Is it similarly victim blaming when people call shit on the RIAA for claiming thousands of dollars of damages per mp3? Give me a break, and knock it off with the emotionally charged language. MIT isn't the victim of domestic abuse or sexual assault.
> Can I break into your home and use your internet connection as I see fit without your complaint?
They dropped the trespassing charges, the only charges that had merit.
But if I broke into your house and used your internet connection, the only harm would come from you, the "victim", objecting to my behavior. You'd be bootstrapping your own victimhood, right?
If I were choosing to object to you on the grounds that you trespassed, then no.
If I were to drop the trespassing charges and choose to object on the grounds that I had to throw out my router because you used it, then I would indeed be manufacturing victomhood.
I'll repeat myself. They dropped the trespassing charges.
> Can I break into your home and use your internet connection as I see fit without your complaint?
They dropped the trespassing charges, the only charges that had merit.