MPAA and RIAA must be trying to change the public's and the politicians' opinion that these "piracy" sites really are really guilty, so they might as well give them the laws they need to bypass due process and "streamline" the whole process, so they don't "waste time" fighting all the similar sites which now we "know" are guilty.
Anyway, it's really sad this verdict was given. Linking should not be a crime under any circumstance. And if the current judges think it is, then the laws must be changed to reject that assumption immediately.
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This is oddly opportunistic timing.
MPAA and RIAA must be trying to change the public's and the politicians' opinion that these "piracy" sites really are really guilty, so they might as well give them the laws they need to bypass due process and "streamline" the whole process, so they don't "waste time" fighting all the similar sites which now we "know" are guilty.
Anyway, it's really sad this verdict was given. Linking should not be a crime under any circumstance. And if the current judges think it is, then the laws must be changed to reject that assumption immediately.