JPF Home Page Forums General Messages General Message Forum RIAA not bulletproof?

I understand that when you download illegal music, you leave some sort of trail that the RIAA can follow. I would think that they would follow the trail of those downloading high volumes of music before they would bother those only downloading a few. If kids or grandmothers break the law, there should be consequences. If they break small laws and get away with it, it might encourage them to break serious laws later, nip it in the bud. It is always nice if you can grab the gangsters that are putting the illegal tender on the market, be it music or drugs, but if there were no customers to purchase these illegal goods, then there would be no great profits for these gangsters to make, and therefore no reason for them to be in business. If someone comes to my door selling me something at a fraction of it's value and I buy it, and later it is found to be stolen, I am found guilty of buying stolen goods. Or if I buy poached game, I am just as guilty as the poacher, I am the reason he is in the poaching business.

Some people plead ignorance when they are caught doing something illegal, but ignorance of the law is no excuse.