[sagar]

“Accessory to the crime would require knowledge or some activity.

Cafe owners don’t go to jail for what patrons download.”

It is their responsibility to ensure that their property (computers, internet access, etc) is not used in a crime. Make money from criminals paying you, you should pay for it.

[sten]

guy phones in a bomb threat... is AT&T responsible? no

guy drives a ryder rental into a building and it blows up... ryder responsible? no

[Boogieman]

“It is their responsibility to ensure that their property (computers, internet access, etc) is not used in a crime.”

No it’s not. That turns the law on its head.

[Lurker]

Justice Kagan, is that you?

[Mad Dawgg]

"It is their responsibility to ensure that their property (computers, internet access, etc) is not used in a crime. Make money from criminals paying you, you should pay for it."

So then if you own a rental house and your renter date rapes a girl you should go to jail for rape or at least as accessory.

Your logic is impeccable... (for the clueless among you the preceding statement would be sarcasm, the dripping variety)

[Durus]

So if you had a poorly secured wireless access point in your house and someone used it to download something illegal you should go to jail? How about the ISP, shouldn't they face criminal charges as well? How about the backbone providers, shouldn't someone be found libel there? It's a pretty deep hole you are digging.

How about this instead. Capital punishment for child molesters. Capital punishment for anyone filming child molestation. Capital punishment for aggravated rape. Capital punishment for human trafficking. Use what little moral capital the US still has to make human trafficking and child pornography a thing of the past. Including all the Muslim countries that practices slavery without condemnation and outrage from "openminded" liberals.