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		dragonwriter on Dec 11, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Peter Sunde: 'I went to jail for my cause. What di... > The end result is the exact same thing: A non-paying user listened to an unofficial source for a song. YouTube has functionality for content owners to identify their content being distributed unofficially on YouTube and either choose to permit and monetize it (via advertising) or choose to forbid it and have the content removed.

scrollaway on Dec 11, 2014 [–]

I'm well aware and this is what I was talking about... but from a user's point of view, the end result is the same. So let's stop talking about whether or not jail time is right.

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