I just read an article where a Minnesota woman found guilty of file sharing was fined a massive $222,000. This fine was for sharing 24 songs over the internet. Is it just me or is that a bit excessive. I am not discussing the fact of what she did, you will have your own opinion's on that, but I am concerned . It doesn't seem just to me that a person should have to sell her home to pay a fine levied for no worse an action than lending your cd to a few mates. To quote from the article posted by Declan McCullagh in his blog 'The Iconoclast' .....
"Walter Block, an economics professor at Loyola University, is no fan of copyright law at all. (He'd abolish it.) But his suggested penalties for physical larceny are worth taking into account. "My view is two teeth for a tooth, plus expenses, plus cost of capturing, plus a scaring penalty" that would provide additional deterrence and avoid allowing the wealthy to flout the law, ..." . In other words, let the punishment fit the crime."
A view I agree with.
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