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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dshai527" data-source="post: 897113" data-attributes="member: 4469">I know there are some legal alternatives for downloading music and I also realize that they are not as convinient as the free ones, but I think the larger issues here is what the music industry is doing and what the DoJ is allowing them to do. The RIA is not a law enforcement agency and even if they were what they are doing would be equal to an illegal search and seizure. What we are seeing is hired guns to keep internet justice. These worms and hack attacks that they have initiated could take down corpoarte networks or divulge sensitive information. Especially since many of these companies may not be aware that their employees are committing the crime. The other side of the ball you have to ask what kind of person would endanger his company's reputation, legal rights and his own job just to download music. I will not comment on whether it is right or wrong to download music from these P2P sites, but to do it at work just seems idiotic. (I say that with no intention of offending anyone, I do realize that not everyone knows the inherent danger of a P2P network, much less the legal risks that the illegal activities pose to their hiring company). In my opinion both sides are wrong, (All three if you count that the Institute should have kept better measures in place to stop the employees from downloading) but only one side is taking the law into their own hands and endangering the system by doing it. My hope is that congress can get with the technology age and finally pass some laws and enforce some viable laws that do not limit the internet or an individuals fair use rights. Just my rant.</blockquote>

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