Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul Markham
But you can't deny we live in a world controlled and regulated.
|
Yeah I won't deny that. I realize we need regulation sometimes or else the offline and online 'scum' as you called it will wreak havoc.
My issue is not with regulation it's with the idea itself. I have 2 problems with it.
1- Are we sure the technology is sound? If not you can't just round up some innocents with guilty people no matter how small (well, maybe if it was 1:1 million) the number of innocents is.
2- The Blackmail. This is the worst part. The guilty person receives a letter in the mail saying that they were caught downloading illegally and if they don't pay, their name will be posted and EVERYONE will know they watch porn. Not everyone will know you downloaded a copyright file but that that you watch PORN. We live in a very judgmental society still, where being associated with porn (even though it's legal) has consequences. It can bring on issues with your family, friends, co-workers and you can even lose your job for it.
Now imagine that a person was caught downloading gay porn in an area where homosexuality is not tolerated. His life is ruined. Does he deserve that? To take it even further, imagine the guy is straight, high profiled and there was a mistake with the ISP traces. He never downloaded anything. And on and on.
To that I say instead of trying to embarrass/ruin people, if the technology is sound and if a person is caught tell them they can either settle by paying a certain amount or be charged and have their name public for downloading a 'copyright' file without specifying it is porn.
