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<blockquote data-quote="JohnRTroy" data-source="post: 4914382" data-attributes="member: 2732"><p>I think if I was on a jury I'd be skeptical of "somebody else did it", unless they can back it up with better proof.</p><p></p><p>If somebody wanted to prove legitimate computer compromises, there are ways to go about doing it. Get the ISP involved--have the lawyers get records looking for activity. See if the person was the victim of identity theft, or a credit fraud. Get receipts from a computer repair person who had to clean up a virus or breach and have it stated on the receipt. If the breach was on a work or corporate computer get IT involved. And if I knew I'd been hacked, I would probably contact every person I bought an electronic copy from and tell them of a possible breach, so that they would help me fight it.</p><p></p><p>If somebody was going to personally get revenge as a hacker there would be a lot worse ways than stealing a person's PDFs and putting them on-line, so I see the scenario as possible but highly improbable.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Such as maybe having trusted computer ids, better security, and better DRM that does not cause computer problems and has enough safeguards for the consumer? See, that argument can work both ways. I honestly think we're going end up having more restrictions and anonymity will become a thing of the past. All we really need is one massive cyberattack that defrauds millions (or is a true terrorist attack on critical systems) of people to do it.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I wish we had that system so we could do something like have personal violations like traffic tickets--you get caught, automatic $1000 fine or something like that. You want to fight it, it's like a traffic ticket from an automated camera--you vs. the ISP cop or something like that. Most people don't challenge traffic tickets. In this scenario, the proceeds in part go to the publisher who was defrauded. If it was like that, you'd see a lot more people not bother, much like there are people who speed and double-park but the risk of getting caught is higher and most people will obey the law. I'm kind of hoping in 10-20 years it will actually be like that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JohnRTroy, post: 4914382, member: 2732"] I think if I was on a jury I'd be skeptical of "somebody else did it", unless they can back it up with better proof. If somebody wanted to prove legitimate computer compromises, there are ways to go about doing it. Get the ISP involved--have the lawyers get records looking for activity. See if the person was the victim of identity theft, or a credit fraud. Get receipts from a computer repair person who had to clean up a virus or breach and have it stated on the receipt. If the breach was on a work or corporate computer get IT involved. And if I knew I'd been hacked, I would probably contact every person I bought an electronic copy from and tell them of a possible breach, so that they would help me fight it. If somebody was going to personally get revenge as a hacker there would be a lot worse ways than stealing a person's PDFs and putting them on-line, so I see the scenario as possible but highly improbable. Such as maybe having trusted computer ids, better security, and better DRM that does not cause computer problems and has enough safeguards for the consumer? See, that argument can work both ways. I honestly think we're going end up having more restrictions and anonymity will become a thing of the past. All we really need is one massive cyberattack that defrauds millions (or is a true terrorist attack on critical systems) of people to do it. Personally, I wish we had that system so we could do something like have personal violations like traffic tickets--you get caught, automatic $1000 fine or something like that. You want to fight it, it's like a traffic ticket from an automated camera--you vs. the ISP cop or something like that. Most people don't challenge traffic tickets. In this scenario, the proceeds in part go to the publisher who was defrauded. If it was like that, you'd see a lot more people not bother, much like there are people who speed and double-park but the risk of getting caught is higher and most people will obey the law. I'm kind of hoping in 10-20 years it will actually be like that. [/QUOTE]
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