Download = Free
Free = Nothing for Gangs or Terrorism.

I would say that if you don’t want to give money to Gangs or Terrorism or any other Bully boys you must download.

As a up standing menmper of the public your only option to protect the rest of us is to Download.

This report tells you its the only way to be sure you are not supporting crime.

Long live TPB

The people that post such ignorant comments are the ones that won’t ever even see yours. Because yours aren’t the first 3 comments at the top of the page. None of them are looking to have a conversation thats the problem. It’s like this in every disagreement that has ever existed. There are the people on either extreme, who refuse to even listen to what the other side has to say and will just blindly repeat the same thing over and over again. Hoping, if they say it enough, people will agree with them.

Eclipse, You are right in saying that we need to teach people the truth. Many people don’t know how to use a computer, not because they are dumb, but because they think they are more complicated then they are. I can’t tell you how many people I’ve tried to explain torrenting to and they just brush it off as too complicated because it isn’t the one click fix that Napster and such were/are.

My biggest dream is for people to realize that their computer is the only media device they need. I want people to realize that a computer isn’t just something that browses the internet or writes papers. They need to know that their video game console or iPod are just computers with tons of protections built into them, to prevent you from using them the way you want.

Spread the truth people, tell your grandma’s, sisters, friends, and parents what you can do with a computer.

One last tip be as networked as possible and keep backups. : )

change a few words and it still fits.

Even if you dont try hard you can

Yeah right

I need to turn myself in to the authoritah.

Lol well i was just talking about the thread in general not specifically your comments.

For the most part i would love to see the Pirate community become more unified and have a structure ( World Wide Structure), but of course that would also be the straw that broke the camels back if you know what i mean.

I find that when i read these threads there are a lot of people who just rant and exaggerate without much thought as to what they are saying, and then there are the few that do understand, and can carry an intelligent conversation.

I totally agree with you about the broad spectrum of the laws that could be made, and that could pose a big problem. And yes it does disgust me that they would attempt to use that recent world events in order to further their own political agenda.

I for one am for the free exchange of information on the web, no matter what that information may be ( Books, movies, music, etc.), but it does also make me wonder about the fine line we walk.

As for the subject of Pirates and Organized crime, well that’s a touchy subject. the term pirate can be used very broadly, and so it can encompass multiple groups of people ( Gangs who pirate commercially, Internet pirates – me :D, mafias, terrorist groups, etc.) leaving us in a bad position. I for one think that besides the file sharring community ( those of us who simply promote the free INTERNATIONAL exchange of information and culture on the internet and else), all other groups should be put down.

The bad thing is that the *AA’s want to try group us in with them. We should fight them where ever we can, and oppose them how ever we can, but we should always try to be rational people, and not let our emotions take the best of us.

i think that the way we are going to win this in the end is if we can maintain a good relationship with people of the world and gain their favor, and educate them to the truth. The Internet does not have borders.

So my stance on this report?
well it’s hard to say. i agree with it on certain points and disagree with it as well.

A new report from the content industry surfaced a few days ago. TorrentFreak demolishes it. As per usual the study mixes the words piracy and courterfitting in an attempt to brand all infringers as terrorists and gang or mafia members. Applying this to…

Look in the dictionary under “World’s most stupid president” and thats him.

A new study by the RAND corporation has attempted to put the focus on ‘movie piracy’ squarely on the shoulders of terrorist groups and criminal gangs. The report, which claims to have been ‘peer reviewed’, seems to show that no matter which gan…

Nice going!
Try to get this sort of arguments acknowledged in any sort of scientific institution (good luck)

It’s like that old Monty Python joke about the witch and the duck (Quest for the holy grale)
“Burn the witches!”

STOP MAKING MOVIES! STOP MAKING MOVIES! STOP MAKING MOVIES!

LOL LOL LOL