Comments on: Japanese Government Plants Anti-Piracy Warnings Inside Fake Downloads

By: Chow Yung Splat

Chow Yung Splat — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:31:00 +0000

The secret Japanese Anti-Piracy message is, as follows,
“PIRACY OF MOVIES IS EVIL. Now please excuse our heavily pixelated penises, we have require extra money for our porn stars lube to compensate for the bloody scratches inflicted when the pixelated genitals abrade the intimate areas of other porn actors.”

By: Gurgl

Gurgl — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:39:00 +0000

If this also punishes those who download the files with no way of knowing whether or not it is licensed or anything, then I say OVERCROWD THE PRISONS!
If that was the legislation here in Norway there wouldn’t be enough concrete, metal bars or guards for that.

By: out of the box

out of the box — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:56:00 +0000

adding the discount voucher for purchase at Itunes is very creative… and that spurs the thought to use it to offer promotions for things of added value??? Such as discounts on purchase of merchandise,, like clothing, hardware, food… or??? Or perhaps memberships to things of interest to fans of the content??

By: Guest

Guest — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:43:00 +0000

Go read the falkvinge article regarding this. It’s also legal to possess CP in Russia, too.

By: joexxx

joexxx — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 02:13:00 +0000

Why should downloading child pornography be illegal?

By: octus

octus — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 05:13:00 +0000

no it doesn’t and they should keep downloading forever.

By: Gene Poole

Gene Poole — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:21:00 +0000

Stealing and copying is not the same thing.

here’s something for you.

My wife’s going to law school, we had a discussion on mens rea and theft and all that. I won’t bore you with the details, but what came of it is a few things I wasn’t consciously aware of before:

– If you intend to return something you take without permission you’re not guilty of theft (not really relevant here)
– if you deliberately take something, thinking you’re stealing that was legal for you to take, it’s not theft (since legal actions cannot be considered illegal regardless of intent)
– borrowing spare change from a friend, without their knowledge, with the intent of paying him back later is theft, even if you do replace the money you took. why? because the quarter you replace is not the exact same quarter you borrowed from him

The reason I thought this significant goes back to the same old argument we keep having on theft vs copyright infringement. If I copy your file, without ever removing it from your computer, I have not taken anything. The original copy remains. By law, it can never be equated with theft.

These trolls who deliberately try to confuse facts with emotions should have this argument ignored every single god damned time because it’s been disproven so often, and nobody, not even the trolls themselves, actually believe it. It’s akin to mental masturbation at this point.

By: Gene Poole

Gene Poole — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:14:00 +0000

it smells like a duck

what does a duck smell like? ;-)

fowl?? (heh)

I wouldn’t be surprised to find that all the trolls are the same individual, or else work side by side in the same office. SoundnuoS, bobmail and Anon all sound too similar.

By: Gene Poole

Gene Poole — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:12:00 +0000

I don’t have enough middle fingers for all you scummy low lifes !

isn’t that like a Manson lyric or something?

Anyway, settle down, man. take a breath and relax. While I will admit that it is Serious Business in the grand scheme of things, getting irate and furious over it isn’t going to help you or anyone else over the long run. At best it gives those trying to suppress your rights a valid argument for censorship and surveillance.

By: Madonna

Madonna — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:04:00 +0000

And yet, 2 years in jail, still sits on the books…hmmm.