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I. Bought and Paid For







II. Payoffs Bear Real Weight on the Field of Tech Law







III. Who is to Blame?



And it was the President's advisors -- the 





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RE: Time to get real
By Beenthere on 6/19/2011 12:38:41 PM , Rating: -1
No trolling at all. Pirates are ignorant and in serious denial. Punishment is meant to be a deterrent. If it takes $10K per copy and 5 years in the slammer to get thru to these braindead people then that's what the punishment should be. Just the fact that some folks think it's too harsh is a good indication it would be more effective than the current slap on the wrist that isn't a deterrent to the braindead pirates. They make prisons for people in denial.

Putting these scumbags in prison is a win-win deal for society and the U.S. It will create U.S. jobs, stimulate the economy with production of building materials, provide jobs to maintain the inmates and facilities, reduce piracy, and get scum off the streets. The only one's who will suffer are the criminals and that's how it should be. It's all good.

RE: Time to get real
By Untold1 on 6/19/2011 1:07:32 PM , Rating: 2
How about you just charge the price of 2 adults and ..2 kids the price of going to watch a movie. Tickets are say $48 ($12 a ticket). 4 bags of popcorn $20. 4 drinks $12. How about $80 and a warning. I mean I didn't complain about all those crappy movies I and my family have seen all throughout the years.. Did I.

RE: Time to get real
By Beenthere on 6/19/2011 3:39:50 PM , Rating: 1
Apparently some folks missed the entire point... piracy, hacking, illegal distribution of copyright protected works are all crimes under existing laws. When you commit a crime you are punished because you are an idiot. Since pirates tend to be braindead, they need a little more "motivation" and that's where the felony conviction, 5 years in the slammer and $10K per copy come in. They'll eventually buy a clue or spend their worthless life in prison.

RE: Time to get real
By Jalek on 6/19/2011 5:06:56 PM , Rating: 1
If they could, you know these people would jail Netflix subscribers. $8 a month for streaming movies worth $10k per viewing? I'm sure that pisses them off.

I think most studios today would prefer nobody viewed their IP, so I say let them keep it to themselves.

RE: Time to get real
By Invane on 6/20/2011 2:30:03 PM , Rating: 2
You are fantastically ignorant. How about we go after those brain dead jaywalkers next? They keep doing that damn jaywalking thing despite it CLEARLY being against the law. We need to make jaywalking a felony with a minimum of a 5 year prison sentence...that would definitely fix the issue.

Are you really that dim? If there are enough people committing a crime then there's something wrong with the system. In this case, the system is being used to prop up a limp and failing business model to the detriment of the consumers involved.

If you continue to support draconic and poorly thought out legislation like this, at some point they will implement some law that will personally impact YOU. And at that point, you will understand far better why laws like this need to be opposed.

And for the record, I am not a pirate. I oppose piracy and I don't like the mindset involved. But I do understand why it's occurring and I also firmly believe it's a systemic issue with a deeper solution than to hit the offender with more and more jail time and fines.

RE: Time to get real
By superstition on 6/20/2011 12:04:39 AM , Rating: 2
"Punishment is meant to be a deterrent. If it takes electric shock to the testicles, pulled fingernails, and random familial executions to get thru to these ZOMBIES then that's what the punishment should be. Just the fact that some folks think it's too harsh is a good indication it would be more effective than the current slap on the wrist that isn't a deterrent to the braindead (zombie) pirates. They make prisons and torture for people in denial.

Putting these SCUMBAGS in prison is a win-win deal for society and the U.S."


