I've read of cases where people (one of them a post-secondary student) have chosen to risk court and beat the MPAA/RIAA.
Extortion and threats are how large corporations can get things done. If they play the probabilities of winning and losing in court properly, they can exploit the law for the purpose of profit and the abuse of individuals. Given the way Sony was using DRM software to attack the people that actually bought their CDs, I sometimes wonder whether the heads of these businesses are motivated more by profit or individual abuse. I do not, however, wonder which side the law is on when businesses stand to profit from repeatedly breaking it and individuals can usually only lose money or break even when they go to court.
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I've read of cases where people (one of them a post-secondary student) have chosen to risk court and beat the MPAA/RIAA. Extortion and threats are how large corporations can get things done. If they play the probabilities of winning and losing in court properly, they can exploit the law for the purpose of profit and the abuse of individuals. Given the way Sony was using DRM software to attack the people that actually bought their CDs, I sometimes wonder whether the heads of these businesses are motivated more by profit or individual abuse. I do not, however, wonder which side the law is on when businesses stand to profit from repeatedly breaking it and individuals can usually only lose money or break even when they go to court.