Comments on: P2P file sharing: helping to defeat crime

By: Devil's Advocate

Devil's Advocate — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:53:28 +0000

@Tom:

Exactly!

And its not just in the US.
In Canada, we’re seeing lots of evidence that our Government is being tampered with by Big Media.

It’s this type of behaviour by authorities that proves there is a different agenda at work than the one presented by a Government to its People. This is why we don’t trust the CRTC, or any of the monopolistic corporates that have our Parliament in their pockets. Sure, its looks to those outside our borders that we all get to put in our “2 Cents”, but even when an overwhelming segment of the population say they support a certain way of doing things, the result is always the opposite.

Here are 2 supposedly sovereign countries whose Constitutions have been trashed by their own governments.

By: Thomas Koltai

Thomas Koltai — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:19:16 +0000

Copyright infringment was included in the form of IDC program piracy.
however, I do not believe that music downloads and video downloads were included. After all it is only in the last three months that the FBI have become involved as “researchers” for the content industry.
Until that event, p2p for personal use was always considered by the courts to be a civil matter.
It would now appear to becoming a criminal matter.

Every American needs to ask themselves if they gave that mandate to their elected officials. i.e.: Please Senator, make downloading a criminal action so that my kids and yours can end up with a criminal record.

The Spanish courts appear to have the right legal interpretation. Downloading for personal consumption with no (financial) reward is not a crime.

Possibly this is why Spain is one of the world innovation leaders.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:31:14 +0000

One word for the lot of them, COCKS.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:19:21 +0000

“Although it wasnât even considered a crime”

It still isn’t, except by the lamescream media, the bought-and-paid-for politicians and people who haven’t logged on yet and who therefore don’t know any better

Cheers!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:54:52 +0000

lol

Millions (billions?) of dollars are being spent on the secret service to fight their won citizens on the internet. Meanwhile go look at the homeless teens in a town near you.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:47:57 +0000

Although it wasn’t even considered a crime before the internet existed, today no other “non-crime” has been given such priority by law enforcement as “non-commercial copyright infringement.” Even the US Secret Service has been called to action to fight this (apparent) threat to national security.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:02:48 +0000

“Non-commercial copyright infringement” isn’t crime. It’s infringement, non-commercial, commercial, or otherwise.

Or do you mean counterfeiting?

Cheers!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:42:15 +0000

It depends how crime is defined. If non-commercial copyright infringement is included, it could be argued that the internet has sparked the greatest crime explosion in history.