Hi Joe!
In Joe Boswell's message to All on , Joe Boswell said:
 JB>   Ok PUNISHMENT, for pirates, does anyone know I MEAN KNOW exactly
 JB> what is done to a person found pirateing this or that, Im not talking
 JB> some little 14 year old idiot I mean like 0-7 day or 0-12 Hour FTP
 JB> with say 3 to 5 gigs on it of Illegal software, what would happen to
 JB> such a person? I am fairly sure the penalty would be high, It is a
 JB> federal offence (I thought) so that would mean more than likely 1+
 JB> years in prison? Charges for that higher than that of say
 JB> homocide? cane.
It really depends on the country... I am not sure of America's standards, but 
in Australia we are fairly relaxed about this thing, and even if the person 
gets caught, the penalty wouldn't be that severe.
Cya
Matthew
... Lead me not to temptation, I enjoy finding it myself. 
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