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Two interesting news stories today related to this in the US: A judge showing surprising common sense that, even in civil cases, you are not necessarily respon
by RobAley 14y ago
Two interesting news stories today related to this in the US:
A judge showing surprising common sense that, even in civil cases, you are not necessarily responsible for someone else using your connection.[1]
The RIAA continuing their campaign of ruining peoples lives over a few shared music files [2]
[1] http://gizmodo.com/5943025/you-are-officially-not-responsible-for-porn-stolen-with-your-unsecured-wi+f http://gizmodo.com/5943025/you-are-officially-not-responsibl...
[2] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/11/thomas_rasset_loses_filesharing_appeal/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/11/thomas_rasset_loses_...
- sp332 14y agoThat second case has been going on for years. I don't think the RIAA has brought more people to court lately.
- Karunamon 14y agoJTR is a bit of a special case though.. she willfully and knowingly infringed copyrights (and this has been affirmed through at least 4 appeals that I know of). The MafiAA knows they'll never get that judgement.. it's just to make a point. Besides that, any decent court will allow you to work out a payment plan. (I say this as someone who has been sued for absurd amounts of money before!) It's annoying, unethical, disgusting, and a lot of other mean things, but hardly life ruining.