The key problem is that copyright infringement by a private individual is regarded by the court as something so serious that it negates the right to privacy. It’s a sign of the twisted values that copyright has succeeded on imposing on many legal systems. It equates the mere copying of a digital file with serious crimes that merit a prison sentence, an evident absurdity.

This is a good example of how copyright’s continuing obsession with ownership and control of digital material is warping the entire legal system in the EU. What was supposed to be simply a fair way of rewarding creators has resulted in a monstrous system of routine government surveillance carried out on hundreds of millions of innocent people just in case they copy a digital file.

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    What am I missing, here? If you do something illegal, they can try to find out who you are? So if the girl I am currently cyberstalking were to go to the police, they could work with my ISP to figure out who I am?

    I’m going to move to a VPN pronto!

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      Just tell the judge she may have violated your copyright and you can stalk her all you want.

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      5 months ago

      is cyber’stalking’ even illegal? there’s something incredibly harmless about scrolling thru someone’s instagram that showing up outside their house repeatedly doesn’t seem to compare with

      • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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        What is colloquially called stalking, isn’t actually stalking. Stalking involves a level of fear by the stalked party [or a level of intended harm by the stalking party].

        [Edit] to include a little more clarification.

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      5 months ago

      What am I missing, here?

      Well, for starters, you seem to be missing anything resembling a coherent argument… 🤪