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> "the chances are that most people the RIAA are going after really did do it" Unfortunately, our legal system isn't supposed to tolerate that sort of process.
by roc 17y ago
> "the chances are that most people the RIAA are going after really did do it"
Unfortunately, our legal system isn't supposed to tolerate that sort of process. 'Better guilty men go free than an innocent man be punished' and all.
Very real, very serious consequences are befalling innocent people. Very real laws are being broken in this process with little to no repercussion.
If my store is looted during a riot, we don't simply round up 10 people without proper evidence and due process, just because it's extremely likely that 9 of them really are guilty. That just is not how our system is supposed to operate.
- Silhouette 17y agoWhich is all very well, but does absolutely nothing to restore justice or equity to the damaged party. This is the point when the "better a guilty man go free" argument really breaks down, which is why I wish people wouldn't treat the fact that privacy allows this no-win situation as a good thing. Privacy is important for many constructive reasons. Permitting someone to damage someone else while effectively immune to any personal consequences is not one of them.