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[-] Kushia@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I watched a thing about copyright and trademark enforcement where the corporate organization was somehow able to gather a team of 50 police at tax payer expense and march them into a Sunday market in order to capture and shut down market stores selling fake knockoffs. You could see how wildly unpopular it was with the entire crowd around them where some shoppers even continued browsing and trying to purchase goods from the shut down stores even with cops standing right there trying to make the crowd move on.

Copyright and trademark infringement against multi-billionare companies with continuous record profits is seen as a victimless "crime" at best by the vast majority of people, even reasonably well off people too. The only repercussion if you're "caught" should be just paying the actual construction/reproduction cost of the item which is pennies, they weren't going to make this sale at their ridiculous retail price in the first place and their real losses are miniscule at best.

[-] Marin_Rider@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago

that is the case in Australia, courts ruled only actual loss can be pursued (cost of a DVD basically) which made it uneconomical for IP holders to sue individuals. they still messa round the edges and tried to get the government to ban access to pirate sites (easy to bypass)

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