US Department of Justice forces people to buy Microsoft Windows
 

Mercantilism Ahoy! And at the hands of the same government agency who declared Microsoft an "illegal monopoly" (an oxymoron if there ever were one)!

http://news.com.com/Linux+felon+forced+t...=html.alert.hed

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US Department of Justice forces person convicted of computer crimes on probation to buy Microsoft Windows

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FYT

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I think it's more appalling that he served jail time for sharing a movie.

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MPAA & RIAA >> fascists

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Everything about this case just makes me angry.

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I think it's more appalling that he served jail time for sharing a movie.

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He served jail time for being a torrent site admin.

As to the particulars, would you rather the government spent lots more money to ensure the monitoring software was Linux-friendly? [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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He served jail time for being a torrent site admin.


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I read that he
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pleaded guilty in 2006 to two copyright-related charges over the uploading of Star Wars: Episode III to the Internet. As a result, he was sentenced to five months in jail and five months' home confinement.

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But assuming you're correct, operating a [censored] site in and of itself isn't illegal--it's copyright infringement that's the problem and I don't see any justification for jailing file swappers.

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US Department of Justice forces person convicted of computer crimes on probation to buy Microsoft Windows

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FYT

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lol seriously. This thread topic is really stupid.

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He served jail time for being a torrent site admin.


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I read that he
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pleaded guilty in 2006 to two copyright-related charges over the uploading of Star Wars: Episode III to the Internet. As a result, he was sentenced to five months in jail and five months' home confinement.

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But assuming you're correct, operating a [censored] site in and of itself isn't illegal--it's copyright infringement that's the problem and I don't see any justification for jailing file swappers.

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I agree, a civil lawsuit might be appropriate but I don't see why copyright infringment should be a jailable offense.

sidenote: as I've long said, the federal government has WAY too much power.

Thanks for reading.

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It's theft.

You wouldn't steal a VCR. You wouldn't steal a Car....

^Kidding, but isn't that how the commercials for this stuff go?

Why shouldn't theft be jailable?