Comments on: Net pirates will face stiffer punishment

In response to new federal law, U.S. Sentencing Commission boosts prison terms and fines for those who swap prerelease movies.

I got stiffed...

stiffy whiffy

I got stiffed...

stiffy whiffy

[cyberblatt]

Who cares about U.S. Sentencing Commission

The rest of the world is rolling over the floor holding their stomach and laughing their heads off.Does anyone gives a dam about the
U.S. Sentencing Commission in the rest of the world?

[lorcro2000]

I care even though I'm not an American

I think this is an outrageous punishment simply for file sharing. It's not like the movie companies are suffering - as it is, they make more money now on DVD's than they do on the movie releases, but still criminal punishment for copyright infringement gets more and more draconian in the US every day.

Essentially, they're throwing people - often young people like the 19-year-old mentioned in the article whos crime was that he created an abysmally bad camera copy of a movie in a theater - in jail for long life-destroying terms because they want higher profits than the obscene amounts of money they already make. It's sickening to see the government of any nation turn on its citizens in this fashion.

I for one am very pleased these days that I don't live in the once "land of the free"... what a sick joke that phrase is turning into, hoo boy.

[cyberblatt]

Who cares about U.S. Sentencing Commission

The rest of the world is rolling over the floor holding their stomach and laughing their heads off.Does anyone gives a dam about the
U.S. Sentencing Commission in the rest of the world?

[lorcro2000]

I care even though I'm not an American

I think this is an outrageous punishment simply for file sharing. It's not like the movie companies are suffering - as it is, they make more money now on DVD's than they do on the movie releases, but still criminal punishment for copyright infringement gets more and more draconian in the US every day.

Essentially, they're throwing people - often young people like the 19-year-old mentioned in the article whos crime was that he created an abysmally bad camera copy of a movie in a theater - in jail for long life-destroying terms because they want higher profits than the obscene amounts of money they already make. It's sickening to see the government of any nation turn on its citizens in this fashion.

I for one am very pleased these days that I don't live in the once "land of the free"... what a sick joke that phrase is turning into, hoo boy.