Journal zotz's Journal: Jail time for corporations? 2
Can we figure a way to give "jail" time for corporations convicted of crimes that would send humans to jail?
OK, corporation not allowed to do business while in "jail." (Except where human would be allowed to carry on business from jail.
Objection: Employees will suffer.
Possible fix...
Employees, except those guilty of the crime keep runnig the company. They get their pay. All profits go to government to make good victims. First of the corporation/crime, then of other crimes.
Problems?
I mean, why should a human face fines and jail time if they violate the copyrights of a corporation when a coproration only faces fines when it violates the copyrights of a human? What happened to equal protection under the law? (Is that the correct term?)
all the best,
drew
Gaol time for corporations (Score:1)
I have to disagree with your stand re: employees.
1) employees are protected by law (well, they are here anyway). You're simply not allowed to do anything illegal anywhere, and should your employer try to force you to do something illegal, it is unfair dismissal if they fire you for refusing. Therefore, an employee of a company like Microsoft doing illegal things is as guilty as the board of directors if they are corroborating with those illegal practices.
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Re:Gaol time for corporations (Score:2)
Objection: Employees will suffer.
Yes, that was a bit unclear. Just to clear things up...
That was not my objection, just me stating one I expected would come up and then trying to respond to it with possible fixes.
"A company is a person under law, therefore should not be treated any differently. If I pirate software, I get fined a quarter of a million dollars for each offense and go to gaol."
My point exactly. If a human faces jail under a law, a company