Comments on: Pirate Party Condemns $5.4m Claim Against P2P Operator

By: Trojans all the way

Trojans all the way — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:33:07 +0000

Pirate Party Condoms–hell yeah!

By: Unfounded

Unfounded — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:40:37 +0000

This is maybe the most ridiculous claim that the Finnish court system has ever seen. If no further evidence is provided, I really hope the District court judge makes the only right decision, that is to drop all charges against and make the Copyright Lobby pay for the poor man’s legal fees.

By: Hmm

Hmm — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:47:44 +0000

The accusation principle was that the connected users had shared alot of data – not the hub owner. As with the case of Finreactor, the servers administrator was held responsible for the illegal data transferred by the connected users. They claim that the data was movies, music and games, but it’s unsure if they have any proof of that or not. I’d guess they sniffed around and recorded statistics about what was being shared if they knew of the hub obviously — I’d just imagine they won’t pull out all the aces out their sleeves right from the start.

That aside, who on their right mind uses public Direct Connect hubs, BitTorrent with Peerguardian is alot safer.

By: .neo.styles|nvDX

.neo.styles|nvDX — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:06:19 +0000

Sorry about my claim earlier, I was drunk. Piracy rules.

By: Annie Moose

Annie Moose — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:09:57 +0000

So he dared download something (legally) that was larger than 100 kB (or whatever their arbitrary limit is)? Off with his head!

The anti-pirate cartel needs to quit this Queen of Hearts nonsense of attacking anyone and everyone on the slightest provocation. Then maybe they’d actually accomplish something.

Actually, I retract that. I hope they keep doing ridiculous things, because sooner or later ordinary people will realize how idiotic they are, and then no one will listen to them at all!

By: Yo

Yo — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:19:27 +0000

I wipe my ass with 1 bit connection… and I don’t file share through my ass.
Surprised?

By: HELP!!!

HELP!!! — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:28:44 +0000

oh my god help!!!

By: emulep2p

emulep2p — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:26:50 +0000

the cartels days are coming to an end. See here:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/15/finland.internet.rights/index.html

Fast Internet access becomes a legal right in Finland

Finland has become the first country in the world to declare broadband Internet access a legal right.

Starting in July, telecommunication companies in the northern European nation will be required to provide all 5.2 million citizens with Internet connection that runs at speeds of at least 1 megabit per second.

The one-megabit mandate, however, is simply an intermediary step, said Laura Vilkkonen, the legislative counselor for the Ministry of Transport and Communications.

The country is aiming for speeds that are 100 times faster — 100 megabit per second — for all by 2015.

“We think it’s something you cannot live without in modern society. Like banking services or water or electricity, you need Internet connection,” Vilkkonen said.

It is legal right which can not be denied at the current moment in Finland so the 1mb thing is out of whack b/c you use a lot. I guess the cartel was trying to go after the operator before it became a legal right as perhaps they were scared.

By: Paah

Paah — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:10:55 +0000

Yeah well, you know they catch maybe only 30 guys a year for file sharing in Finland.. And 28 of those are some little kids downloading music.

So.. They gotta get the money from someone..
Pathetic..

By: anonymouse

anonymouse — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:57:36 +0000

might just as well sue the whole world now, simply because everyone has or is thinking of getting, fast broadband. then the industries can completely stop trying to sell anything as it will be easier and cheaper for them to simply accuse someone of using the internet in a way they dont like, take them to court and get a massive amount of money! providing evidence and proving a case is obviously a thing of the past!