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Copyright infringement is a civil affair

Copyright infringement is a civil affair

Posted Nov 22, 2012 20:29 UTC (Thu) by bkuhn (subscriber, #58642)
In reply to: Copyright infringement is a civil affair by Wol
Parent article: RTS and the GPL

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.


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