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Originally Posted by Pragma
Just to nitpick: copyright infringement is not a federal crime, so you won't get sent to a prison. You would be sued in a civil court by the RIAA and then have to pay them X amount of money (where X > "a shitload").
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Not sure how it works in the US, but my understanding is that in Australia the damages awarded in a civil case such as this are limited in that you are compensating them for their losses, meaning if I download 3 songs worth $2 each, they can sue me for 6 dollars + court costs if I lose. Their losses are obviously much greater IF I am allowing others to upload the three songs I have downloaded. Why should I compensate them greater than the loss they have incurred?
This may be one reason why they target those hosting this stuff - it may not be worth their time to sue every single downloader.