[NCLaw441]

It works for me. If you don't want to lose your computer, obey the law.

[freeeee]

obey the law

The 5th Amendment is a law (for government) so government can't do this (deprivation of property without due process)

Vigilantism is against the law, so corporations can't do it either.

I guess some laws are better than others.

[OpusatFR]

What about due process. This sounds like summary execution.

[tracer]

Enjoy your shackles, Citizen.....

[Arkinsaw]

It works for me. If you don't want to lose your computer, obey the law.

Sure, don't interfere with the legal operation of an abortion clinic by posting photos or other hate speech that might cause emotional upset to clinic patrons. I am sure that they can find something in the tens of thousands of laws to destroy your computer for.

[Chad Fairbanks]

It works for me. If you don't want to lose your computer, obey the law.

Yeah, and let's just forget about that pesky Due Process stuff. I mean, what's a few Civil Rights Violations among friends, right?

[Chemist_Geek]

If you don't want to lose your computer, obey the law.

Which law?

"No person shall be ... deprived of ... property, without due process of law ..."

Amendment V, U.S. Constituition

[babygene]

"It works for me. If you don't want to lose your computer, obey the law."

What a silly thing to say...

You are posting on Free Republic. Much of the text material and images are copyrighted. I would bet a lot of money that you have such material on your computer right now without a license.

Lets say your sister scans in pictures of her kids that are taken by a professional photographer and emails them to you. Almost all professional photographer’s copyright their work..

Bang! There goes another computer! I hate it when that happens…

[rwfromkansas]

I see the tyrannical side of govt. is appealing to you.

[freebilly]

If you don't want to lose your computer, obey the law.

Maybe people should lose their $600,000. homes for violating sodomy laws.

One day, when your car is re-possessed by the state (because you were talking on the cell phone in violation of some law) some nice person will say--

"If you didn't want to lose your car, you should have obeyed the law."

Might be time for you to re-read Orwell....

[xrp]

That attitude also got the Jews incinerated in the 1940s.

[RetiredArmy]

Oh, I see. It is ok to destroy private property for this?? So, like if you speed in your car, the State Troopers can use a anti-tank weapon and destroy it after pulling you over?? Where does it end? What can they do to you next? If down loading a stinking song from the internet is such a serious crime, we are in real trouble. With all else that is going on in this country, we are wasting our time and tax dollars doing this? Give me a break. Get real. Another big brother program to control the masses. The music industry could have come up with something before this that allows them to code their music so that it could not be copied. It has been copied from old albums to cassettes for years! From CDs to cassettes. Now to CDs. Big deal. I always still bought the albums I wanted whether me and a buddy swapped albums to record them on cassettes or not. This is not, repeat, not a good idea. To destroy someone's $2,000-plus computer for a $2 song! Nope, nothing you can say or suggest will change my opinion of this. Not even!

[af_vet_rr]

It works for me. If you don't want to lose your computer, obey the law.

If we are going to talk about the law, and since the law goes back to our Constitution (usually), in some shape or form, please point out where it is legal for a private company to destroy the private property of a private individual.