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Originally Posted by eschwartz
No, only the ones who give their computer to someone they know is most likely to pirate all the stuff they have decided to leave on their computer. I refuse to absolve them of responsibility for their actions on the grounds of needing their computer fixed.
I will grant that they are eligible for the Ostrich defense. Also, the likelihood of any court of law ever convicting anyone of digital piracy is not very large.
But yes, my personal opinion is: Guilty As Hell.
Idiocy is not an excuse.
From the sound of it, in certain parts of the world you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who regards the matter as illegal or immoral anyway, even if you yourself did it deliberately, so it is rather a moot point. |
So in the case of PandathePanda, what should be done when the computer needs repair? Since the statement was that "If you take your computer in to be fixed you've got a 60-90% chance that your music/books/tv series/movies/games on your pc being copied, and that's with a repairer and not even a thief." a person couldn't take it to someone to get it fixed, since there's a very good chance that their books/games/videos/music will be stolen. Since they're taking it to someone for repair, it can be assumed that they don't know how to wipe the drive, or possibly even how to encrypt it. So being computer ignorant is a crime now?
I do believe that watermarking can be a viable method of DRM, but seriously...calling a person "culpable for aiding and abetting piracy" because their files got stolen when the computer was taken to a shop for repair? That doesn't seem like blaming the victim to you?
Shari