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

Well, I can get executed.

My 10 000th felony anniversary is coming up.

[QUOTE=Itachi_Crow;28599028]I don't get it. Linking to someone's video/site is actually beneficial. Gains them views which in some cases earns them money and ad revenue. How is this an issue at all.[/QUOTE] Is that a joke? I sure hope it is.

Everyone here should be in jail for a long time then.

Yay America!

Is there any way to contact these people, to let them know who fucking retarded they are? I almost wish I lived in New York so I could protest the trial.

This proves 9/11 was an inside job

If I faced losing 5 years of my life to something stupid, I'd do some majorly awesome stuff. Steal a boat, infiltrate Cuba, destroy Cuba, ride back, be greeted as a hero.

my brain IT HURTS

So they need to sentence nearly everyone with an Internet connection to jail.

[QUOTE=Moose;28593776]money over people, apparently[/QUOTE] That's always been the case in America. :smith:

5 years for minor infringement of copyright. 10 years for rape? that's what I heard anyway. What a load of bullshit.

Umm, what. Are they serious? Why can't they actually catch proper crooks?

[QUOTE=Zeke129;28592414]Terrible precedent, this needs to be shot down ASAP.[/QUOTE] Oh look someone linked to one of my videos, time to put them in jail for 5 years!

[QUOTE=Murkat;28600280]Oh look someone linked to one of my videos, time to put them in jail for 5 years![/QUOTE] Yup, you're the worst human being on the entire planet! And the world keeps spinning, spinning

Oh america, when will you start noticing that your country has gone down the shitter, and is now floating in a sewer of bad schools and shitty government

Our tax dollars at work <3

Nothing short of fucking asinine.

Wait, what?! [QUOTE=C0linSSX;28592392][img_thumb]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/emoot/ughh.gif[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] +1

This makes me very ashamed of my country... I just hope my generation wont make dumb selfish mistakes like this.

This makes me very, [i]very[/i] sad. SO MUCH BULLSHIT HRGGGGG!

Also wouldn't this pretty much kill search engines? And if you upload copyrighted material to youtube, it automatically links it internally(Both on google and youtube) :v:

flawed justice system working as usual

next: america bans talking

The Department of Homeland Security: [i]"If we don't like it, it's terrorism!"[/i]

I guess that in 12 years Americans will be voting for plants at this rate.

If I had that website and the police sent me a letter saying "take down these links or you may face prosecution" I would take them down. Surely that would be a lot easier for everyone

This kind of stuff is retarded.

[QUOTE=Ninja Duck;28592398]They waste time on stupid shit like getting a guy in jail for five years for listing a link that leads to a fucking website he doesn't even own instead of dealing with more serious problems.[/QUOTE] The media conglomerates have paid good money to get the government to strike down on whoever they like, they expect to get value for their money.

[QUOTE=abcpea2;28608342]next: america bans talking[/QUOTE] Was that a copyrighted song you were humming just now sir? That's a public performance, pay up.