Comments on: Return Of The High Court And Low Court http://torrentfreak.com/return-of-the-high-court-and-low-court-111002/ Breaking File-sharing, Copyright and Privacy News Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:05:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 By: Different Treatment For Tech Related Law-Breaking Depending On Whether Or Not You Have Power | Gas Rebate Ticket /return-of-the-high-court-and-low-court-111002/#comment-840558 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:02:40 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=40810#comment-840558 [...] Falkvinge, this is reminiscent of the “high court” and “low court” concepts from the Middle Ages, in which the nobility had the high court: where breaking the law had limited [...]

]]> By: Different Treatment For Tech Related Law-Breaking Depending On Whether Or Not You Have Power | Greediocracy /return-of-the-high-court-and-low-court-111002/#comment-840546 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:57:16 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=40810#comment-840546 [...] Falkvinge, this is reminiscent of the “high court” and “low court” concepts from the Middle Ages, in which the nobility had the high court: where breaking the law had limited [...]

]]> By: Anonymous /return-of-the-high-court-and-low-court-111002/#comment-838878 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:04:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=40810#comment-838878 Not for long if the tories have their way. Hopefully they won’t demolish it completely, just change the bits that allow foreigners that threaten UK security to be thrown out of the country regardless of whether they own a cat or have children in the country. TBH I think we need European law to keep our government in check.

]]> By: Scary Devil Monastery /return-of-the-high-court-and-low-court-111002/#comment-838404 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:32:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=40810#comment-838404 “What I think the poster in the quote meant is that if that money were to be taken from the profit of the corporation, it wouldn’t be taken from executives’ pockets. It would be traded down until thousands of payroll workers are let off and that in of itself is unfair. For most large companies, the small time worker has no control over the actions of the entity for which they work.”

Although this is indeed true, it’s still the only way to do it. In itself if thousands of payroll workers are let off this means the corporation as a whole suffers.
That this is unfair to the workers I can’t really see – if you accept that a corporation is a legal entity then the worker employed by that corporation has tacitly agreed to shoulder the burden of being part of said corporation.

It’s either that or we accept that any major corporation should be allowed to get away scot-free from flouting the law as long as it can deploy sufficient numbers of human shields. Akin to a man who goes to court ten times, each time using his status as a parent of two children as a reason why he should get away with highway robbery – again.

This is, imho, why the view of a corporation as a legal entity in itself is a very bad thing. Ideally speaking, the blame should fall squarely on the shoulders of the people who have actually determined and carried out the policy.
The way the law is written however, a corporation is a legal entity. If it commits a crime then the corporation must suffer the consequences. No third-party legal culpability falls on those workers which at least is a relief.

]]> By: Scary Devil Monastery /return-of-the-high-court-and-low-court-111002/#comment-838405 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:32:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=40810#comment-838405 “What I think the poster in the quote meant is that if that money were to be taken from the profit of the corporation, it wouldn’t be taken from executives’ pockets. It would be traded down until thousands of payroll workers are let off and that in of itself is unfair. For most large companies, the small time worker has no control over the actions of the entity for which they work.”

Although this is indeed true, it’s still the only way to do it. In itself if thousands of payroll workers are let off this means the corporation as a whole suffers.
That this is unfair to the workers I can’t really see – if you accept that a corporation is a legal entity then the worker employed by that corporation has tacitly agreed to shoulder the burden of being part of said corporation.

It’s either that or we accept that any major corporation should be allowed to get away scot-free from flouting the law as long as it can deploy sufficient numbers of human shields. Akin to a man who goes to court ten times, each time using his status as a parent of two children as a reason why he should get away with highway robbery – again.

This is, imho, why the view of a corporation as a legal entity in itself is a very bad thing. Ideally speaking, the blame should fall squarely on the shoulders of the people who have actually determined and carried out the policy.
The way the law is written however, a corporation is a legal entity. If it commits a crime then the corporation must suffer the consequences. No third-party legal culpability falls on those workers which at least is a relief.

]]> By: Johnny Malone /return-of-the-high-court-and-low-court-111002/#comment-838357 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:44:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=40810#comment-838357 I predict that as human populations go up and people continue to squabble over trivial things that the value of human life – even in first world countries – will decline steadily to a point lower than during the dark ages.

]]> By: Johnny Malone /return-of-the-high-court-and-low-court-111002/#comment-838356 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:41:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=40810#comment-838356 I don’t think they used to be. Now… I don’t know anymore.

]]> By: Johnny Malone /return-of-the-high-court-and-low-court-111002/#comment-838350 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:38:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=40810#comment-838350 What I think the poster in the quote meant is that if that money were to be taken from the profit of the corporation, it wouldn’t be taken from executives’ pockets. It would be traded down until thousands of payroll workers are let off and that in of itself is unfair. For most large companies, the small time worker has no control over the actions of the entity for which they work.

]]> By: Guest /return-of-the-high-court-and-low-court-111002/#comment-838338 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:41:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=40810#comment-838338 1. Copying is not theft. Get that through your idiot skull.
2. The pirate party is in government in Berlin. Guess you’ve just decided to completely deny that reality.

]]> By: Galacticbluestorm /return-of-the-high-court-and-low-court-111002/#comment-838312 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:11:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=40810#comment-838312 upvote

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