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Originally Posted by borked
Fucking case in point - that was "we have an IP, we tracked it to Mr X, we launched a rade, we found/didn't find evidence on his computers"
*That* is exactly how the law should work.
Not send a letter saying "We've evidence you downloaded CP. Please show up on Sunday at the prison for 1 month's detention or risk going to court, losing and facing 5 years term"
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That is why everybody is very happy to pay the small settlement fee in these cases.
No way they want their computer brought into court and have experts go on that hard drive and prove them guilty.
The current laws have tied our hands to do much of anything to the pirate sites. But this is sending a message out there.
Remember, this whole mess isn't OUR fault. We didn't steal shit. We didn't destroy the industry. We didn't teach hundreds of millions of people that they didn't need to pay for our product.
We have been raped to the ground. It's time to "re-educate" people. There will be consequences for a person's actions. A pornsite is $30 a month. Less than a dollar a day. And yet they still want to steal it? It's time to take back our business.
This has destroyed many people's lives already in our industry. Think of how many employees of companies have already lost their jobs. Or how many affiliates have had to walk away from making a living trying to sell porn when it's already free.
Those are people's LIVES. With families who depended on them to bring home the money to pay for rent, food, etc.
I have no sympathy for the people stealing. None.