OT: Man Charged With Stealing Wi-Fi Signal - Yahoo! News

[Jason Spatafore]

On Wednesday 13 July 2005 16:32, Ted Gould wrote:
>  While
> I understand that the MPAA and RIAA haven't proven that yet, I welcome
> them to come to my door.  As someone who has never downloaded
> copyrighted content that I don't have permission to download, I would
> love to establish legal precedence against them.

Just to touch on something here....

Do you even know the cost of fighting such a case? Do you? The cost is *at 
least* $50,000. You would pay $50,000 to set a legal precedence in which you 
will *never* get your money reimbursed? 

Don't forget that you'll need to travel to San Francisco just to protect your 
rights. You'll have to request numerous days off and beg a judge to not lock 
you up before trial. You'll have to deal with the press knocking on your door 
and asking questions, while you're told to keep your damn mouth shut by your 
lawyers, if you were able to get a lawyer. 

No, what you *will* end up doing is shutting your damn mouth, taking a guilty 
plea, and hope that you'll be able to get a job for the rest of your life 
because there's no way in hell you're going to mortgage your house for a 
chance to change the law. And there's no damn lawyer out there who will help 
you for less-than a $10,000 retainer.

Been there, done that.
-- 
Sincerely,

Jason Spatafore
http://www.spatafore.net
Linux+ Certified Professional