Originally Posted by Failed

A year in prison is just too long, for a number of reasons.

- People commit far more serious offenses and get less prison time
- Now the taxpayer is paying for a pirate to eat, be housed, and guarded for a year
- The article makes no mention of any restitution having to be paid or any fines given with the prison sentence.

The end result is a pirate spends more time in prison than people who do far more serious crimes, we have to pay for him to be there, he pays nothing. How is that fair?

And, because of the movie not being at the release level, the movie still did almost $400 million. One could argue the man did an exceptional job at marketing the film.