Comments on: Portugal Hands Jail Sentence to First Convicted File-Sharer

By: anonymos

anonymos — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:10:44 +0000

Portugal rich people still miions of euros they pay for others to kill and they never get jail
a poor guy has no job do download from interent get jail
what a country

when some country will start bomb this goverment shit from portugal

goverment politics each one makes over 35 000 euros a month thats why they make this rules for poor portuguese people

By: anonymos

anonymos — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:07:27 +0000

the problem of portugal is they are shit people shit goverment
everything in portugal they want money for all they do
even for walk on st portuguese people has to pay for it

now comes a new law of downloading from interent goverment run a new law for make more money for people dowloading files its all business

portuguese people should give up from internet and use internet coffe will be better
ISP will shut down doors

portuguese people makes salary 400 euros monthly one dvd cost at leasr 20 euros
internet cost over 40 euros month

how can this portuguese people survive with 400 euros

what a shit goverment portugal has in it they kill inocent people in middle east
why this portuguese gov still alive they should be death

By: A smart one

A smart one — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:04:43 +0000

It’s ALL bullshit!! We the consumers need to wake up and not let the biz people take avantage of us anymore. We’ve been lied to for many years and it’s still happening to us. WAKE UP!!

By: A smart one

A smart one — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:01:49 +0000

What about the Asian people walking around selling CD’s & DVD copys? They walk around with $1000’s of dollars worth and never get caught here in NY. What about the days of making a cassette copy? That was legal.

By: R4GE

R4GE — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:10:19 +0000

Ignore the dickhead that says basslineaddiction.co.uk is a kiddie porn site etc cus it aint! It was a bassline site obviously :S lol But yeah it got hacked by some moron.

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pious — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:23:55 +0000

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By: Dont-bite-me

Dont-bite-me — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:11:11 +0000

@65, I don’t agree with that policy at all (suing ppl who listen/play music in public play), but people shouldn’t be so quick to blindly defend someone who is taking work and spreading it without permission. Also, your analogy makes no sense, there is a big difference between occupation and uploading files.

By: yawho

yawho — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:55:23 +0000

@64 laws have always been broken, wasnt it against the law of the british who was incomand/boss of the US when first settled to fight back for example, should people be able to select who hears what in a crowded place and sue the ones that they didnt want to hear what they said or sang ?

By: Dont-bite-me

Dont-bite-me — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:20:31 +0000

Lol at all the people getting touchy at my comment. I’m well aware of RIAA tactics and I despise them as much as anyone else, but the fact remains the material uploaded was not authorized by the author, and therefore broke copyright law. Pretty simple eh?

@57, 58 & 59: Sure, it’s your stuff to give it out freely if you want. You might find that a good business model, but if the author hasn’t given you permission, it’s the simple matter that you have taken without permission.

Now, before people reply to my comment, let me make my opinion clear: I am pro p2p, I would love to see the end of the RIAA/MPAA, etc, but I don’t see why someone who clearly took work without the author’s permission be defended in this way. The fact remains he broke the law, and faced the consequences.

By: Magician

Magician — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:37:48 +0000

This story is false, just a news reported by a local business newspaper and it was given by a “source in the industry” (AFP) and not by the law as it should be.

This is just a scare tactic used by the big companies. If this indeed true I would like to see the actual court transcript because I want to see with my own eyes how did they prove their claims. What proof they presented, because it’s not that easy here to just claim something without actual proof. Even with phone taps and transcripts local business man go free in corruption charges!

By: Sandeep

Sandeep — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:47:47 +0000

poor guy. another country has joined the shit league

By: MarcoMR

MarcoMR — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:32:28 +0000

I also live in Portugal, and this is a false one.

It’s one of those fake news that appeared by a supposed journalist on a sensacionalist newspaper, with no specific names and data.

Intimidatory only.

By: annoyance

annoyance — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:31:19 +0000

90 days! LOL, I can do that standing on my head. Shit, thats a vacation.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:04:00 +0000

@58
Indeed, when one gives things out for free, it contributes something far more valuable than money: progress. The purpose of making software or art is for progress, and it helps others continue on in the advancements of software, or the advancements of the arts.

By: #YLS#

#YLS# — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:58:55 +0000

@55

I don’t need to slag you off more than others have already.

I’m an up and comming programmer, I’d rather give my work out for free or use a business model like MySQL or RedHat’s.

And obviously you didn’t learn from your parents… YOUR MUM LOVES TO GIVE AWAY ;)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:12:09 +0000

@55
Are you stupid or something? If someone uploads anything I made, it would be a good thing to spread it to everyone. The purpose of making something is to show it to as many people as possible. File-sharing is the best way and most cost-effective way of spreading it to everyone.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:11:04 +0000

#55 is the prime example of those people who got deluded by the RIAA propaganda. We need to resist this kind of propaganda here and now, or nothing will begin and the injustice will continue.

@#55 – you are the one who is the dumb commentator here. You are the one who is stealing from everyone else. You should be the one going to jail. But it’s no use to talk to your deluded mind – you are too thoroughly brainwashed, but the change will come.

By: Dont-bite-me

Dont-bite-me — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:46:58 +0000

Got what he deserved for uploading copyright material. All these dumb commentators here saying how bad it is, wait til someone upload your shit when it’s copyright.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:41:57 +0000

@53

I don’t know who are those “people” but when people get jailed, it is a very serious matter.

By: Jimmy Jones

Jimmy Jones — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:57:33 +0000

Wow, that is pretty steep. People are taking this file sharing nonsense WAY too seriously. What a joke.

JT
http://www.FireMe.to/udi