College students getting 33 Months in a Federal Penetentiary for music file sharing? That's what John Carter (R, TX) wants.
Proponents of harsh measures such as these equate file sharing with terrorism (which, if this disturbing trend continues, will strip the word "terrorism" of all meaning whatsoever). They say that the organized crime rings that sponsor file sharing are extremely profitable and use terror to stop anyone who gets in their way. How exactly is file sharing profitable for the sponsors? I know that Enron's scams were quite profitable for their executive sponsors, to the tune of 45 Million dollar bonuses when the company was going under, but I don't remember any judge handing down a 33-month sentence to Ken Lay, or him being called a terrorist, for that matter.
"I think it'd be a good idea to go out and actually bust a couple of these college kids," Carter said. "If you want to see college kids duck and run, you let them read the papers and somebody's got a 33-month sentence in the federal penitentiary for downloading copyrighted materials."
Proponents of harsh measures such as these equate file sharing with terrorism (which, if this disturbing trend continues, will strip the word "terrorism" of all meaning whatsoever). They say that the organized crime rings that sponsor file sharing are extremely profitable and use terror to stop anyone who gets in their way. How exactly is file sharing profitable for the sponsors? I know that Enron's scams were quite profitable for their executive sponsors, to the tune of 45 Million dollar bonuses when the company was going under, but I don't remember any judge handing down a 33-month sentence to Ken Lay, or him being called a terrorist, for that matter.
"I think it'd be a good idea to go out and actually bust a couple of these college kids," Carter said. "If you want to see college kids duck and run, you let them read the papers and somebody's got a 33-month sentence in the federal penitentiary for downloading copyrighted materials."
