And yes, from all the civil suits for infringements to personal data from the billions of users of the internet.

If they took away your internet after repeated offenses, I think that might stop you from pirating. And yes, I realize that you can just encrypt everything, or find a proxy, but the people using limewire are stupid enough to be using limewire. It will most assuredly stop them. Granted, it may not stop seasoned torrenters like myself, but it will stop some.

Born: November 24, 1944 (age 65)
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Political party: Democratic
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George Washington University
Law School
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You better watch your back file-sharers cos the Mo$$ad’s will come after you!

“It’s piracy that is compelling this, y’know”

Sorry Reasoned Mind (see oxymoron for giving himself that name) but its corporate greed that is driving this on, not internet file sharers.

The reason we exists is so simple. It is a public protest to antics of Big Business. Such as:

- corporates are the real reasons that everything is so inflated. They make things dirt cheap (especially if they are made in Third World countries) and sell it real high markup so that the corporate elite wallow in the wealth. With the rising costs though, you prevent people from buying the product. If you had reasonably priced something in the first place, then people would file share as much.

- Big Business corrupt governments and courts. There are a lot back room deals made out of the public eye because most governments operate under a culture of no transparency and no accountability. So it’s easy for corporations to bribe officials to get corporate-friendly laws passed and “show trials” in the courts.

- The abuse the media to their own ends. Journalism has been replaced with corporate propaganda. They tell public blatantly obvious lies about profit loss, internet piracy is all connected to organized crime, they are doing it for artist’s, and so on.

The criminal tactics of Big Business has invited public outcry and action against them. Unfortunately, complaining to politicians is not going to do anything because they are not going to listen. Even ISP are going to buckle either through litigation or corporate takeover. Once ISP are their control they’ll just change the user agreement and cut you off without having to give a reason.

It’s corporate-run world baby, and we just get screwed by it.

Yes hackers and everyone else are going to find alternatives, but policing the internet is like a NAZI party for real F**K this !! — GO READ HISTORY ABOUT HITLER — MAFIA is trying to be the next Hitler of the internet. — Mafia you are going to EPIC FAIL!!

PassThePopcorn’s staff member’s homepage! Invites!!

Another reason for never buying a M$ OS. Paying for something you dont own would be utterly stupid, wouldnt it?

Fortunately, there are free alternatives to Windows OS (Linux, the BSDs, OpenSolaris, etc., etc. etc.), so there’s always a way to escape software-controlled madness at the OS level. And if you need a Windows program, just run it under wine, or in qemu, VirtualBox, VMWare etc.

Well, as movie makers, they ARE the masters of illusions, aren’t they? ;)

The internet was fun while it lasted. Time to sit on a wood floor and not do anything.

Bet not many of you guys know that nobody actually owns a Windows operating system and the small print allows them to alter them remotely.

People pay and assume ownership but nobody actually own one except MS corp’.

I mean some buy one or buy upgrades to old OS’s, some buy ‘puters with pre-installed and assume pay good money, own it all, nope, you essentially lease the Windows OS, which is why a lot of people who know that switch to open source.

I’m Win XP, but when i notice things i sort my system out, all too many people are unaware and don’t do anything, they need to maintain their systems better because a lot of what happens on a Windows platform has statistical analysis factored, they say as a legal notice that nothing to identify you specifically is collated, but that doesn’t stop them looking at their operating systems that you are using and saying we are not allowing our property to be used that way, through changes of unique codes every time somebody installs to fresh volume, wiping out what they’ve done, then seeing deselection of updates etc when updating from installations to fresh volumes, they get the message and don’t bother as much and we’ll be targeted in other ways more directly, but those who do not regularly clean drives etc and fresh install, they will try the easier methods of altering Their operating systems they own which you are using.

Sounds unlikely doesn’t it.

But perfectly true.

You can check it out through legalese analysis of small print in your Eula’s etc.

John Harris mentions about legalese and needing to understand it.

I knew about MS owning OS’s not us users long before i saw his material, but it’s the same sort of thing he mentions about contracts and actual ownership of things we consumers purchase and how legalese obfuscates things in plain sight in his “Freeman Lectures – John Harris” torrent, on TPB or search DHT for swarm access.

Peace. : )

Manual update instead of leaving systems vulnerable, but be discerning and understand what each update does, there’s options in Control panel -> Auto update where you are notified which ones to download, or turn off and manual on MS update site.

Don’t stop completely, you need to patch vulnerabilites etc, but watch what you do allow to install from MS.

All can be looked up, or ask where people will know.

That isn’t FUD either.

Peace. : )

Just because they can’t adapt to new marketing models, they are trying to infringe on my personal life, and rights?

Fuck that.

It’s time to kill the dinosaurs.

That is already happening….

Bravo GAO

Keep up the good work!

neb

Not going to try to download that malware so i assume that it has to be a Windows application, the following things will be banned:
- Unix
- Linux
- Apple hardware
- Most NAS devices
- Many modem/router devices (with HDs or USB ports)
- FreeBSD
- Beos
- ARM based devices
- All media devices with WIFI/Ethernet.
- Satellite receivers with ethernet
- NDS
- PSP
(and a lot more i suppose)

Funny how the makers of software applications, the only people you mentioned who don’t produce mindless drivel, aren’t lobbying to destroy the internet.

Well done you, for saying the complete bleeding obvious.

Your second sentence does rather display your complete ignorance of the world we live in, though.

What about the ‘beliefs and ideals’ of the people creating the music, films and software you enjoy so much?

Cue ignorant comments from torrentfreakers saying all copyright is evil and the industries that create the products you consume (yes some good, some bad, idiots) are all evil as well.

You. Are. A. Bunch. Of. Imbeciles.

Secondly, if they wanted public comment, why wasn’t that posted with a link? Political Action groups routinely send hundreds of phone calls and tens of thousands of letters to various people, why can’t we? All we have is numbers, all we have is the people…us…

If we don’t use that power, our only power, we deserve to loose.

The RIAA and MPAA are just doing what they know how to do, they can’t possibly win, so don’t worry about them, they’ll just have to spend a little less on champers.

And Microsoft/Bill Gates, should remember this.

If he/they didn’t breech copyrights, patants and hack tech etc, MS would never have come into existence.

Absolute truth that is, plenty of historical information around which explains his shenanigans as he built Microsoft and shafted so many people to get where he is.

So as MS and BG have been siding with these anti filesharing oiks to implement antyi copyright breech sub systems into it’s operating systems etc, he should understand he built his corporation through breech of copyright and hacking tech, so is an utter hyprocrite, he wouldn’t exist today as the multi billionaire he is if what these copyright fascists want to do in the present, was happening a year or two before Micosoft became his company after slitting with Mackintosh/Apple.

OK for him to have built a software empire from it, but everybody else is so wrong, says it all really.

Peace. : )

What if I do not consider myself a ‘consumer’? Can I download material then? =)))

No company regardless of what is happening to thier business has the right to trample or even TRY to trample on the freedoms of others (Unless you have millions in a cash briefcase… apparently)

You apparently have missed the whole discussion about whether or not people would even pay for music and movies regardless if they had the ability to download them or not!

If everyone stopped sharing via piracy, large corporations and thier arms (Such as the RIAA and the MPAA) would still want you to do business thier way and thier way only. Apparently the business model of meeting the customers demands has left this planet, please move to the next one for better service, more rights and a voice that counts!

Hollywood was founded because it disregarded copyright law -

The game is up you tossers, targeting the very people who put you in the position your in is going to be the death of this copyright SHIT!

Apr 16, 2010 at 08:40 by Wolfy
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Actually they did put that in the same proposal. I checked up on the RIAA’s proposals on a few other websites – Torrentfreak didn’t mention two things

1. Border checks of all electronic devices – You’re listening to your iPod and Customs agents yank it off you and check that you’ve bought the songs on it, etc.
2 – The RIAA wants tax-payer funded FBI squads to help protect movie releases. So basically, Agent Joe can be just about to land that big drug bust, but then his boss calls, “Hey, Iron Man 2 is about to be released, the movie producers want you and a thousand other agents to watch the copies that go out to the cinemas, to ensure there are no leaks”.

I would not be surprised if they have strict check-posts everywhere. Forget about criminals go after the copyright infringers, use taserguns on maximum current settings or better still shoot on site. These douchebags are absolute morons. They live in cuckoo land. Money is everything to them not the creative work BS. How many yachts, mansions, islands do they need?

Almost all governments will think that this suggestion is WAY to strict.

MAFIAA will then send out a new proposal that isn’t as strict, but still enforces their will.

Then the same governments will say ‘We would rather take proposal 2 than live with proposal 1′ and MAFIAA wins another battle.

Like someone said earlier, it’s a game and MAFIAA holds the aces (money, influence, lobbying).