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Penalties compared: Downloading vs shoplifting
Summary
| Stealing | Infringing | |
| Absolute Minimum |
$0 no jail |
$4,400 |
| Absolute Maximum |
$100,000 1 year jail |
$3,400,000 1 year jail lawyer fees and costs |
| Real World Example |
Winona Ryder*: $2,700 fine $6,355 restitution $1,000 court cost 3 years probation |
An Average RIAA settlement**: $14,875 |
from Off The Shelf — Penalties of Stealing vs. Infringing via Slashdot
How does our Singapoream jurisdiction compare with good ol America?
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Reasonable Dog standard!
Those who study the law will know what I’m talking about: the concept of the reasonable person.
Yeah, and fascinatingly, American judges have also ruminated upon the concept of the reasonable dog!!!
via OxBlog
PS: I highly recommend Professor Lawrence Solum’s Legal Theory Lexicon for any aspiring Law students, or currently suffering Law students as a primer for Legal Theory. Excellent stuff.
It takes a redneck cowboy…
to promote a black woman to high office.
Yes, for all their talk about multiculturalism and diversity, when was the last time a Democratic President had done anything for the black community?
For 2 consecutive terms, George W. Bush has had black people in high office. First it was Colin Powell, now its Condi Rice. Now THAT is true diversity.
Update: Yes, I’m ready to admit when I’m wrong. But then, I’m not completely wrong either.
