Reply to post: A lot of time

Feds charge two men with claiming ownership of others' songs to steal YouTube royalty payments

trindflo Bronze badge
WTF?

A lot of time

Thirty-Seven years potentially? I have no sympathy for them. I'm just surprised there is that much jail time for what is a property offense and where the property is a lot more frivolous than some pensioner's cat food allowance. I'd prefer to see sentences like that handed out for life and safety issues, or at least for crimes that have ruined people's lives rather than to serve as a warning to any who might mess with the ruling class. I guess I see how we danced our way there: wire fraud sponsors terrorism, so off to the gulag for transmitting a song. Those penalties are way out of balance.

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