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When you steal something, you should be punished for it. No exceptions. I don't care if you think the music industry is evil; rules are rules and laws are laws, and a society without such regulations would be doomed to failure.
These thiefs got what they deserved, and now they're getting punished. In a funny way, it kind of restores my respect for the judicial system -- because it seems to be working just fine.
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Did he steal anything? It was my understanding from the article that all he did was create a convenient way for people to search the files that were being shared on the school network. This search utility was used to search for, and trade MP3s as well as public domain files such as physics notes.
The RIAA should go after the people who possess the illegal MP3s instead of those providing access to search them. Why not then sue RPI? Wasn't it their network that facilitated the trade of MP3 files?
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Why not then sue RPI? Wasn't it their network that facilitated the trade of MP3 files?
Not to mention Microsoft, who has left such a huge, piracy-enabling hole in Windows in the form of Windows File Sharing. Oh wait, Microsoft has a legal defense team...never mind.
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It is not as clear-cut as you suggest. Some sharing is allowed under most copyright regimes. This space is narrowed down due to the WIPO Copyright Treaty. Copyright has never meant an absolute power over works. Until now...
Regards,
Mikael
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by
Anonymous Coward
on Monday June 09, @02:53PM (#782)
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I think the outcry may lie at the fact that the RIAA is targeting students and other seemingly "innocent" individuals as an exercise of their power. I personally feel that they are trying to make an example of enough people to scare the rest of the file-swappers, given that they cannot necessarily go after the companies (say Grokster, Morpheus, etc.). You take notice when one company litigates another, but you stand up and really take notice when a company goes after an individual, especially when that individual could have provided you with some copyrighted material just the day before.
Copyright law needs to be modified to fit with the changing times, and not enable bodies such as the RIAA to pick on the little people in the name of money.
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He gave up on Kuro5hin and has apparently gone looking for new waters.
Please don't feed the troll.I have discovered a truly marvelous sig, however the sig limit is too small to contain i
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He has a valid statement, that thieves should be charged. If you steal, you get caught, you pay. Not going into the whole issue of whether he provided the files, actually stole, or just provided a search engine for them, the statement was "When you steal something...."
And quit calling people trolls. In the last 3 stories I've read, you chimed in twice just to say that APA's a troll, while adding nothing to the conversation. Give it up already.
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