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1 edit | Criminal? Civil? or Begging?
ok lets get a few things straight with all the discussions going on. The RIAA has 3 choices when it comes to pursuing someone for copyright infringement.
1) Criminal Charges
They must prove to a jury beyond a shadow of a doubt without violating entrapment or privacy laws.
Yea, Good luck with that one cause it's not going to happen.
2) Civil Charges
They must convince a Judge that you have cost them money and that they didn't break any laws finding this out.
Possible, but tough. No jury, No "beyond a shadow of a doubt"
3) Settlements
Send letters that cost $1 to make and hope that at least one out of every five hundred people get scared and pay the fines.
Cheap, easy, and profitable.
This is why the RIAA is sending letters. The ISP's are jumping on the band wagon for their own personal gain, less upgrades in their backbone and more profits in their media markets. |
