I dunno man, maybe not you but I'm sure there's a fair share of people (not limited to just here) who're saying he got what was coming to him, yet those same people would turn around and say "but it was only a few songs!" or whatever if the shoe was on the other foot.Originally Posted by SomethingBig
Again I'm not arguing whether the punishment in this specific case was fair or not, because that'd quickly descend into a debate on morality
Yeah, direct downloading = bad idea. I mean at least crypt the links ffs. Even torrenting is getting risky due to tracking and fake torrents that're monitored by media companies to see who'll bite.If you download things, you should know and accept that what you're doing is illegal and that their will be major consequences, should you get caught. The only difference is that you have to be really, really stupid and/or downloading a million files at an insane speed to get caught.
I could see if they charged her the price of the album plus a small fine, but anything beynd that, especailly if it's a first offense, is going too far to prove a point that largely falls on deaf ears imo.That said, the MPAA is run by jerkoffs. A few weeks ago, a woman downloaded a music album and was charged a couple hundred grand for it.
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