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Copyright infringement is a civil affairCopyright infringement is a civil affairPosted Nov 22, 2012 19:19 UTC (Thu) by Wol (guest, #4433)In reply to: The Squelching by bkuhn Parent article: RTS and the GPL
Not where I am!
Okay, if I engage in copyright infringement it is purely a civil matter (private individual for private use), but if downloaded copyright material wholesale from the net, and sold it, I could be jailed for it!
And actually, I think that's right. Commercial copyright infringement is a criminal offence with hefty fines and jail sentences. And while I may think the copyright regime is too strict, people who flout the system should face criminal penalties.
Cheers,
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Copyright infringement is a civil affair Posted Nov 22, 2012 20:29 UTC (Thu) by bkuhn (subscriber, #58642) [Link] I don't agree that criminal penalties are appropriate for copyright infringement, and I've said so in public and directly the USA government. While I believe violating the GPL is morally wrong, I don't believe that everything that's morally wrong must be a crime.
Copyright infringement is a civil affair Posted Nov 23, 2012 9:46 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
Why should reducing a company's potential profit by an infinitesimal amount result in taxpayer-funded jail time? Is jailing you likely to reduce the future probability of your reoffending? (No.) Is the crime so heinous that you should be kept off the streets lest you threaten the public with your foul crime again? (No.) Is the crime so hideous (like e.g. littering, or breathing loudly) that the Daily Mail is calling for the imprisonment of all dangerous scum who do it in order that the little childrun not be threatened and society get its vengeance jollies? (No, and there are damn few things you can say *that* about.)
Doesn't seem like a crime worthy of imprisonment, or indeed being a crime at all, to me.
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