Re: Australian Police Accused of Mass Software Piracy
I have no idea what the punishment for willful infringement and illegal distribution of copyright is in Australia. As in most countries the punitive damages will be steep.
It will be interesting to see where this goes. It demonstrates one thing. Intellectual Property is an artificial state that goes against the grain of human nature. No amount of education will cure this. There is a fundamental disconnect between the law and culture.
All kids are taught at a very young age to share. This lesson and the lesson that not sharing is selfish is a pretty much worldwide lesson kids learn.
In this is the problem that the copywrong industry fights. It's a loosing battle that will never be won. The idea that it would like to stick in minds is that with out it, culture would not survive. On such lies is IP built.
Traveling mistrials were doing culture sharing long before the copywrong industry ever got going. They will still be around, long after they are gone. Only today instead of having performers do stage and song, we have them separate as plays and concerts.
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