Galaki said:
sethnintendo said:
Killiana1a said:
I am surprised that for how long online piracy has been around there is a paucity of state and federal laws handling it as a criminal matter. We all know through examples of the music industry suing individuals, that they would love to find a way, DRM or not, to discourage piracy to the extent where the college student downloading movies off of Bit Torrent will fear that he/she will be caught, gets expelled out of college, faces a 1 to 5 year prison sentence, and comes out as an ex con with a felony on their record.
Hopefully, with DRM this may raise the issue to the level of the US Supreme Court where they rule that onlne piracy is a violation of interstate commerce, thus putting it within the jurisdiction of the Federal Government and the Feds from there can enact a US law that classifies online piracy in the same veins of organized crime trafficking contraband across state lines.
Personally, I do not believe DRM will stop anybody. What will stop individuals is the fear of serious jail time and a felony on their record making them damn near unemployable in the United States. Furthermore, a law in this spirit would discourage online pirates in other countries because they would face extradition and prison time in the US.
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Fear from burning dvds don't stop tons of people doing it. Even though the warning is on every single dvd.... Nor does it stop people from downloading it from a site.
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Yes. Jail anyone pirate a movie for 10 years. That'll teach 'em.
Meanwhile, killing people means jailed for 2 years...
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Wow you need to work on your sarcasm for it to be less obvious and "Jail anyone pirate a movie" is God awful grammar. You speakie Engrish? I speak English.
I would suggest reading my comment before pulling the typical knee jerk reaction. Never anywhere in my article was I advocating for 10 year sentences for pirating a movie.
As for your last sentence, no coment as it is an obvious red herring.
