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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
Some people seem to think that because everyone does it, it is unreasonable to crack down. You suggest above that there aren't enough freeloaders to merit a crackdown. I don't see how we could ever know that there are just the right number of scofflaws to merit protecting the rights of creators.
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I'm suggesting no such thing. What I am suggesting is that this sounds like yet another draconian, heavy-handed, privacy-violating crackdown attempt that, to me at least, is a clear case of the cure being worse than the disease.
If unauthorized downloaders are caught,
by the proper authorities, fine. But this Brien organization is not a governmental entity, and is using strong-arm bullying tactics to further its agenda of accessing personal information it has no business accessing. That is what I have the problem with. And there are probably many ways for their scheme to lead to false positives & innocent people being punished.