[justlurking]

Ignorance and error don't excuse breaking the law. Plenty of people screw up and break the law. If that were an excuse, nobody would be in jail.

However, people that inadvertantly break the law are usually given probation or a suspended sentence. In many cases, making restitution is enough to get the charges dismissed.

On the other hand, It cost this guy $100,000. If he chose to fight, he had to pay the costs of his prosecution and his defense. What would you have done, if confronted with the same problem, due to an inadvertant error on your part?

Irrelevant and unprovable supposition.

No more so than your claim that he was intentionally stealing software.

[Bush2000]

However, people that inadvertantly break the law are usually given probation or a suspended sentence. In many cases, making restitution is enough to get the charges dismissed.

I wouldn't want to see the guy thrown in jail. I would simply want him to make restitution. And that's exactly what happened in this case.

[Bush2000]

No more so than your claim that he was intentionally stealing software.

I didn't say "intentionally". His intentions are irrelevant. The fact is that he has software that doesn't belong to him, can't explain how it got there, and that's illegal.