Comments on: Hey Hadopi, You’re Breaking The Law. We Made “Three Strikes” Illegal Across All Europe.

By: Mick

Mick — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 01:56:00 +0000

61 percent of business owners do not trust cloud services with their personal data. The primary reason is not privacy or security. Having guaranteed 24/7/365 access to their personal data is the number 1 reason, followed by security and privacy. If that cloud service hosting company should happen to fail, and another company purchases their assets, the private user data could easily be sold for enough money to retire on. Do you trust a third party entity with your life? It is the same reason I refuse to be an organ donor. If I get whacked by a big vehicle that runs a red light at an intersection, and the paramedics see that I am a donor, do you honestly believe they would rather ‘potentially’ heal me for $20,000+ USD, or let me die and collect an easy $100,000 for my organs?

By: We Francji pierwsza osoba odcięta od internetu za naruszenie praw autorskich | Prawo autorskie. Co nas uwiera?

Wed, 03 Jul 2013 09:29:30 +0000

[...] We Francji zapadł pierwszy wyrok, który na mocy ustawy HADOPI odebrał człowiekowi dostęp do sieci. To bardzo ważny moment w historii prawa autorskiego w Europie, który pokazuje, że w imię ochrony praw przemysł rozrywkowy jest w stanie poświęcić Powszechną Deklarację Praw Człowieka oraz unijne dyrektywy wyraźnie zabraniające tego typu działań wobec obywateli. [...]

By: Removal of Internet access compromises fundamental liberties | Christian Engström, Pirate MEP

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:34:09 +0000

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P3.no Musikk » Stenger nettet for fransk pirat — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:40:08 +0000

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By: MarcusKlaasDeVries

MarcusKlaasDeVries — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:48:00 +0000

Why would you pay for VPN in such a obfuscated manner? It is not illegal to hire a VPN connection, nor is it to use one.

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Anonymous VPN & Proxy News Update… — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:17:29 +0000

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By: George

George — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:45:00 +0000

I don’t think it’s a realistic threat, though. In fact when studies surmise that piracy actually HELPS the industry, surely that point is moot – more sales means they are more likely to create. Can you address any of the studies which have concluded thus?

By: George

George — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:42:00 +0000

That is not fair to say – think of the money they invest in technology when it comes to their huge video rendering farms and digital audio processors.

By: George

George — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:13:00 +0000

Maybe in today’s economic climate, that wouldn’t be sensible to do unless you can afford fewer sales (i.e. not due to piracy).

I think that studies have proven already that piracy doesn’t affect profits, so if you do go ahead and try, don’t look to pirates for an excuse that it was terrible – look in the mirror.

By: George

George — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:10:00 +0000

Why should you profit from someone else’s work? If someone is buying a pirated copy from you they’re paying money for it, that money should go to the creator.

It is not the same as downloading it for free to try it for example. Instead it’s a lazy person profiteering from someone else’s work and often ripping off someone who was led to believe they were getting the genuine thing (only to be landed with non-genuine warnings and penalising from Microsoft).

Important to note this is a different matter to maybe downloading and burning a film for a friend and asking for a few cent for your time and the DVDs, because they can’t/won’t do it themselves. But remember, those people should appreciate when they like a good thing, and pay for it if they like it.