Citrico, imagine you worked hard for years to produce some software which you were hoping to sell to make a living off. Now imagine everyone pirated your software instead of paying for it and after devoting a lot of time and effort to the project you ended up bankrupt. Would you think that was fair? Wouldn't you want to sue the people who stole your software so you could get some remuneration for your hard work? Clearly you would, so why are you so aggrieved with the RIAA do the same thing?
You say “the victim is going to be out lots of money, and the RIAA is rich enough that they won't”. If someone stole your work you'd no doubt be furious but when it's the RIAA it's okay because they're rich? Does that mean you believe rich people or organisations shouldn't be entitled to justice, and the poor deserve to be protected by the law? Your moral standards seem rather inconsistent.
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Charles @ Dec 30th 2007 1:05PM
Citrico, imagine you worked hard for years to produce some software which you were hoping to sell to make a living off. Now imagine everyone pirated your software instead of paying for it and after devoting a lot of time and effort to the project you ended up bankrupt. Would you think that was fair? Wouldn't you want to sue the people who stole your software so you could get some remuneration for your hard work? Clearly you would, so why are you so aggrieved with the RIAA do the same thing?
You say “the victim is going to be out lots of money, and the RIAA is rich enough that they won't”. If someone stole your work you'd no doubt be furious but when it's the RIAA it's okay because they're rich? Does that mean you believe rich people or organisations shouldn't be entitled to justice, and the poor deserve to be protected by the law? Your moral standards seem rather inconsistent.