? Is that just slightly ridiculous to anyone else? Why are the penalties for illegal copy so much worse than the penalties for phsically stealing a movie? Those numbers are just plain obscene. There is no reason for such ridiculous punishments.
"Revenge of the Sith went on to take $848.5m (£474.6m) at the global box office."
gekko
Link. Only important points: 7 people plead guilty to copying Star Wars Episode III before its release. They now "face a maximum penalty of a $100,000 (£56,000) fine and one year in jail when sentenced. $100,000? Is that just slightly ridiculous to anyone else? Why are the penalties for illegal copy so much worse than the penalties for phsically stealing a movie? Those numbers are just plain obscene. There is no reason for such ridiculous punishments.
"Revenge of the Sith went on to take $848.5m (£474.6m) at the global box office."
gekko
"Life is sacred and you are not its steward. You have stewardship over it but you don't own it. You're making a choice to go through this, it's not just happening to you. You're inviting it, and in some ways delighting in it. It's not accidental or coincidental. You're choosing it. You have to realize you've made choices."
-Michael Ventura, "Letters@3AM"
-Michael Ventura, "Letters@3AM"