Jason Levine
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| reply to treetop1000
Re: Here we go
said by treetop1000  :I see NO reason to imprison or punish people over "illegal possession of copyrighted material" Actually, it's not possession that they are prosecuting (except maybe as a side issue). It's illegal distribution of copyrighted materials. If I download a copy of "Spiderman 2" via a P2P network, I'm doing something illegal, but it's hard to track me and not very cost-effective to prosecute me. If, however, I'm sharing a copy of "Spiderman 2" (along with 1,000+ other titles) on a P2P network, it is very easy to spot me and easy to prosecute me.
I do think that the RIAA has abused their ability to prosecute the uploaders (by forcing them into one-sided settlements and not allowing them real due process which might weed out mistakes), and I think that the penalties are too severe, but in general I agree with their approach. If you don't want to get sued, don't distribute material that you don't have the right to distribute.
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