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10/05/11(Wed)17:03 No.20399421May I say something.
I
really don't know how things are (legally speaking) oin the US. but at
least in Europe something like that would be impractical.
for two reasons. One political and one legal.
In
a lot of European countries parties that support the legalisation of
piracy have entered the parliaments (like i think sweden, and in berlin
with a 9% percentage)
Legally, in the european countries that have the principle of proportionaloty in their constitutions
(like
as far as i know Germany, France, Italy, Greece and others) every civil
compensation action with a punitive character would be considered
unconstitutional.
That means that only compensating the company for the exact amount of money you cost it would stand legally.
Then again it wouldn't be the first time we forgot about our constitutions.
Either
way this stuff is potentially very dangerous for a the vast majority of
people who couldn't possibly have that much money.
Though the
european convention for the human rights allows imprisoning someone only
for debts he CAN but WON'T pay, and certainly not for when he can't
repay even if he wanted, there is tha danger of billing someone with
enough money that he and his offspring will need to continue repaying it
pretty much indefinitely (effectively creating a modern rendition of
the Roman Nexus).
Lawfag out. |
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