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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Friadoc" data-source="post: 4750780" data-attributes="member: 5445">See, computer crime has had this, let's call it faith-based initiative, that started with Kevin Mitnick, in which loss numbers are estimated or created even though, in a real sense, no real loss occurred. Of course, the reason for this is so that hefty fines and sentences, based on larger numbers, can be assigned to a case and used against the suspected criminal as a sign of how serious the prosecution is going to be with the case.In the end, much of these inflated, or whole created from smoke, were tossed out or redone, but thanks to the RIAA and ilk it's only gotten worse in recent years. Hence why the focus has turned mostly, or in some cases solely, toward infringement, as opposed to theft and loss of profit.While I am totally for punishing criminals for crimes, I am totally against crafting crime to fit the whims of the prosecution and corporations, or even individuals involved, as that is not fair or just.</blockquote>