The Alleged 'Avatar' Movie Leaker Has Been Arrested (gizmodo.com)

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[-] quickenparalysespunk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 1 day ago

this should never be a criminal offense. any criminal statutes enforcing corporate copyright is a moral perversion. a civil lawsuit matter at most.

how is this any different from debtors' prison??

individual creators should, of course, have huge power to protect their creations under the law, but anyone other than the individual should be harshly prevented from using copyright protection. in practical terms, enforcement is expensive and high-effortn for an individual, but that's what law firms are for. creators can also form cooperatives or collectives to aggregate their interests and legal efforts. there's no need nor justifications for extractive corporate entities to exist.

Japan also arrests a lot of pirates. using state terrorism to enforce capitalist corporate exploitation of creators and consumers.... Japan govt clearly uses a terroristic policy of draconian enforcement against minor offenders in order to frighten those considering pirating. a state that rules by fear is an unredeemable tyranny.

[-] kieron115@startrek.website 21 points 1 day ago

I'm guessing the crime is how they got the movie.

According to the publication, police discovered that the leaker gained unauthorized remote access to the server on which the animated film was stored, leading him to allegedly download and upload clips of the film online.

This happened in Singapore I guess, but assuming they have similar laws to the US than this would be unlawful access of a computer system.

[-] greenashura@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

I'm out of the loop here, I thought Paramount emailed a link to the file, now he's a hacker?

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 day ago

Even then, it's probably predicated on the idea that a reasonable person would realize that it was sent in error and that even though they've received the email they're not authorized to access the systems that the link points to.

It's still ridiculous the penalties, globally, for 'hacking' wya out of proportion.

[-] kieron115@startrek.website 1 points 1 day ago

However, a report from the Hollywood Reporter revealed that the leak didn’t come from within Paramount but from a hacker from PeggleCrew—the same troupe behind an infamous 2016 cyberattack on the hosting website FossHub.

[-] greenashura@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Sounds like BS to me, kinda like they're trying to hide their incompetence and an excuse to nail the guy

[-] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Why would anyone trust corporate media on this?

[-] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 7 points 1 day ago

Singapores legal system doesn't mess around either. Dang

[-] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 day ago

Well they hacked their way into Paramount's servers, I'm guessing they'll be charged with whatever digital trespassing laws Singapore has rather than whatever DMCA-like law they (Most certainly also) have. Crazy to do this sort of thing in Singapore IMO, internet surveillance there is probably totalizing and their punishments are horrific.

[-] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

In my attempt to drive a wedge into the ideal of unconditional government faith:

I have deduced that there are five laws of society:

State - national or regional regulations, uses prisons, sometimes to protect themselves rather than the community
Religious - based on the perception of guidelines of how to live, as per holy scriptures
Moral - the societal, generally accepted rules to not be a dick, such as harming others in malice, stealing. Not to be confused with subjective, personal morals
Ethical - a broader, more easily agreeable set of regulations, almost exclusively to protect life, the way of it, and the generally accepted ideas of rights for fauna and flora
Corporate - enforcement of copyright and intellectual property, a capitalist creation, often used to socially and financially destroy individuals rather than battle other businesses, in some regions utilising state law

The state legal system is sometimes the absolute enemy of the people and morals, especially when combined with corporate law, and shouldn't be treated like it's unconditionally justice.