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Ok, the MPAA wants to sue this company for fascilitating thievery. This company is suing the MPAA for hiring someone to steal trade secrets from them. Isn't the MPAA then guilty of fascilitating thievery themselves then?

The things that I find funny is that a lot of the MPAA lawsuit(s) against these companies are being centered around the fact that they state that these companies are doing nothing about these 'thefts' or preventing them. No one know sthis for sure. (Ok so maybe I don't know this for sure) And they are stating that maybe they aren't allowing them to download these things but that they are pointing the culprits of the downloading in the right direction. Couldn't the same be said for Google, Yahoo, and other search engines? Don't they point people in a certain direction when they enter in what they are looking for? That doesn't mean that they are making them do it right? But they pointed them in the right direction. Good grief it doens't seem like you can make anyone happy here.

But if the MPAA did indeed hire someone to steal information for them then they need to be nailed to the wall and fined heavily. When you accuse someone of stealing from you or fascilitating that thievery you don't go hire someone to steal information from the other side.
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Criminal is as criminal does  James T. Kirk | 05/25/06
this so excellent  toxicfreak | 05/25/06
Supporting a thief, eh?  buran | 05/25/06
well it always depend on what are you belief  toxicfreak | 05/26/06
Yep, it does  lederhoden | 05/29/06
Try listening to shortwave. . . . . .  a.techno.geek | 05/29/06
And Audio can't be changed??  BOCTOK55 | 05/29/06
While I agree with the sentiment...  maldain | 05/30/06
Good but not enough....  critique | 05/25/06
Wrong  James T. Kirk | 05/25/06
Both Right  lmenningen | 05/29/06
Residuals  cburgess | 05/29/06
but they have to charge that much...  Mihi Nomen Est | 05/29/06
Why isn't the FBI raiding their headquarters?  Chad_z | 05/25/06
Great point.  enduser_z | 05/25/06
Absolutely agree!!!  techboy_z | 05/25/06
Great point.  richdave | 05/29/06
Corrections  the_fiddler_on_the_roof | 05/25/06
Because...  Omch'Ar | 05/25/06
Socialist nation?  gworley@... | 05/29/06
Hegelianism  cburgess | 05/29/06
Great post! I didn't know any of this. Fascinating!  cyberian_z | 05/29/06
There is things America can?t afford  jason.mailley | 05/29/06
Sorry  Jxn | 05/29/06
Read the whole thread  mschore@... | 05/29/06
American Governance  Mawdo | 05/30/06
RE: Because...  richdave | 05/29/06
RE: Because...  richdave | 05/29/06
Actually, I think Congress IS exempt from many of the laws they pass.  mustangj36@... | 05/25/06
Hand that feeds MPAA is the studios, not congress  cyberian_z | 05/29/06
Problem is you guys think too much!  a.techno.geek | 05/29/06
Double standard  cjcoats | 05/25/06
you are waking up...  cburgess | 05/29/06
They don't think, they are!  a.techno.geek | 05/29/06
Congress IS Exempt  llundgren@... | 05/29/06
Yes, you do.  Jxn | 05/29/06
Too Busy with phone calls  IOERR | 05/30/06
Ironic  ArthurDent | 05/25/06
Re: MPAA accused of hiring a hacker  none none | 05/25/06
Stupid is as stupid does  Shelendrea | 05/25/06
Recording things...  gworley@... | 05/29/06
This is already true . . .  Raymond Danner | 07/14/07
Criminals - MPAA are sure it?s OK to steal your data.  Vily Clay | 05/25/06
This is too much like "Uplink"  Mr. Roboto | 05/25/06
MPAA = hypocrites  buran | 05/25/06
Copying Bush  Free_Thinker | 05/26/06
Blame everything on Bush, right???  Allstar_z | 05/29/06
RE: Blame everything on Bush, right???  BrianMora | 05/29/06
Thanks, Bill.  Raymond Danner | 07/14/07
Correction to my post....  Raymond Danner | 07/14/07
Blame everything on Bush  plumnilly | 05/29/06
And you're right, Clinton is a criminal  tswartz | 05/30/06
Oh Please  jrhcod | 05/30/06
Message has been deleted.  haxmeister | 05/29/06
the real justification...  cburgess | 05/29/06
What planet are you on?  robbyx | 05/29/06
what?????  whistle219@... | 05/29/06
Due Process  Bob G Beechey | 05/30/06
Re: What????  denmars@... | 05/30/06
Read your own history  cubbage@... | 05/30/06
Are you kidding me?  tswartz | 05/30/06
Still sipping the Kool-Aid are we?  mschore@... | 05/29/06
Stop abusing the truth  progan01@... | 05/29/06
Message has been deleted.  Sysop1984 | 05/29/06
Making a Big Target  Mawdo | 05/30/06
With or Without Bush or Blair  Sysop1984 | 05/30/06
Hollywood..  Sysop1984 | 05/30/06
More lies and no belief morals  cubbage@... | 05/30/06
Moral, Ethical, Righteous...  Sysop1984 | 05/30/06
progan01, be careful.  Raymond Danner | 07/14/07
LOL  znewt | 06/06/06
Good point!  Leria | 05/29/06
Re: Good point!  maxlittleton@... | 05/30/06
So what else is new?  john_galt@... | 05/25/06
property rights  cburgess | 05/29/06
Atlas Shrugged, new Pitt/Jolie project. Let's all pirate it!  cyberian_z | 05/29/06
propriety rights...  escoles@... | 05/31/06
Objectivism basis for capitalism  haxmeister | 05/31/06
LOL do what I always do  Henrick Ericcson | 05/26/06
Hypocrits  Nocturna | 05/26/06
If Marc Twain said that  lengua99 | 05/29/06
liberals are bad?  nvpx | 05/30/06
I hope it gets a lot worse  Shinsengumi | 05/26/06
wow that was something  toxicfreak | 05/26/06
What world are you living in??  haxmeister | 05/29/06
that made me chuckle  baubo | 05/29/06
Point taken...  haxmeister | 05/31/06
I see this as...  JDThompson | 05/29/06
Not really  haxmeister | 05/29/06
We have to see...  Jxn | 05/29/06
Yippee. So they're getting sued.  JDThompson | 05/29/06
Especially when they leak  Shinsengumi | 05/29/06
no penalty???  haxmeister | 05/31/06
Sued maybe.. but let's wait for the outcome  Mectron | 05/29/06
Money Talks!!  Pegasus_z | 05/29/06
Yes it does!  haxmeister | 05/29/06
Remember that it CAN be changed.  s_gamgee | 05/29/06
Is ZDNET now complicit for listing torrentspy.com?  mmba | 05/29/06
cyber thugs...mobs  cburgess | 05/29/06
MPAA is an outlaw org that should be outlawed  cyberian_z | 05/29/06
What do you expect from a Criminal Cartel  Mectron | 05/29/06
No sympathy  Reindeer911 | 05/29/06
They didn't hire a "hacker"...  Mihi Nomen Est | 05/29/06
Actually it has already started  haxmeister | 05/31/06
Erm . . . Wrong.  Raymond Danner | 07/14/07
Boycotting and registering to vote  InsaneWayne | 05/29/06
Hackers are not bad!  adamholley | 05/30/06
Sue the automakers  tswartz | 05/30/06
RE: MPAA accused of hiring a hacker  rbittner | 05/30/06
HOLYWOOD the art of fooling people  macvsog | 05/30/06
In addition to boycott, sue and repeatedly the MPAA  Boot_Agnostic | 05/31/06
Sue the MPAA?  haxmeister | 05/31/06
strong arming and bullying  ej00807 | 06/01/06
Too pathetic to be funny  Ole Man | 06/08/06

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