Comment Suing the wrong people (Score 1) 627
I think your logic is a little flawed in going after the company that makes the software, instead of the people that are doing the actual stealing from you. Criminal and civil suits prosecute the people commiting the offending act, however, you are going after the company that made the tool that was used in the offending act. This makes about as much sense as suing a crowbar-maker because a thief used their brand of crowbars for breaking into a house.
If you don't agree with the statement above, let me give some other examples: What if I sued the phone company for listing my name in the local phone book that is then used by telemarkers to harrass me during dinner? What about suing a bar for selling alcohol to a person who drives home drunk and kills someone while DWI? How about if I sue Metallica because my son commited suicide while listing to your music? If you think all the above sound far-fetched, think again: Each of those events has happened, of which all of the suits failed. The last one, although it never happened against Metallica, did happen against the band Judas Priest back in 1985, so it is not all that far-fetched and is, in fact, very close to home.
Again, I don't see the logic in going after the company that merely provides the tool, and not going after the criminal. Maybe you can help us understand this line of thinking, so that we can avoid the cat-calls of hipocracy and simple greed by others who don't take the time to ask "why".
Your fan for 15 years,
-Jonathan Paris
If you don't agree with the statement above, let me give some other examples: What if I sued the phone company for listing my name in the local phone book that is then used by telemarkers to harrass me during dinner? What about suing a bar for selling alcohol to a person who drives home drunk and kills someone while DWI? How about if I sue Metallica because my son commited suicide while listing to your music? If you think all the above sound far-fetched, think again: Each of those events has happened, of which all of the suits failed. The last one, although it never happened against Metallica, did happen against the band Judas Priest back in 1985, so it is not all that far-fetched and is, in fact, very close to home.
Again, I don't see the logic in going after the company that merely provides the tool, and not going after the criminal. Maybe you can help us understand this line of thinking, so that we can avoid the cat-calls of hipocracy and simple greed by others who don't take the time to ask "why".
Your fan for 15 years,
-Jonathan Paris
