Penalties for Music Piracy

08/24/2009 Mises Wire Jeffrey A. Tucker

This blogger demonstrates that the penalties are higher for downloading music online than for child abduction, stealing actual CDs, robbing and mugging someone, setting someone’s house on fire, stalking, and even murdering in a 2nd class way.

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