Dvorak is right on the money:

The French are also skeptical about the whole movie-piracy phenomenon. Why should illegally downloading the equivalent of a $19 disc result in a $250,000 fine and 5 years in prison? Shoplifting a $100 item from a store—which is tangible and real—has fewer consequences. Does this make any sense to anyone? The French don’t think so. Illegally copying movies or downloading should be like a traffic ticket—perhaps a $100 fine. Now they are being accused of “encouraging” piracy. How’s that? $100 is a lot of money.

It make me ill to think Germany may start throwing pirates in jail. Why have the RIAA and MPAA put the world’s governments into a stranglehold?

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