Comments on: “Two years in jail” for file sharing? http://overlawyered.com/2008/08/two-years-in-jail-for-file-sharing/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:26:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Josh http://overlawyered.com/2008/08/two-years-in-jail-for-file-sharing/comment-page-1/#comment-28083 Josh Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:47:39 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7463#comment-28083 wow, that comic is so inaccurate, and i'm not even a lawyer. wow, that comic is so inaccurate, and i’m not even a lawyer.

]]> By: VMS http://overlawyered.com/2008/08/two-years-in-jail-for-file-sharing/comment-page-1/#comment-27967 VMS Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:43:57 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7463#comment-27967 Just because that's the maximum possible sentence, doesn't mean that a judge will give it. Even with the federal sentencing guidelines, I cannot imagine a US Attorney trying a case for someone stealing the pen in a Post Office. Further removed is a judge actually sentencing someone under 18 USC 1707 to a year for stealing the pen in the post office. A small fine is probably in order. Just because that’s the maximum possible sentence, doesn’t mean that a judge will give it. Even with the federal sentencing guidelines, I cannot imagine a US Attorney trying a case for someone stealing the pen in a Post Office. Further removed is a judge actually sentencing someone under 18 USC 1707 to a year for stealing the pen in the post office. A small fine is probably in order.

]]> By: E-Bell http://overlawyered.com/2008/08/two-years-in-jail-for-file-sharing/comment-page-1/#comment-27939 E-Bell Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:19:42 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7463#comment-27939 I think they owe Jack Chick some royalties. I think they owe Jack Chick some royalties.

]]> By: Keith Dickinson http://overlawyered.com/2008/08/two-years-in-jail-for-file-sharing/comment-page-1/#comment-27935 Keith Dickinson Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:04:15 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7463#comment-27935 Proof that RIAA is running scared. Rather than trying to find a way to profit from the new market place, they're doing everything they can to try and scare people straight. To paraphrase a movie: The tighter you squeeze your fist, the more people will slip through your fingers. Proof that RIAA is running scared. Rather than trying to find a way to profit from the new market place, they’re doing everything they can to try and scare people straight.

To paraphrase a movie: The tighter you squeeze your fist, the more people will slip through your fingers.

]]> By: Luke http://overlawyered.com/2008/08/two-years-in-jail-for-file-sharing/comment-page-1/#comment-27934 Luke Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:30:32 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7463#comment-27934 Something is wrong with the world when you get a lesser punishment for holding up a cashier at a record/movie store and stealing their stock at gunpoint than for unauthorized copying for no profit. Something is wrong with the world when you get a lesser punishment for holding up a cashier at a record/movie store and stealing their stock at gunpoint than for unauthorized copying for no profit.

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