• wikibot@lemmy.worldB
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    10 months ago

    Here’s the summary for the wikipedia article you mentioned in your comment:

    Criminal copyright laws prohibit the unacknowledged use of another's intellectual property for the purpose of financial gain. Violation of these laws can lead to fines and jail time. Criminal copyright laws have been a part of U.S. laws since 1897, which added a misdemeanor penalty for unlawful performances if "willful and for profit". Criminal penalties were greatly expanded in the latter half of the twentieth century, and those found guilty of criminal copyright infringement may now be imprisoned for decades and fined hundreds of thousands of dollars. Criminal penalties, in general, require that the offender knew that he or she was committing a crime, while civil copyright infringement is a strict liability offense, and offenders can be "innocent" (of intent to infringe), as well as an "ordinary" infringer or a "willful" infringer.

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      • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        10 months ago

        Could be that your client, like mine, doesn’t support this particular flavor of markdown, or the markdown could just be wrong. I’m honestly not sure which.

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          10 months ago

          It’s the former. This, for example, also appears weird in Jerboa. Seems fine in the web version though.

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        10 months ago

        It’s most likely what the other guy said. The weird markdown you see should make the text appear in superscript but some clients don’t support it, like Jerboa. Should be fine in the web version of Lemmy though.