Comments on: Efficiency Tests Delay U.S. “Six Strikes” Anti-Piracy Scheme

By: Netizen Report: Search Edition - Global Voices Advocacy

Netizen Report: Search Edition - Global Voices Advocacy — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:46:29 +0000

[...] US “Six Strikes” anti-piracy bill has been delayed for later this year. According to a Center for Copyright Information Advisory Board member, the [...]

By: Miami Sunset

Miami Sunset — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:47:00 +0000

AKA Six indicators to help you avoid detection.

I would like to see this go into place because it’s probably the fairest method. However, they can’t send out a scare message with the first warning because it will only scare users away from that ISP.

And as soon as the MAFIAA tries to sue someone you can be assured that the whole system will be seen as a cash-grab and fall apart.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 14:33:00 +0000

HADOPI didn’t fail because it failed to point out legal alternatives, it failed because it was financially unviable. It failed because as expensive and legally grey a scheme as it is, it had no positive effect on legal download sales, and people would rather learn about how to prevent being detected rather than stop downloading.

Although it is highly questionable whether the responsible authorities will draw the right conclusions, the simple reason for this is that people don’t buy things they can’t download, they just download something else, or nothing at all. They have this weird concept of how people are in this to save money, and that they download stuff they would otherwise be willing to pay money for. But if they were, they would. Leaving morality issues aside for a moment, people download because they (a) can’t afford to buy the original, (b) just want to have a look/listen and would never pay money for the original, or (c) there is no legal alternative. In none of these cases would preventing a download lead to a sale in its place.

By: Christopher Kidwell

Christopher Kidwell — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 13:05:00 +0000

Actually, a notarized e-mail is treated the same as a notarized letter. As long as the person in question can prove that you got and read the e-mail? It’s still held as valid.

By: Jim Mooney

Jim Mooney — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 14:35:00 +0000

Big Brother is watching you. The money buys the law. Look how the DOJ just let Goldman-Sachs skate free for their vast crimes.

By: Cinnamint

Cinnamint — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 03:21:00 +0000

I know it’s copyright infringement. But, I just wanted to share this awesome new tune. The fruits of my filthy pirate behaviors, arghhh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM1fDkC4c0Q

By: Cheese!

Cheese! — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 03:12:00 +0000

Oh, boo hoo, like I give a shit what ‘they’ say about me.
Right or wrong, they’re losing my money by the fistful.

By: Ben Brubaker

Ben Brubaker — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 02:46:00 +0000

It’s not the US forcing this. It’s other fascists within other countries taking note on how the US is screwing it’s own citizens…then trying it out on the home populous. All I can say is, TAKE NOTE yourself, and defend your rights before they get a foothold. It’s too late here. It starts with the media. Good luck!

By: Ben Brubaker

Ben Brubaker — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 02:40:00 +0000

The Republicans are well known for taking a fist right in the ass like a puppet and smiling the whole time. Democrats talk a buncha shit but usually capitulate to Goldman Sacs, etc. There’s a lot of DINOs in Congress. Are they both greedy pud suckers? yeah. Are they the same? No.

False Equivalence.

By: Ben Brubaker

Ben Brubaker — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 02:37:00 +0000

@Gene_P00le:disqus They all do it. Online privacy is dead. Right? I never assume anything I post anywhere online is ‘private’.