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Re: [LUG] Movie pirate forced to use Windows

 

Simon Waters wrote:
> Face it if it is installed on your local machine, it is probably trivial
> to circumvent, on the other hand getting caught probably involves a few
> more months inside.
>
> It isn't just how difficult to do, but the likely consequences.
>   
Agreed
> I'm surprised that the monitoring isn't rather more vendor neutral,
> either a choke point firewall, or video tape, or some such. I suspect
> the court will get it's ear bashed by relevant commercial groups as well.
>   
Or just insist his Internet connection goes through the court's own 
system.. they can block whatever sites they want to that way... but as 
you say, anything can be got around with enough will.. question is, is 
it worth it?

Kind regards,

Julian

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