According to everything I've read, this is *not* an attempt to achieve "broader Internet wiretap authority" but rather to force providers to put systems in place so that they can easily and quickly comply with *existing* authority. You can argue that the existing authority is overreaching, but that's a separate matter.
Whoever tagged this story "goodluckwiththat" obviously doesn't understand the American legal system. Amazon is already feeling the effects of this, and they will have to pay lawyers to fight it. They'll settle for less than it would cost them. No luck involved.
Their goal isn't to make money directly. Their goal is to scare people into buying music rather than downloading it for free. To do this they want to get as much press as possible and look as mean as possible. Suing the sick and elderly takes care of both.
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Also Google Analytics on anonplus.com is a little fishy, no?
According to everything I've read, this is *not* an attempt to achieve "broader Internet wiretap authority" but rather to force providers to put systems in place so that they can easily and quickly comply with *existing* authority. You can argue that the existing authority is overreaching, but that's a separate matter.
Whoever tagged this story "goodluckwiththat" obviously doesn't understand the American legal system. Amazon is already feeling the effects of this, and they will have to pay lawyers to fight it. They'll settle for less than it would cost them. No luck involved.
Agreed, and I'd say he's setting himself up for a not-so-frivolous defamation suit.
Their goal isn't to make money directly. Their goal is to scare people into buying music rather than downloading it for free. To do this they want to get as much press as possible and look as mean as possible. Suing the sick and elderly takes care of both.