The mugging one is a good example of where a lot of people would consider it foolish to get involved and almost certainly advise against it.
People making roads are not encouraging speeding or car theft. Telephone companies do not have to filter what people say. Post office do not filter what people send. Yes, it is not ideal, but the alternative is censorship, and that is the thin edge of a big wedge. Free speech is more important. Free speech has negative side effects but censorship is worse. We all know that. As for copyright - they just have to move to a business plan that works. How had can it be? Sent from my iPad3, so please excuse top posted replies... On 1 May 2012, at 16:47, "Neil J. McRae" <[email protected]> wrote: > Adrian, > You make a very valid point also (my point was more about the free speech > angle). I think there are many ways to frame this issue, are we aiding and > abetting for example? In my view, what is clear is that as an industry we are > not winning on the "we can't do anything about this" response and if we keep > on this path I fear for what other crazy laws/ideas/court judgements we may > need to face. > > I wonder how people would cope with that response if you saw someone being > mugged but did nothing about it? Doesn't bode well for us all does it! :) > > Neil. > -- > Neil J. McRae. > [email protected] > > ________________________________________ > From: Adrian Kennard [[email protected]] > Sent: 01 May 2012 16:39 > To: Neil J. McRae > Cc: Steve Karmeinsky; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [uknof] Pirate Bay Block > > On 01/05/12 16:24, Neil J. McRae wrote: >> Whilst I personally believe that these solutions don't work as a standalone >> option I think we also need to remember that many if not all of the people >> downloading stuff via TPB are actually breaking the law. > > And if I was a policeman, I might care about that. > >
