Just as dog owners are accountable for the actions of their dogs (in most jurisdictions) it isn't so far fetched (or even beyond legal precedent) to believe people will be held accountable for what their computers do with their ISPs.
Yep, and we should arrest all those folks who leave their wifi open for people to use, when someone else connects and does something illegal. They shouldn't do nice things for other people.
And anybody whose wifi gets cracked and the hackers do bad things. They should have secured it better.
And all those people who let their computers get compromised and end up in botnets doing attacks. They're practically cyberterrorists.
After all, it's their computer and their ISP. They're liable for it.
Hmm, so if the porno version is a near identical representation of the book, and Universal was doing a movie version of the book, does that mean Universal is getting into the porn industry?
66% of people noted that they had downloaded, streamed or shared infringing content
I'm surprised the *AAs haven't hosted one of these surveys as a way to get a mass of people to admit to it so they can sue them. I shouldn't be giving them ideas, should I?
It's not computer fraud. The program did not break into their twitter accounts. It asked for permission to post (like almost every smartphone app these days, whether they need it or not) and the users gave it permission.
This may prompt taxpayers to give a damn about what their police are doing, rather than staying with that "it hasn't affected me (yet)" attitude.
I doubt it. People have trouble seeing beyond the proximate step in a chain.
1)"Oh yeah, stick it to the government!"
2)???
3)"Why are my taxes so high?"
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Yep, and we should arrest all those folks who leave their wifi open for people to use, when someone else connects and does something illegal. They shouldn't do nice things for other people.
And anybody whose wifi gets cracked and the hackers do bad things. They should have secured it better.
And all those people who let their computers get compromised and end up in botnets doing attacks. They're practically cyberterrorists.
After all, it's their computer and their ISP. They're liable for it.
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I'm surprised the *AAs haven't hosted one of these surveys as a way to get a mass of people to admit to it so they can sue them. I shouldn't be giving them ideas, should I?
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"We're not even pretending this is about the actual creators anymore."
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Libel is probably a fair suit, though.
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Joggers.
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Re: Horsemanure-- all law suits are business decisions
Yes, then, when your IP shows up on their lists anyway, you can just say "Nope, I never pirate anything." and they'll totally let the suit drop.
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I doubt it. People have trouble seeing beyond the proximate step in a chain.
1)"Oh yeah, stick it to the government!"
2)???
3)"Why are my taxes so high?"
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