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RE: it's called responsibility for one's own actions
By GmanMD on 12/10/2006 6:15:41 PM , Rating: 2
I can understand people being pissed off at this lady for trying to shift blame, but if the RIAA and MPAA,etc. were already paid off by Kazaa, then doesn't his count almost as double dipping, on recovering phantom costs from 2 places. They settled on their cut with Kazaa, so leave the users alone. They can't sue everyone for all this money they lost that their accountants pulled out of thin air. They should be jumping up and down that Napster and Kazaa existed, because iTunes, etc. would never have been so popular. They are making money hand over fist without even having to press a CD with a cheap paper cover art insert.

By marvdmartian on 12/11/2006 9:29:05 AM , Rating: 3
I don't believe the "double dipping" defense will work here either.

It's like if you saw that it was going to be really easy to rip off some company, but instead of doing it yourself, you decided to sell the idea to others, so they could do it. You get caught selling this idea, and get (pretty much) slapped on the wrist.
Then some schmuck comes along, and actually uses your idea to rip off the company. But the company is wise to this method now, and have taken steps to correct the problem, and this schmuck gets caught easily.
Can it then be the schmuck's defense that he's not guilty of trying to rip off the company, because it wasn't his idea in the first place? That you, who have already paid your dues for the wrongdoing you committed, are more guilty for having come up with the idea in the first place??

NO. You do the crime, you do the time. Anyone who's sharing music on P2P networks either knows that they're doing something wrong, or is just too friggin stupid to be allowed to own a computer, and should have it taken away from them!! You do the crime, you take your chances, and when you get caught, you hang your head in shame and take your punishment.......unless you're part of the newest trend, which is to blame everyone but yourself for your wrongdoing!

By GmanMD on 12/11/2006 12:41:46 PM , Rating: 2
I don't have a problem with them "doing the time". Then give them jail time if found guilty, but don't give me this crap that the record industry should be suing everyone involved for their "losses". If they want to criminally prosecute then that is one thing. If 2 people steal $100 from me, I can both criminally prosecute and civily sue them. I cannot get $100 from each of them so I have $300 in my pocket.


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