PirateBay goes to jail

[nate]

Originally Posted by raymor

Google will tell you which web
pages have the words you entered, nothing more, nothing less.

Thats all pirate bay does as well. They just point you to whatever you searched for. The mechanics may differ, but the action is the same.

Also, as I said, google is just as guilty because they will point you straight to the alleged pirate websites.

Furthermore, have a look at this page. Its sitting on googles servers and its a collection of serial numbers for software. Google hosts maybe millions of similar pages. In this case, google is not just pointing you at the piracy info, they are hosting it and giving it to you.

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.2...61dae65fcdd102

Pirate Bay, as their name makes clear

And I suppose a guy named Captain Morgan actually makes rum. Names are not a means to judge either content nor intention. Does Bass Pro Shop actually sell Bass Pros?

http://www.piratescove.net/ <--- are they in the business of pirating software?

That's why lock picks and other certain tools designed purely for the
purposes of bypassing security systems are illegal without a license

Lock picks and certain other tools are not speech. Therefore that example doesn't apply. We are talking about words as a collection of organized bits, not screwdrivers. And besides that, I'd like to see which federal law makes possession of lock picks and certain other tools illegal. I can walk onto any of the local tool trucks and buy a lock pick set and other tools designed specifically to unlock cars without a key. I don't need a license. Besides, give me an old wiper blade and ten minutes with a grinding wheel and I can make my own set of lock picks.

Regarding this thread in general:
Frankly, I'm surprised to see people that rely on the first amendment so heavily, piss on it when it doesn't suit their purpose. That's pretty disgusting.