Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
This is sickning. How can the goverment allow the RIAA to get away with this shit? Oh that's right, because they probably get a cut. :/
RIAA does not "get away with" anything. They are prosecuting somebody per the law. Do I agree with them going after this girl? No, because they could have much bigger fish to fry than this girl. That being said she did break the law, and downloaded copyrighted content illegally. She was wrong, and medical conditions shouldn't protect you from the law. It's a slippery slope if you start down that path.
What's even more sickning is people like OJ simpson get away with crime that actually affects people. How many years has he been getting away with murder now and the law doing fuck all? They seriously need to get their priorities straight.
OJ Simpson was found not guilty. Is the justice system perfect? Of course it's not, but the fact is in this country you are innocent until proven beyond a reasonable doubt you are guilty. The prosecution did not prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. That doesn't mean he didn't kill her, but it doesn't matter. The justice system found him not guilty in her killing, so move the fuck on. Besides, he couldn't be retried for that crime. End of story get the fuck over something from ~15 years ago.
Piracy does NOT negatively affect people, murder does - go after the murderers and child molestors.
Piracy does negatively affect people. Those people are the copyright holders (be it song writers, musicians, directors, actors, companies, etc). The difference between going after murderers and pirates is that the pirates are investigated by a private entitiy (RIAA). Killers are investigated by police, and the police have a lot of other things to worry about in addition to catching criminals.
IMO they should just legalize piracy, and abolish the RIAA altogether. I wish someone would bomb the RIAA. Actually, I'd go for dumping anthrax in the ventilation system. They can see how it is to be sick.
Wow. Just wow. Okay first off RIAA is a private company, and the government can't abolish it. They aren't a monopoly, nor violating any kind of anti-trust laws. That being said the government can't abolish them.
Legalizing piracy? Really? How fucking stupid are you? Why would an artist/director/writer create something if they don't get any kind of financial repayment for their investment? This is a stupid idea. Grow up and stop thinking that the creators of IP shouldn't be compensated for their IP.
So now lets go BOMB a building and KILL people who are doing their jobs? Yeah we aren't in the Middle East, so how about we stop trying to kill people who are doing their jobs just because you don't agree with them.
Dump a lethal biological agent in the vents huh? Now instead of just killing people, lets make them die from anthrax. Great. You are the type of person that the PATRIOT Act was created for.
What I don't get is, why gives them so much power anyway? You know there's something wrong with the system when some company can have enough power to do shit like this legaly.
What gives them so much power? The fact that it costs money to put out a cd/movie/etc, and they have the resources to provide what the artists need to put out content. You think the RIAA is so wrong and shit, but the market they are in has more competition then Microsoft does with Windows. The government didn't break M$ up, even though they are only one of two real options (and a third freeware option). The RIAA has much more competition from independent labels, online distribution, and hell even iTunes.
You sound like a little 14 year old kid that believes they should get whatever they want whenever they want.
BTW it's "legally", not "legaly".