No one, rich or poor, goes to jail for downloading books.

thinkingtoilet 7 days ago | parent | next [-]

If I walked into a store and stole $1000 of books I would go to jail. If a tech company steals countless thousands of dollars worth of books, someone should go to jail.

	▲	emtel 7 days ago \| parent [-]
		Stealing physical goods is not the same as downloading copyrighted material.

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mdp2021 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Are you sure? I think in some jurisdictions they would, according to the law.

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johnnyanmac 7 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Tell that to Aaron schwartz

	▲	emtel 7 days ago \| parent [-]
		Swartz wasn’t charged only for downloading copyrighted material, he was also charged with wire fraud and breaking and entering.