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A Short Summary Following the Pirate Bay Trial
Dan B. writes "The Guardian has a nice piece wrapping up the trial in Sweden for the co-defendants in the P2P trial-of-the-decade, that of The Pirate Bay. 'Today, the defense lawyers summed up. It was a short trial and not a particularly merry one, but it could have far-reaching effects.' Surprisingly, when the defendants hit the stand they didn't bash copyright or take a libertarian approach; it all came back to the tried and tested formula for criminal defense, 'I am not responsible.'"
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The overlap between people agreeing with "The Pirate Bay" (as they earlier agreed with Napster), and disagreeing with gun-makers and retailers using the exact same defense, is, probably, above 90%... And most gun-buyers buy them for legitimate purpose, I might add, whereas only a tiny fraction of TPB-facilitated P2P traffic is legitimate.
TPB's service does not violate copyrights, people violate copyrights, right?
The hypocrisy is sad — both of my links have to do with New York, but try asking NewYorkCountyLawyer, for example, whether he dislikes Mike Bloomberg's harassment of gun-retailers as much as he dislikes RIAA's harassment of copyright violators, or even whether he dislikes it at all...
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
Hmm say, out of curiosity, have you ever found the pot of gold? Because otherwise the comparison is pretty flimsy I would say...
I guess he thought he was waxing poetic, but really, he was waning.
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digital converter boxes != big screen TVs
They may connect to each other, but they are not the same device.
"But this one goes to 11!"