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

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!

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.

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

the pirated money? you know, 1 click = 1 download = 1 purchase. the record and movie industry is on a major decline since year 199something – and it must be pirates. money don’t disappear, it circulates! that’s what i’ve learned when i was in MBA. now, cops, judges, and presecutors, go get our money back.

wait, pirates do it for free? you must be out of your mind. no one does anything for free! if people were really that generous, why there would be MAFIAA in the first place?

Finally those poor corporations are standing up for themselves against these greedy pirates and their non-commercial sharing.

Screw modern technology … buy plastic discs, kids!

ctv tv (Canada) ;)

i didn’t quite catch the details but some peeps are useing a super computer to share stuff and got busted ,, hehehe ,, aparently they we’re only using 1% of the said super computer’s resourses ;)

Assuming one person, using text-chat, yes
If he ran any sort of automated program (a ‘bot’) or used any other chatting method (such as ooh, voice maybe) let alone video, it can easily be that high.

Also, since we seem to already know that it’s a P2P hub.. how many P2P groups actually “share” legal material? For all practical purposes P2P = Piracy/infringement.

Customer: hello i would like to signup to your 20mbit broadband please how much is that a month

ISP: one second sir… PST, PST, guy on the phone wants broadband alert the SWAT team..

20 minutes later swat knocking your door down smashing though the windows… Sir please step away from the mouse click and we will shoot…

Later in court…

You have been convicted in the conspiracy to defraud by wanting broadband internet, you are now being held for aiding and abetting and attempting to use the internet via broadband.

You must of wanted to commit copyright infringement on a global scale due to your request for fast internet access..

sounds stupid but this is basically what it’s going to come to.

they have no evidence what so ever only he’s used lots of bandwidth, well isn’t that what broadband is for ? isn’t that why millions of us around this world is paying a monthly subscription for?

am i missing something?

Look at the bright side. He COULD be Jammie Thomas. :-)

Not even that, at least not always: It is perfectly legal to upload copyrighted material with the copyright owner’s permission. Think BSD, [L]GPL/GFDL, CC-ed material: they’re all copyrighted, but you are allowed [*] to upload them, as long as you comply with the terms of the respective license.

[*] unless you’re in Finland, obviously.

High court have gave a year ago precedent/test case that operator is responsible for all users criminal copyright use.

This individual have not any chances in court. It is default loss. What you all will see later.

Those people in power came from somewhere and learned to be like that in some way and I don’t think it started when they got to power.

the only new products i will buy is a TV show boxset so i can support a show i love and nothing else is new.

Yeah this was probably the case about 15 years ago but not lately. For example Finnish government is working on all kinds of laws that the majority of people don’t accept and the worst thing is that the politicians don’t care. There was even a big election funding scandal and some corruption suspicions. Based on polls something like 60% of people urged the government and the members of the parliament to resign. The prime minister answered that he didn’t see any reason why they should resign! This Finland today so I’m not suprised about this news. I’ve been thinking about migrating from Finland for a while and I think that the day I leave is coming pretty soon..

Yeah this was probably the case about 15 years ago but not lately. For example Finnish government is working on all kinds of laws that the majority of people don’t accept and the worst thing is that the politicians don’t care. There was even a big election funding scandal and some corruption suspicions. Based on polls something like 60% of people urged the government and the members of the parliament to resign. The prime minister answered that he didn’t see any reason why they should resign! This Finland today so I’m not suprised about this news. I’ve been thinking about migrating from Finland for a while and I think that the day I leave is coming pretty soon..

In any case Fuk Teosto!

Al Gore should be sued for inventing it.

Waste of time tbh.

I upload 2 MBit/s 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and no one seems to care.

IT IS NOT.

(in most countries) it’s only illegal to UPLOAD COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL.

not everything is copyrighted in the world.

and oh well, big surprise, bandwidth is used on every network operation, not only during file sharing.

Jesus, MAFIAA and merry friends are becoming worse than drug dealers…

I was wrong.

Hello! The 90′s called, they want their bandwith back!

They must think I’m a super pirate looking at my 60 Mbit/s connection…

Screw them. I hope they bleed themselves dry trying to build a case that will stand up even momentarily in an unbiased court.

Fuck them. I hope they bleed themselves dry trying to build a case that will stand up even momentarily in an unbiased court.

Again Im happy I don’t live in Finland it is one of the top 5 police nations in world. Finland simply sucks in copyright.

Like the pseudo war on drug the CIA is getting financed on… Hmm no wait. they are fighting drug, but only 15% of it.

WTF, seriously! Servers are now being treated like freaking drugs now!