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saghmtoday at 3:05 PM1 replyview on HN

That doesn't seem to have stopped any prosecutions for piracy in the past


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inigyoutoday at 3:50 PM

It actually did. There weren't that many, they were just high profile news at the time. And most of them either lost or recovered minimal damages. There was no actual $250,000 payment for downloading an MP3. That's why the industry stopped doing it and now only targets distribution sites.

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