Would anyone have started this topic on the org if the guy punished was selling hard copies of the songs? Or would it be a 'yeah I can understand that' and move on without comment type of deal.Bauzi wrote:What I dislike about such cases (and that nobody mentioned yet):
I never hear about people who download and sell (!) illegal copies (ites that let you pay for download obviously illegal copies). Not exactly like UseNet, because UseNet is for everything (and that means that it can also distribute legal stuff), but there are sites that are clearly dedicated to music, films, animes, mangas etc.
For example: this barely got mentioned on forums and blogs. It was pretty clearly for profit piracy on a large scale using a very questionable legal justification. Not many people got bent out of shape when it was targeted because it was a fairly clear cut case. It's also a kinda interesting study in how copyright issues between nations are dealt with.
