Cyberlocker Burden of Proof Should Be Reversed, Anti-Piracy Group Says

torrentfreak.com — An anti-piracy group says they have monitored decreased usage of cyberlockers that withdrew their rewards programs in the wake of the Megaupload shutdown and increases for those that maintained them. What is required now, the Hollywood-backed group says, is a "burden of proof reversal" which would require hosts to prove that their businesses are not built on piracy, or face being held liable. Jan 31, 2012 View in Crawl 4

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browntiger Feb 1, 2012

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And than added, it would be soo much simpler for us to extort money. All we have to do is file, and let defendant spend 40k in attorney fees to prove he is not. Or they could just settle for $3000. Our new business plan is golden.

In fact reverse all burden of proof, so instead of police detectives working to resolve crimes. Let police accuse whoever they don't like.

Same should be with all civilian cases. Whoever has more money should win by default.

flytrap Feb 1, 2012

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Guilty... Until you can prove that you are innocent of all charges!

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blankmike Feb 1, 2012

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Precisely. The article was a fine legal story. The whole issue is whether the hosting service is to prove they aren't doing anything illegal as opposed to the recording industry proving they are...

I'm waiting for someone to come up with a "Citizens United" defense where they say if corporations are people then they deserve the same protections from the reverse burden of proof that actual people have. Of course this doesn't apply outside the USA, but then again it would still be an interesting legal argument.

This said, this isn't a tech story. It should be in politics (legal) not tech.

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njdoo7 Feb 1, 2012

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Wont technology be greatly impacted if it is subjected to the "guilty until prove yourself innocent" doctrine?

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blankmike Feb 2, 2012

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I've been thinking about your question. Technology won't be impacted since technology can't be thrown in jail or fined. It will be the people who are affected. Their behaviour will then be limited. This adds to my assertion this is a political story.

njdoo7 Feb 1, 2012

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All this does is show that the "Anti-Piracy" movement is led by self-interested tyrannical dip-s**ts, who have no respect for justice or the constitution.