Comments on: Australian Drug Mafia to Sell Pirated DVDs?

By: Diji1

Diji1 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:27:37 +0000

I’m Aussie… my Exetel ADSL2+ plan is 8Mbps/845, 72Gb/mth between 12pm – 12am + 48 Gb/mth 12am – 12pm… then shaped to 64kbps

So in total 120Gb/mth through Telstra network. I get through that before the month ends though (using rapidshare & DCC/fserves with BT) so I gotta limit it to keep my fast speeds (for AU). Recommended!!

ATM Foxtel (AU one & only cable TV provider) is losing large amounts of customers due to bad economic climate… so expect more of this crap. As to the Mafia being in AU – you bet they are!

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sinner — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:21:39 +0000

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By: MasterMan

MasterMan — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:48:12 +0000

Great report, very interesting to read.

Keep up the good work

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:01:31 +0000

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By: Tilgare

Tilgare — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:08:11 +0000

“American
workers miss out on thousands of new jobs each year and billions of dollars in earnings, in
addition to the cities and towns that lose millions of dollars in tax revenue , all due to piracy.”

Uh, please MPAA, explain that one to me… such a straight forward statement and no proof or information…?

“The 2007 study will report that number to be approximately 15 percent –or nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in stolen content annually by college students in the U.S. Although college students make up three percent of the population, they are responsible fora disproportionate amount of stolen movie products in this country.”

LOL, hell yeah we do. We’re BROKE.

By: Delta

Delta — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:52:15 +0000

Mafia?

Slight exaggeration…I’d say ’street dropkicks’

By: Phishybongwaters

Phishybongwaters — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:34:08 +0000

dumbest thing I’ve ever read.

Maybe 15 years ago people were buying shit off the streets, but what kinda idiot does that now? Hell, you can walk into any burger king and get free wifi access to download til your hd is full.

Paying for crap on the streets is not a big empire, and there’s not much money to be had, 5 bucks a pop? Better sling ALOT of cams to make a go with that.

By: something funny

something funny — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:04:52 +0000

want to hear something funny? i’ve dealt with foxtel engineers in the past . . . they once asked how could bypass macrovision on dvds. why? so they could use the dvds for broadcast . . .

last time i saw one of those piracy warnings on a dvd, it said something about public viewing or broadcasting being illegal.

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By: aussie

aussie — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:44:28 +0000

The internet prices are fine
in perth for 65 Aus you get adsl2+ with 24mbs down 20gbs limit download unlimited upload at 8mps

By: Mark Simpson

Mark Simpson — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:20:27 +0000

The Australian is owned by News Corp. News Corp also owns the major newspaper in Fiji, the “Fiji Times”.

The Fiji Times has long carried ads for pirates… “4 movies for $3.00″, “8 in 1 dvd pack, only $12.00!”

Oh the hypocrisy!

By: rgghfugh

rgghfugh — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:33:04 +0000

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By: Remi

Remi — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:31:15 +0000

Here in Poland You have 512kbps for about $30(US) and it seems that we have one of the most expensive internet in Europe. I’ve been to Austria for some time, they have 2mbps for 20â‚¬ and 25 mbit for 60â‚¬, and what about Australian internet prices ? are they so high ?

By: Man

Man — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:36:24 +0000

Here in India for home users unlimited downloads (no cap) 1mbps ADSL2 is around $60(US) 1mbps downstream and 128 upstream. No MPAA or RIAA bullshit. Downloads are on 24/7.

Better speeds are only available for business users which is bullshit

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:41:53 +0000

@ 22

I can see it now:

http://torrentfreak.com/closed

‘This site has been closed as a result of illegal discussion of the bittorrents. A criminal investigation continues into the activities and identities of the site’s users’

BBC Headline News:

The tactics were the same, but the targets were very different.

Admins of bittorrent news site ‘Torrentfreak’ were arrested today and accused downloading articles about bittorrents onto their website.

Investigators claim that users paid a monthly fee to access the site, where they read articles about bittorrents and were encouraged to post their opinions about the articles.

In order to join the site, users had to prove that their comments were snarky enough to be posted on the site.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:32:14 +0000

@ 23

ZOMG wtf!

By: JImmy Dowapp

JImmy Dowapp — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:52:45 +0000

Good for them! Bravo! Hey, gotta make a living right? Whatever works. Supply and demand LOL

JT
http://www.FireMe.To/udi

By: lol k

lol k — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:57:01 +0000

Oh yeah I can see this happening..

Yep.. the AK-47 includes 4 ammo clips and il even throw in a DVD of FINDING NEMO? Hows that sound? You like that? AK-47 and Finding nemo?

Yeaaahhh.. barginz!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:27:59 +0000

@11 of course they do. its called organised crime or underground or similar

By: i want mine "with" please!

i want mine "with" please! — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:04:22 +0000

pink panther
but that’s the + for MAFIA DVD’s.

Even the RIAA prosecutors training video told us that you get your MAFIAA thing with “with” if you ask the MAFIA guy instead your local dvd store.