US Department of Justice forces people to buy Microsoft Windows

[pvn]

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

[iron81]

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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

[Misfire]

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

[AzDesertRat]

MPAA & RIAA >> fascists

[GoodCallYouWin]

Everything about this case just makes me angry.

[adanthar]

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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]

[Misfire]

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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.

[Taso]

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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.

[John Kilduff]

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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.

[Taso]

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?