New York man faces five years in jail for linking to online videos

[hamberglar]

What the [I]fuck[/I]

[Sobotnik]

[QUOTE=5killer;28592630]Then vote for one.[/QUOTE]

That isn't enough, a majority is needed.

[Penultimate]

[QUOTE=imasillypiggy;28592523]Funny thing is the money being used fighting cancer instead of putting a guy in jail for doing something we all probably did without thinking about (hope no cops heard me say this)[/QUOTE]

I'm sorry, but could you please clarify?

[Last or First]

"We know that it's just a 'linking' website. But 17 of the links were to sports programs."

Oh, okay then, that's just fine. He was linking to [i]illegal[/i] videos (17 of them, in fact! So many! And they were [i]sports[/i]!) They totally should have taken him down, then.

Oh, wait. Why not, instead of arresting the guy linking to the sites with illegal videos, you, oh, I don't know, [b]ARREST THE MOTHERFUCKING GUYS THAT ACTUALLY OWN THE SITES WITH THE ILLEGAL VIDEOS[/b].

Jesus Christ, a teenager could run the country more efficiently.

[Dr. Fishtastic]

[QUOTE=butters757;28592634]I like how Homeland Security is in charge of this, like linking people to videos is a threat to the safety of Americans.[/QUOTE]

Illegally-linked copyrighted material killed my family and raped my dog

[Sobotnik]

[QUOTE=Last or First;28593052]Jesus Christ, a teenager could run the country more efficiently.[/QUOTE]

A sandwich has more chance of doing anything useful than the idiots who let this happen. The sandwich could choke a criminal and stop him from doing a crime.

[paramud]

That'll teach him.

[Swilly]

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;28593123]A sandwich has more chance of doing anything useful than the idiots who let this happen. The sandwich could choke a criminal and stop him from doing a crime.[/QUOTE]

With its DELICIOUS PEANUT BUTTER!

[Last or First]

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;28593123]A sandwich has more chance of doing anything useful than the idiots who let this happen. The sandwich could choke a criminal and stop him from doing a crime.[/QUOTE]
Good god, you're right.
And a pretzel almost assassinated the President.
SANDVICH | PRETZEL 2016

I'm just amazed that the DHS is even in charge of this. Seriously, something is very very wrong with a country when their Homeland Security department puts [i]sports broadcast copyright infringement[/i] on an equal scale with [i]terrorism[/i].

[Mattk50]

what the flying fuck

[DeathDoom]

Guilty of assault in my state? 1-3 years jail.
Linking to websites which contain copyrighted material? Up to 5 years in federal prison.

Something doesn't add up here...

[Archangel125]

[QUOTE=DSG;28592341][url=http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/10/new-york-man-faces-five-years-in-jail-for-linking-to-online-videos/]Source[/url]

What the fuck is this shit?

OH SHIT IM GOING TO JAIL FOR LINKING THIS[/QUOTE]

One question. Why the FUCK is your Department of Homeland Security enforcing copyright law?

[Moose]

[QUOTE=DeathDoom;28593368]Guilty of assault in my state? 1-3 years jail.
Linking to websites which contain copyrighted material? Up to 5 years in federal prison.

Something doesn't add up here...[/QUOTE]

money over people, apparently

[DSG]

[QUOTE=archangel125;28593757]One question. Why the FUCK is your Department of Homeland Security enforcing copyright law?[/QUOTE]

because we're amurricuh :downs:

[Cruncy]

In other news:
The US government raids a mans home while linking a youtube video on his facebook and gets shot and tazered and beated brutally.

[Curls]

[QUOTE=Dr. Fishtastic;28593117]Illegally-linked copyrighted material killed my family and raped my dog[/QUOTE]

Uhh no.

that was me. :smug:

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[highlight](User was banned for this post ("Linking to Warez in an attempt to be funny is not allowed/image macro" - Starpluck))[/highlight]

[SweetSwifter]

I have a bookmark to Youtube.

Death row for me. :frown:

[StealthArcher]

[QUOTE=Swilly;28592478]Now if only that money went into public welfare programs.[/QUOTE]

Or maybe *education*, might help the future not to be full of assfuckingly retarded decisions like these.

[H@STE]

Next you'll have to have tm every time you say Taco Bell or Cola..

[Mr. Someguy]

I just fucking love how someone can rob a store with a stolen gun and get 2 years in your local jail, while showing off a copyrighted video will get you 5 in a federal prison.

[editline]14th March 2011[/editline]

But hey, we gotta defend the corporations profit!

[H@STE]

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;28596876]I just fucking love how someone can rob a store with a stolen gun and get 2 years in jail, while showing off a copyrighted video gets you 5.[/QUOTE]

Theres a guy named Frank Lucas (might have heard of him from American Gangster) he got 5 years for drug trafficking and murder.

[Mr. Someguy]

[QUOTE=H@STE;28596895]Theres a guy named Frank Lucas (might have heard of him from American Gangster) he got 5 years for drug trafficking and murder.[/QUOTE]

I have heard of him, and as someone who hates gangs, that pissed me off.

However that was an unusually light sentence, he got off extremely easy.

This on the other hand, has up to 5 years as a standard punishment.

[Wizard of Ass]

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You realise you get banned on fp for posting warez (and meme pictures)?

[TheDeadHo]

[QUOTE=Master117;28592441]Ah, so this explains where a lot of the money is going. Convicting people for absolutely stupid bullshit.
Federal prison just for this? Jesus Christ. This clearly proves the judicial system is broken.[/QUOTE]

"So, what you in for?"

"I.. I.. I linked a Justin Bieber music video"

"You bastard.."

[Moose]

im gonna laugh if it was a pokemon video or something dumb as fuck

'I JUST WANTED TO SEE PIKACHU WTF I GOT 5 YEARS'

[s0beit]

The DHS going beyond it's expected bounds?

[i][b]WOW WHO COULD HAVE EVER FORESEEN SUCH A HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE SITUATION[/b][/i]

[Mauzer]

[QUOTE=Wizard of Ass;28596922]You realise you get banned on fp for posting warez (and meme pictures)?[/QUOTE]
Maybe thats the idea?

[Itachi_Crow]

snip I'm retarded and didn't read the story completely

[FPtje]

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Didn't know there was a government institution called "ICE"