to answer your question fahey, yes, police are raiding peoples homes and catching them in the act. its not just music thats the issue. its also movies,software etc.
i can give you an example where police raided a persons home in the western suburbs here in melbourne and discovered over 5,000 CD's/DVD's that had unauthorised copyrighted material on them. without being too specific lets just say it is in the court process as we speak. lets also say that some markets over the westgate bridge will now have fewer sellers of these items.
i can also tell you that police have also worked closely with internet providers in ascertaining which users have got 'excessive' internet usage. thats the first mistake these offenders make. remember, everything you do is tracked with an IP address. having an excessive or high internet usage is making certain users stand out.
put simply, if your downloading 20Gb 30Gb or 100Gb (examples) per month constantly then you are asking for trouble.
the law is written in such a way where it doesnt really discriminate. it states that EVERY ONE who has unauthorised copied material is guilty of the act.
you cant write a law stating that its ok for me (as an example) to have 100 copied songs and you (as another example) to have 1000 copied songs and be punished. we have both broken the law.
another issue is that we dont have enough man power to catch every single person. what we try an do is target the big guns in the hope of curbing the problem.
its also like the illicit drug issue here in this country. authorities dont often target or focus the bulk of their attention to the smaller offenders. they tend to target the main players.
a chinese saying goes something like this. if you have a problem you dont cut it off at the ankles. you cut it off at the head.
26/02/2007
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