Here are some ideas for a topic of conversation courtesy of my brother: why would a man who founded a music sharing site with 70 million hits receive 32 months in prison in the UK whilst pirate bays (worlds biggest file sharing website) founders only received 1 year in Sweden? can it be argued that sites like dancing jesus acted as promotional tools for the songs they shared? (as it must be noted that legal streaming sites like spotify were fledgling sites whilst this particular site was active) what does scapegoating two men who were still teenagers when this website was founded benefit the music industry, the judicial system or the offenders themselves? Should crimes like this lead to different forms of punishment? Putting a 26 year old computer specialist with no previous criminal history in a prison for 32 months will not help anyone; should these offenders receive different treatment such as community work orders? seeing as illegal file sharing is set to become decriminalised in britain next year, why were such harsh custodial sentences handed out in this trial to two men who essentially just hosted a site that enabled file sharing?
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:23:46 +0000
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