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Originally Posted by HarryT
In the words of Mr Micawber, if that's the law, then the law is an ass.
The only way to tackle copyright infringement is to hold people accountable for what their internet account is used for. To say "but my WiFi network is unsecured, so anybody could have used it" is, IMHO, a pretty feeble excuse - it's your responsibility to ensure that your property IS appropriately secured.
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Wait, let me be sure I'm understanding what you're saying. You're arguing that we should punish people that did NOT commit the 'wrong' act, but through ignorance allowed others to commit this 'wrong' act? Further, a 'wrong' act which physically harms no one? But we should string them up by their thumbs anyways to cause an example and scare everybody else off?
Do you not see how this attitude is orthogonal to the way modern judicial systems work?