RIAA Also Tells Judge That Proof Shouldn't Be Necessary To Sue
Found on Techdirt on Tuesday, 01 July 2008
"Requiring proof of actual transfers would cripple efforts to enforce copyright owners' rights online." See, there's just one problem with this. The law isn't designed to make it easy to enforce copyright owners rights. It's designed to make sure that only the guilty party is actually blamed for breaking the law.
So, once again, we have the RIAA trying to cloud the issue. Oh yeah, and, of course, the RIAA can't resist using its bogus arguments that international treaties require US courts to treat making available as distribution.
They just want a blank check so they can walk around, go "Hell, I don't like your face" and demand compensation for something they cannot prove. Who came up with that stupid idea of having to prove that the defendant is actually guilty? Not requiring proof would make lawsuits so much easier.