Comment Re:We need to reevaluate Copyrights. (Score 1) 123
I would have to agree that the punishment needs to be altered to fit the crime, but I think your estimate is way off. A song costs about a dollar, and a movie costs about 5. So for 10000 pirated songs it should be $10,000.00, and for 10000 pirated movies (who pirates that many movies or songs anyways?) it should be $50,000.00.
This way the companies get the actual price of what was stolen, the pirate pays for exactly what has been downloaded, plus a cent or two per song or movie for the effort the company and court had to go through to catch the thief.
I may be against what big corporations are doing to the average person, but I also think that people screwing the corporations is wrong as well, just not on the same level.
This way the companies get the actual price of what was stolen, the pirate pays for exactly what has been downloaded, plus a cent or two per song or movie for the effort the company and court had to go through to catch the thief.
I may be against what big corporations are doing to the average person, but I also think that people screwing the corporations is wrong as well, just not on the same level.