Quote Originally Posted by BabaYaga
I'm not in Russia though, so I'm a bit careful: about a year ago, a student here was fined 4000 € (!!!) for downloading music of the internet, and thereby infringing on copyright. The Belgian copyright organisation doesn't consist of sweet guys.....

So if I suddenly disappear, I'll be in jail watching Russian movies....
Once again, to be the typical American whiner-stereotype, I'm going to tell you that we are obviously worse-off than you. Seriously. You have no idea what sort of complete and utter scum our record/movie companies are. Corporate farking gestapo. They'll sue/blackmail anybody they can -- they need an excuse for their slipping sales numbers, so they think it's a great idea to claim that some kid in his mom's basement is the root of all their problems, and that we therefore need really idiotic laws that will hold his parents legally-responsible for tens of thousands of dollars in "damages." Like I said, the scum of the earth (and I might add that I'm a hardcore imperialist, CAPITALIST pig-dog, but this is just absolutely vulgar).