Comments on: First Kiwi File-Sharer Guilty, But Lack of Evidence Kills Large Fines

By: eattherich

eattherich — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 10:17:00 +0000

I’d love to know how they’d stop a Saudi oil sheik from downloading, and uploading whatever they wanted… :)

Simply put, enforcement of copyright laws is Tyrannical plain and simple because it relies on the principle of “I have more money than you” to be a deterrent.

By: Rafael Cordeiro

Rafael Cordeiro — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:07:00 +0000

well, bad thing courts dont consider case to case history, at least not in positive way, which would create a situation something like “oh its just one song, she is not a pirate”. Actually what comes up is “she pirated” and thats it.

I think VPN should be enforced by all players in the torrent scene

By: NoIdeaWhatYoureTalkingAbout

NoIdeaWhatYoureTalkingAbout — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:15:00 +0000

While we have some very good people running the justice system in this country, we certainly do in fact suffer from corporate puppets within politics. The fact you aren’t aware of this worries me, but isn’t out of the ordinary. Most of our country is pretty much blind to what is going on here.

By: platyourpus

platyourpus — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:52:00 +0000

New Zealander = Kiwi
Australian = Aussie
UK = Brit
American = Yank

By: The First Fine Under the New Copyright Law Has Been Given | Mark B's Blog

The First Fine Under the New Copyright Law Has Been Given | Mark B's Blog — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 08:46:15 +0000

[...] this particular case, there was a limited amount of evidence to prove the guilt of the accused. This likely had an impact on the final payment that the accused [...]

By: SoundnuoS

SoundnuoS — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:32:00 +0000

Here now.

By: SoundnuoS

SoundnuoS — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:31:00 +0000

You might want to take responsibility for your inability to actually refute my arguments instead of bullshitting.

By: SoundnuoS

SoundnuoS — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:20:00 +0000

The question becomes about router responsibility. In some places the law forces you to keep your guns locked up. Is that unacceptable as well?

By: SoundnuoS

SoundnuoS — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:02:00 +0000

I’ll have to counter your collection of google links, all pretty much referencing the same research with this link again:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2132153

“Based on our review of the empirical literature we conclude that, while some
papers in the literature find no evidence of harm, the vast majority of the
literature (particularly the literature published in top peer reviewed journals)
finds evidence that piracy harms media sales.”

HC-pirates might be among the bigger spenders, but this does not mean piracy as a whole does not hurt sales.

By: MadAsASnake

MadAsASnake — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:33:00 +0000

There are a couple of islands in the Andamans that have not been seriously contacted – must be them, and some Amazon indians…