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At least that was Swedish court. Had it been in the USA they could have faced 4, 6 and 10 years of imprisonment, and $6.8 trillion damage to the RIAA and MPAA.


I was thinking the same thing. I know prison isn't a wonderful place to be. But I think dotcom would be stoked with a 4-10month sentence.

Having said that, it's still over the top for posting links.


I'll just leave this here:

Israelis enjoying life in Swedish prison

Three Israelis jailed in Scandinavian country turn down offer to continue serving their sentence in homeland, explain 'here we are treated with steaks, sex and private television airing World Cup games for free'

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3261698,00.html


Hehe, there's this Russian comedy movie "Хочу в тюрму" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167231/) where a guy, after losing his job, sees a TV documentary about European prisons, and decides to go to the Netherlands from Russia specifically to try to get into prison.


Oh please. $6.8 trillion damages? I thought HN was supposed to be free of hyperbole.

This sort of speculation is meaningless.




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