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Jail?
Come on, I highly doubt anyone is going to do jail time over this. Copyright infringement is 99% a civil matter, and will be dealt with in a civil court, where jail time is not an available "punishment" option if you will. The RIAA isn't stupid enough to try and bring a criminal charge against the infringers, because not only would they have to prove intent (which would be almost impossible to do in the case of p2p downloading), but with the given state of the legal system in regard to computer records, etc, probably 99% of the "evidence" they have against the infringers isn't admissible in a criminal court. They stick to civil courts because the burdon of proof and the rules of the game are much less stringent on the prosecution, and at least in the US, unlike with a criminal court, they don't have to prove that you are guilty BEYOND A RESONABLE DOUBT, they just need to present a case that a judge or jury will by into.

I'm not going to say that p2p'ers are right in their ways, but I would love to actually see one of them not settle with the RIAA and fight it out in court. There is no way a jury (maybe a judge, but not a jury) in a civil court would find against a defendent in this matter, and with a good solid defeat on their record, more of these pirates would stop settling and fight it out, and eventually it would become too fruitless to even try and bring civil charges against downloaders. Then the RIAA can get back to their core business, raping artists and consumers alike.
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Can't Unmask ME!  Bill_gates_Is_SATAN | 07/27/04
Such a shame...  Leidenfrost | 07/27/04
well...  ryusen | 07/28/04
Guilty until forced to settle  Anton Philidor | 07/27/04
Want a roomate?  Xunil_Sierutuf | 07/27/04
This should send a clear message to PIRATES  realitycheck101 | 07/27/04
Actually  Linux User 147560 | 07/27/04
Of course  GMTobias | 07/27/04
Stop complaining  rkadowns | 07/27/04
It's worse  AbsolutelyNot | 07/27/04
actually  buxxmaster | 07/27/04
ever heard of IP SPOOFING  V Sanders | 07/28/04
Jail?  tamuhockey | 07/28/04
well,  ryusen | 07/27/04
*yawn  M_c | 07/27/04
I'm so glad  Chad_z | 07/27/04
I agree  johnnyu | 07/28/04
RIAA is thinks its god  nograin | 07/27/04
Think Of All The Namby Pamby RIAA  ParadigmOdyssey | 07/27/04
Dont put your Fair-use copy Onto The Internet  ParadigmOdyssey | 07/27/04
"Honorable" Denny Chin is an RIAA Puppet  claytonmuhler | 07/27/04
He could have done worse...  Anton Philidor | 07/28/04
Gawd, I can't stand the whining in here.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/27/04
Then, for as long as you can  AbsolutelyNot | 07/27/04
Then feel free to leave.  James T. Kirk | 07/28/04
You whine us pirates growl !!!!  cybershoplifter | 07/28/04
Then leave...  Nullifidian | 07/28/04
then stop whinning about it (nt)  ryusen | 07/28/04
Foolish Pirates think whining will save their Azz...  realitycheck101 | 07/27/04
You, sir  ObiWayneKenobi | 07/27/04
You whine us pirates growl !!!!  cybershoplifter | 07/28/04
I have no problem with *IAA  ctk76 | 07/27/04
Question for consumers  johnek_z | 07/27/04
the mistake being made  V Sanders | 07/28/04
Bigger mistake  AbsolutelyNot | 07/28/04
it's about the $$  bjornafreeman@... | 07/28/04
next virus will probably automaticaly download  V Sanders | 07/28/04
Anyone affiliated with the RIAA can rot in HELL  Protector | 07/28/04
I checked Canada for country on kazaa, am I safe?  cybershoplifter | 07/28/04
Piracy, in terms even the RIAA should be able to understand  tamuhockey | 07/28/04
Ironically, you have described the strategy of more than music distribution  AbsolutelyNot | 07/28/04
they understand piracy just fine...  ryusen | 07/28/04
right on the head  tamuhockey | 07/28/04
Still time to sue music industry on MAP pricing scheme  FilledOut | 07/28/04
Privacy gets it's head crapped on once again...  BitTwiddler | 07/28/04
Opinion  calblee133@... | 08/11/04

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