Comments on: Norway Mulls Anti-Piracy ‘Complaint Board’ Proposal

By: Sigurd

Sigurd — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:52:12 +0000

@Blok (16)

We have that in Norway too, but as I see it, this is a new version only for “copyright-issues”

By: pirated

pirated — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:34:53 +0000

Problem with that is the fact that the MAFIAA wants it to be much worse than that as a “punishment”. They don’t want it to be in such a place, they are convinced it’s more important than that. Even though logic dictates that it should be either there or nowhere.

By: Blok

Blok — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:31:52 +0000

This system already exists in many western nations. Its often called something like the “small claims court” or “petty claims tribunal” and has a cap on the amount of money involved (e.g. maximum $5000).

Basically, its the kind of court Judge Judy presides over and you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure out that putting all the silly little court cases in a different category to the important ones is a sensible idea to avoid clogging the system.

By: www.eZee.se

www.eZee.se — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:41:53 +0000

@15, you’re welcome!

A lot of people have not, here’s hoping you will pass it on.

Cheers!

By: pirated

pirated — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:03:13 +0000

@Jeff

What did I just say? Nuff said.

@www.eZee.se

Interesting article, I’ve never seen that before.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:40:37 +0000

Why not drop the term pirate entirely? Replace the term with filesharers for those who download content over the Internet for free, and bootleggers or counterfeiters for those who copy content and sell it for a profit.

By: www.eZee.se

www.eZee.se — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:23:30 +0000

“People like being called pirates, people like the swashbuckling imagery of fighting the system as an outlaw. ”

Pirates—> The new N iggers?

http://ezee.se/articles-blog/2008/07/11/pirates-the-new-niggers/

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:25:03 +0000

Who the f*** would buy physical copies of DOWNLOADED software from you, off the street, you moron?

By: Roze

Roze — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:33:49 +0000

Well, all this may be great, but do not any of you reading this think that it is more important for the file-sharers themselves to stand up against all those “anti-pirates” rather than big organizations/businesses like consumer rights groups or ISPs? I think that it is much more important for the file-sharers themselves to take action, not just for consumer rights groups, or for ISPs to resist.

Roze
http://www.28chan.org/fs/ <- File-sharing bulletin board

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:07:14 +0000

h33t, the word “pirate” can be either for profit or not for profit.

By: Pirate

Pirate — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:53:58 +0000

@pirated

Damn right there :D

By: ...

... — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:30:02 +0000

h33t is a moron, ignore him.

Commercial pirates are the enemy. Its not about changing the meaning of the word ‘Pirate’, its about reminding people that every invention to date has been called piracy. Its about reminding people that if it weren’t for people of our type, you would be living in complete control.

Adapt or be forgotten, pretty simple.

By: pirated

pirated — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:49:27 +0000

WTF h33t…

Why are you trying to somehow affix the ‘pirate’ label only to commercial pirates, while everyone else is somehow ‘filesharers’

Fact is, no such distinction will ever happen. Other than calling them commercial pirates anyway. People like being called pirates, people like the swashbuckling imagery of fighting the system as an outlaw. Not to mention the fact that it’s simply gotten too widespread to attempt to change it now.

By: andyness

andyness — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:31:56 +0000

h33t, you know nothing about Norway. It ____IS____ illegal to ____SELL___ pirated music, apps, movies etc.

In addition, 50 000 eruos a month? ehhh that is a little less than the normal norwegian make A YEAR.

Also, there are not many people that buy pirated stuff. Exactly. We’re so fucking rich

By: h33t

h33t — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:11:01 +0000

great news for pirates!

“When an alleged pirate is approached with allegations by a copyright holder, the consumer would then have the opportunity to send the complaint to the committee for its consideration, with any decision subject to appeal.”

say i am a software and movie pirate living in Norway. i download lossless music and burn CDs and DVDs and sell them on markets. i make 50,000 euro/month from my piracy activities

now under this proposal (according to torrentfreak) pirates are not going to be subject to the criminal law and police action

Enigmax i am surprised at you. you are losing it dude

By: hmm

hmm — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:05:09 +0000

I wonder how they will take my whole crapping in the letter and sending it back thing…

oh well.. my only regret will be the smell the mailman has to endure..

By: Norge, mitt fedreland

Norge, mitt fedreland — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:37:23 +0000

Glad to see you have an eye open for what’s going on in Norway too :)

Tøndel is a prick, and should be treated as one.

By: Norway FTW!

Norway FTW! — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:53:01 +0000

Still a pretty free heaven, but think I’ll change to private sites on Norwegian stuff from now on. Not that there is much worth copying though.. What’s not worth copying is not worth buying at this time.

As a foot note:
Tøndel, gå og dø!
In English: Tøndel, please die!

By: www.eZee.se

www.eZee.se — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:23:36 +0000

Scandinavia kicks butt again :)

Would be better if they just left things as they are and let those bastards keep screaming, but I guess they have to show that they are at least doing something…

Hopefully it will drag on for a few years… or better still, decades and will come into force long after bit torrent is gone.

Hmm, do I sound biased? :D

Cheers!
http://www.eZee.se