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I give cover to no thief

And I attempt to polish no turd. We're still talking about something that's a civil offense, not a criminal one. Not piracy, not theft. If this were not the case, then one could be arrested for possessing illegally obtained files on their computers. As that is not the case, I do not see how you could possibly try to tell me that there is no difference in the distinction.

Three years ago, I put a CD with MediaMax in my computer, and it installed a player WITHOUT my permission. It didn't even ASK. It started playing even though I didn't prompt it to. Woke my wife up, though she wouldn't have been if the software I didn't consent to the install of hadn't prevented me from using Dell's MusicMatch, on which I had a lower volume set, to play the files.

I still have plenty of MediaMax & XCP CDs around here. You want a rootkit on your computer?

What turd exactly? The one the Bay City Rollers are now trying to extract from Arista in the form of unpaid royalties?

I do not think it's too unreasonable to suggest that the money the labels have thrown at DRM could've been better spent on a way to more properly identify downloaders so that these bullsh*t harassment lawsuits wouldn't be disrupting the lives of innocent people, who are tarred as thieves by people who so carelessly use the term. When the facts in the Sarah Seabury Ward case became known, there was an RIAA apologist who nevertheless chose to dismiss her claims of innocence on the basis that she was a 'lying old bag lady.'

By pointing this out makes me one sympathizing with thieves? How's that? I've never had file-sharing software on my computer. Yet by pointing out the problems inherent in the RIAA's strategy, and referencing articles that took issue with the numbers presented relative to their claims as to how 'piracy' was hurting their bottom line, I was taken to task on this site.

By a certain C.J., who snidely offered his opinion that I'd just go on ripping. I'd never ripped a CD in my life. I do not like or appreciate being cast as either a thief (not that ripping a CD is or ever was illegal), or one that sympathizes with them. I've told everyone I know who participates in illegal file-sharing that I recommend they dump that software immediately & stop doing that (never mind that most are musicians), and at that time I responded to the famous C.J. by pointing out that he was the guy who was copying & pasting copyrighted newspaper articles on this site without permission. Who was engaging in theft exactly? (My post remains on Whiner's Woad)

So I have to reject where you're coming from, anecdotal evidence (yours AND mine) notwithstanding. I would re-state: one is either willing to engage in copyright infringement, or they are not. I suspect that most who are, would NOT be willing to engage in ACTUAL theft, which is a CRIMINAL act and presents harsher consequences. How could you say the law has no bearing on this?

If the law is changed to permit criminal charges to be filed for illegal file-sharing, then so be it. That's not the case. But I was also interested in what you thought of the linked article where the CUSTOMER paid money for a product they couldn't use.

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