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I agree, 7 years is WAY to much time.
Why are the corporations insulated from responsibility while the individual is hung out to dry.
Why is spyware still legal? NO Corporation should be allowed to place ANYTHING on my equipment without my permission. Yet if we all don't use spyware removers, our computers will be rendered useless in less then 1 month. I am constantly helping out my neighbors, because their computers are either incerdibly slow, or are totally dead, except for banners and ads pokeing up continuously.
What happened to the fair use law that allowed a backup for archival purposes. Large music companies have forever been trying to make the cd uncopiable, even if the cd wont play on some equipment, or is degraded in quality. Same for the DVD. Why is it illegal to make one copy of a DVD as a backup. All the protections are for the large companies, and none are for the consumer. What does this have to do with a pirate? Everything. It's all politics. Large companies lobby our elected representatives for protective laws, while we, the average consumers have no voice in government looking out for our interests. Spyware and adware has probably cost every individual countless hours removing the crap when those hours should be devoted to productive work. Our personal property is being invaded illegally. Our personal information is taken illegally. I should be able to take some corporate executive to court and get a judgement of 7 years imprisonment for him for invasion of privacy and destruction of equipment.
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The fine should be $100 MILLION  BeGoneFool | 09/10/06
$100 million? Ha.  Cayble | 09/10/06
I think 7 years is to long  Edward Meyers | 09/10/06
15 years on a labor gang sound right.  osreinstall | 09/11/06
Crime does pay  mypl8s4u2 | 09/11/06
Prison  Sp00kE | 09/13/06
Re: $100 million? Ha.  mKind | 09/10/06
I'd think the 7 years might do something  voska | 09/11/06
$100 Million.....  waynef | 09/11/06
Seven years is too much  buran | 09/10/06
Who say they will release a violent criminal?  voska | 09/11/06
No reason for prison in this case  Leria | 09/11/06
Yet, a quick bullet would be better.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/11/06
you're going for execution over pirated software?  shraven | 09/11/06
Have to agree  chaserblue | 09/11/06
Shoot them too  mypl8s4u2 | 09/11/06
I'm sorry but you're a retard.  LeeC | 09/11/06
Oh Gee, looky here!  mypl8s4u2 | 09/11/06
Welcome to America  chuckgosh@... | 09/12/06
I agree, 7 years is WAY to much time.  Teri1957 | 09/11/06
and WGA was what?  mypl8s4u2 | 09/11/06
Get Real. Sentence is Way Overdone.  savatar | 09/10/06
And so ... being illegal creates legality????  houchens | 09/11/06
I find that hard to believe...  dav1dsm1th | 09/12/06
Update  dav1dsm1th | 09/12/06
Let's see....  mypl8s4u2 | 09/11/06
Seven years is a very long time  Leria | 09/11/06
think, people...  ubrmonkeyy@... | 09/10/06
or better yet, pay to the government  Feldon | 09/10/06
or better yet, pay to the government  Henrik Moller | 09/10/06
And where I live...  slopoke | 09/11/06
pay to the government  bgonetoo | 09/10/06
WHy? It wasn't the government he stole from  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/11/06
Give it to Companies?  jrhcod | 09/11/06
That's BS  voska | 09/11/06
RE: "think, people..."  ajapierce | 09/10/06
Not quite  voska | 09/11/06
Good GAWD man, we aren't all Microsoft  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/11/06
Whiter than white? No!!  LeeC | 09/11/06
I didn't read that in the article, though  John Zern | 09/11/06
nor can you afford to prosecute...  zoroaster | 09/12/06
Thats only partly true...  doas777 | 09/12/06
How About Fines For Non-Working Buggy Software  jrhcod | 09/11/06
Or At Least  BlackDiamond | 09/11/06
It Hurts  lmenningen | 09/12/06
Maybe he should copy Kenneth Lay  bathswife | 09/11/06
OMG, what a stupid inane comparison!  HypnoToad | 09/11/06
OMG, what a stupid inane comparison  bbwalters@... | 09/11/06
7 years?  jrhcod | 09/11/06
Not quite  voska | 09/11/06
HMM  jphines79 | 09/11/06
Not so absurd  voska | 09/11/06
Who's wrong?  ninja@... | 09/11/06
if buggy software got fined  masterxtds | 09/11/06
Microcr*p  craptacular@... | 09/12/06
That's Not Reality  lmenningen | 09/12/06
Yeeha! Let's hang 'um!  zoroaster | 09/11/06
Business Software Alliance???  craptacular@... | 09/12/06
We're Late Too  lmenningen | 09/12/06
Evils of consumer culture  RogerButt | 09/24/08

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