Is the point to prove hypocrisy? As if we needed any further proof that people and governments are hypocritical. It doesn't change anything and it doesn't make downloading content any more legal or morally right. Seems like a waste of time and attention.
Breaking news, some FBI employees also speed on the highway.
On the other hand it seems that they are using a public service for their private pleasure. I do see a problem here.
Piracy is an Extremely Serious crime that only evil hackers would do. I know this because, the enormous financial penalties and occasional jail time to those downloading a handful of songs.
So please, put our equivocation away, and treat FBI employees who pirate the same we treat the general population.
I guess the point is when will somebody with authority do something about this? When will police start arresting FBI agents? It seems like we're all just okay with these federal agents being above the law they've sworn to protect.
As to orofino's claim that it doesn't make piracy any more morally right, I disagree. It is one more piece of evidence that piracy is so widespread that it is morally correct - when people in basically every organization in the world break the law on a regular basis, it means the law itself needs to be reevaluated.
To use his own example, the same can be said for speed limits which are generally supposed to be set to the 85th percentile. If a speed limit is set too low - as shown by more than 15 percent of drivers exceeding it - then the limit itself needs to be corrected.
If we show them how idiotic it is to have laws that put people in jail for copying songs or charge them millions of dollars, when even the people that are supposed to uphold these laws are doing it, maybe they'll come to their senses.
So... why aren't they investigating and prosecuting these instances? Here's the lowest hanging fruit!
Yes. Hypocrisy. Justice is blind for a reason, in its statuary portrayal. Without equality under the law... Well, you don't have law as we tend to at least want to popularly define it in the U.S.
P.S. And, if they can't even effectively police their own networks, why should I have any trust that they -- or their agents and partners -- will effectively and correctly police the nation's? Such organizations can and do rot from the top down, and this is something to fear.