http://blog.terabell.com/29/law/copyright-violation-does-the-punishment-fit-the-crime/ Writings from a Brisbane Programmer, Future Lawyer, Keen Historian and avid web surfer Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:36:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://blog.terabell.com/29/law/copyright-violation-does-the-punishment-fit-the-crime/#comment-923 copyright Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:15:04 +0000 http://blog.terabell.com/29/law/copyright-violation-does-the-punishment-fit-the-crime/#comment-923 The answer is no they shouldn't go to jail for their crimes. This is one thing the United States does well in terms of copyright law, you aren't seeing 16 year olds getting thrown in jail for torrenting a couple songs. Unlike say, Germany, which currently has strict criminal penalties for those downloading "illegally" The answer is no they shouldn’t go to jail for their crimes. This is one thing the United States does well in terms of copyright law, you aren’t seeing 16 year olds getting thrown in jail for torrenting a couple songs. Unlike say, Germany, which currently has strict criminal penalties for those downloading “illegally”

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