I can certainly understand the perspective that ultimately the responsibility for the loss will have to be borne by the folks who didn't do their homework or didn't take enough care in their backup strategy.
However, that wasn't the assertion that I was intending to respond to :) I've seen this "its not the perpetrator's fault" argument used several times in the last few weeks, the most recent that I remember was the kid who hacked the PHPFog site. The same argument was used there, and indeed was spouted off by the kid himself - it wasn't the hackers fault the site got hacked.
This line of reasoning seems dangerous to me, as it obscures a criminal or unethical activity by the ultimate result of that activity. Wrong action is wrong action, regardless of who didn't cover their bases.
Should the producer take more precautions, and will they ultimately be burned? Most assuredely, but lets not forget the reason they were burned in the first place - somebody maliciously acted against them.
Totally agreed. The incompetence of the producer is a problems for the producer's backers. It has no bearing on the obvious wrong done by the ex-employee.
However, that wasn't the assertion that I was intending to respond to :) I've seen this "its not the perpetrator's fault" argument used several times in the last few weeks, the most recent that I remember was the kid who hacked the PHPFog site. The same argument was used there, and indeed was spouted off by the kid himself - it wasn't the hackers fault the site got hacked.
This line of reasoning seems dangerous to me, as it obscures a criminal or unethical activity by the ultimate result of that activity. Wrong action is wrong action, regardless of who didn't cover their bases.
Should the producer take more precautions, and will they ultimately be burned? Most assuredely, but lets not forget the reason they were burned in the first place - somebody maliciously acted against them.