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by nmrm 4129 days ago
> A business wanting to make more money by charging for their good/bad/ok product? how evil.

A business encouraging governments to throw people in jail for something which has never been considered a criminal infraction in order to make more money is pretty evil.

I would never dream of asking a government to throw somebody in jail for pirating my software. The benefit that I get (ostensibly deterrence) is minuscule in comparison to the human cost of a criminal record and even a short stint in jail.

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I think i made it clear in my comment that I also dis-agree with it being a criminal matter. That was not really the argument I was responding to.