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Judge Rules TorrentSpy Destroyed Evidence
Come play kdice writes "A federal judge has handed the MPAA a resounding victory in its copyright infringement lawsuit against TorrentSpy. Judge Florence-Marie Cooper entered a default judgment against Justin Bunnell and the rest of the named defendants in Columbia Pictures et al. v. Justin Bunnell et al. after finding that TorrentSpy 'engaged in widespread and systematic efforts to destroy evidence'. After being sued, TorrentSpy mounted a vigorous defense, including a counter-suit it filed against the MPAA in May 2006, but, behind the scenes, the court documents paint a picture of a company desperately trying to bury any and all incriminating evidence. TorrentSpy has announced its intention to appeal, but its conduct makes a reversal unlikely."
They were also ordered to preserve the ram of their servers in real time.
That alone should invalidate everything else the judge had to say.
See, I get what you are saying.
It is true, TorrentSpy are dicks. Criminal dicks
But the thing is, given the level of assholery I think the **AAs are capable of, I still manage to side with the criminals.
Because we need dicks to fuck asses.
Otherwise, we're gonna be covered in shit.
The judge has a love for evidence.
Yeah, I prefer the ones who have already made up their mind in advance.
Toronto-area transit rider? Rate your ride.
I hope they find my IP in there. I'd love to be pushed.
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I entirely disagree.
You're assuming that destroying evidence is "wrong", and that "two wrongs don't make a right".
The CIA is part of the government, and the government is elected by the people. It is an extension of the people's will. Therefore, anything the government does, if not quickly corrected, is assumed to be the people's will, and therefore "right". And if an action is OK for the government to do, as far as I'm concerned it's good enough for the rest of us too.
It's just like the police. If it's normal for the police to speed and not use turn signals, it should be OK for the rest of us to speed and not use turn signals as well. They're supposed to set an example, and the rest of us shouldn't be expected to meet a higher standard than the people who lead us and police us.
Therefore, I cannot fault TorrentSpy for destroying evidence; in fact, they should be congratulated for it. At least as long as it's OK for the CIA to destroy evidence.
Remember, shit rolls downhill.