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Man Jailed After Using LimeWire For ID Theft
angry tapir sends along this excerpt from PC World:
"A Seattle man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for using the LimeWire file-sharing service to lift personal information from computers across the US. The man, Frederick Wood, typed words like 'tax return' and 'account' into the LimeWire search box. That allowed him to find and access computers on the LimeWire network with shared folders that contained tax returns and bank account information. ... He used the information to open accounts, create identification cards and make purchases. 'Many of the victims are parents who don't realize that LimeWire is on their home computer,' [said Kathryn Warma of the US Attorney's Office]."
Anybody know what happened to Cockbar and his band of idiots?
How stupid do you have to be? Do people not understand how file-sharing works?
You just proved my point. Those two things are essentially the same thing.
The only difference is that you justify one and not the other by claiming it's alright to steal from a large company but not an individual. It's a Robin Hood mentality that, while romantic and popular, is still wrong. You're basically confusing "moral" with "popular".
You might feel better about stealing music from RIAA-affiliated labels, but it's still wrong (legally and morally).
-William Brendel
You've lumped violating copyright in with identity theft
Which is fine. They both involve the deliberate act of ripping someone off. Same ethical bucket, same direction on the moral compass.
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.