Oh please, quote me saying I think any of this stuff is ok then.
Think you got me confused with someone there... I've been saying quite the opposite throughout this thread.
My argument is simply that it's
fundamentally wrong to simply call this "theft" because what's going on here is a lot more complicated than that. It has however
nothing to do with how I
feel about file sharing and the damage it causes.
If someone damages my business he or she should pay, by way of me taking them to court. Problem is that the industries that have tried to go after people this way have had a tough time making their cases stick because the laws were outdated and the technology and mechanisms involved were too hard for courts to grasp... so, instead everyone and his brother is now lobbying for this to be equated with "theft" and have people thrown in jail, which I happen to think is incredibly counter productive.
How do I regain any of my lost profit from having some kids thrown in jail? And if risking jail time is suppose to make this all stop and go away, how come people are still smoking weed?
Besides, if they lock up everyone who's downloading stuff we lose
a lot of potential customers, because the world isn't all black and white and surfers aren't nicely divided into sinners and saints.
Go after the big fish and sue them for a lot of fucking money, site owners, providers even advertisers,
that's the best solution. Scare tactics and calling people "thieves" won't do shit.
