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Sometimes you have to accept that legislation isn't going to fix a problem. Piracy, spamming, and so on aren't going to go away, even if we catch people periodi
by nitwit005 9y ago
Sometimes you have to accept that legislation isn't going to fix a problem. Piracy, spamming, and so on aren't going to go away, even if we catch people periodically.
You can certainly get the largest firms to comply, but the internet is full of people trying to trick you with fraud and viruses. You're not going to make those people care.
- bsder 9y ago> Sometimes you have to accept that legislation isn't going to fix a problem. And sometimes you have to accept that there will be zero change until legislation hits the big companies with an even bigger stick. > Piracy, spamming, and so on aren't going to go away, even if we catch people periodically. But if you never enforce against something at all, then it simply goes into a runaway loop.
- losteric 9y agoRegulations can't defend hordes of gullible suckers. It's a two part problem: Consumers need to be equipped to defend themselves with basic critical thinking, in addition to regulation that punish abusive entities.
- nitwit005 9y ago> And sometimes you have to accept that there will be zero change until legislation hits the big companies with an even bigger stick. Were the problem parties in this article the "big companies"? Nope. They're already flouting existing laws. Are new laws going to stop them when the existing ones don't? Obviously not.