Life in prison for... (1 Viewer)

[turtleface]

Dunno if this is light/offbeat news but:

Fair? Unfair?

On Thursday, China sentenced a man to life imprisonment for pirating over 30 million movie discs.

Last line: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=165551

 

[Bendent]

i don't know but i think this is due to american pressure.

 

[wheredanton]

odd...China, as a communist country, theoretically, shouldn't be big on property rights. To lock someone up for gigantic infringement of copyright suggests otherwise.

 

[Ennaybur]

however if it is for personal profit...

 

[alby]

fair, it is 30 million after all....but i'm not sure about them giving him life

 

[Not-That-Bright]

On one line in a news article you don't get much of an idea of the details of the case... but in general I don't think it's fair - If only because his only victims (if his movies were of decent quality) are rich movie studio's.

 

[onebytwo]

i think a big fine would be more a appropriate coupled with some jail time

 

[Justin]

china doesn't place the same value on a human as the west does. It's not really much for them to throw someone in gaol to act as an example