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.

By: pious

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

By: INTELLIGENT IGNORANCE

INTELLIGENT IGNORANCE — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:21:06 +0000

you know what they should do?
try and stop me….

By: Miguel Caetano

Miguel Caetano — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:00:49 +0000

If you want to know more about this case, just use google translator to translate these articles that I wrote from Portuguese to English:

remixtures.com/2008/06/partilhador-portugues-condenado-por-disponibilizar-146-musicas-atraves-do-kazaa-e-limewire

remixtures.com/2008/06/procura-se-partilhador-portugues-condenado-a-pena-de-prisao-de-90-dias

By: #YLS#

#YLS# — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:21:42 +0000

“no jail sentence can be replaced by the individual paying fines!”

WHO GIVES A FLYING F***!?

the guy’s in jail for downloading is he not? No one, NO ONE! deserves jail for defying the copyright of old.

Bring Action, Bring Change.

By: Ze Povinho

Ze Povinho — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:11:20 +0000

“Portugal Hands Jail Sentence to First Convicted File-Sharer”

Not in Portugal, for sure!

“Fortunately, it seems that the jail sentence handed down can be replaced by the individual paying fines to the court plus some compensation, although there is no indication of the amounts involved at this stage.”

In Portugal, no jail sentence can be replaced by the individual paying fines!

This is a LIE, this is a product of an ignorant mind.

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:05:22 +0000

Notice EMI is involved? Big multinational corporation?

They probably sell lots of stuff in record stores in your city. I guess when you buy their products you know what you’re supporting now, imprisoning people for file-sharing.

EMI probably has offices in your country too. Maybe it’s time to let them know your views as well.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:34:41 +0000

“The problem is people know they are doing something illegal, but they also know there are no consequences, at least until this week”

that’s total BS coz I don’t know I’m doing something illegal. In fact I’m very sure I’m not. The law here is still unclear about it, and thus its not illegal and is no different to making taped copies like we’ve always done

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:29:00 +0000

What a screwed up world, where gangland criminals walk around like untouched angels, and someone who unknowingly breaks some minor technicality will be dealt with severely to set an example. While serving that time he could be raped, killed or maimed, or get permanent psychological damage. Is this in lieu of bankrupting fines, or in addition to?

As grossly obscene as that is, and a travesty of justice, if that is the law it can’t be opposed. However, shouldn’t many involved in the music industry get life for ripping off artists, to make an example of them too?

By: braindrainx

braindrainx — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:57:53 +0000

It’s funny cause many of the local artists i know do rather well without any help from the dino industry that is the RIAA. They can record there own music now, burn it over and over and sell it at local gigs bypassing the leeching labels all together. Do they care about people ripping it and uploading it so there crowds grow? Thats a negative there bucko, sadly music is now in the hands of the artists and they can create as they see fit now.

I almost feel sorry for the music industry but since they have screwed over pretty much everyone in one way or another i really don’t.

Sigh, the last throws of an angry dinosaur industry that is breaking down with old age. Willing to beat attack and devour the artists and hands that feed it.

Heck as for myself i have outgrown music(less important when there is less expendable income) when kazza became the bloated p2p app of choice. Thanks to BT TV shows are where it is at >< screw tivos. The really sad part is the music industry is only pushing people away to other forms of content. They can no longer live off of the creations of artists for long long periods of time now that there is 100000000x more content and choice out there now.

Sadly they adopted the sue em and screw em policy of dooming themself… Music lives forever, corporations that leech off them will most likely not… Welcome to the age of the internetz.

PS: does the fact that itunes the legit source for music/etc pays more to the labels and itself then to the content creators bother anyone else?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:41:59 +0000

“Indeed, in order to truly defy the RIAA and other such organizations, you must defy them in public, and only in that way can people truly rise up against them.”

To elaborate further on this idea, the fact is, the Internet is not public, nor is BitTorrent. When it comes to real-life, it has the potential to be seen by other people who previously would never have heard of what the RIAA and other such organizations are doing. Also, it has the additional advantage of actually showing the people who are doing the file-sharing: not criminal monsters, but ordinary good people. The internet is a place where nobody actually sees anybody else, and people can see what others are doing only with intent; in order to do things in public, one must do things outside of the internet. This means file-sharing – file share in public.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:35:04 +0000

Indeed, in order to truly defy the RIAA and other such organizations, you must defy them in public, and only in that way can people truly rise up against them.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:23:32 +0000

As a form of protest, people can utilize civil disobedience by file-sharing in the public eye. Parades of people can walk in the streets distributing software (in CDs, or some other medium) amongst themselves and/or to any passer-bys as a form of protest.

It will be a way to show the public, and as a sign of strength. If the police acts, there can only be more such protests, as it shows the public of the wrongs that the industry commits.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:14:36 +0000

Nobody can be free if they do not act. For those who do not use their might, either in voting or in other means, they will forever live in a dictatorship. Only those who take action are the ones who matter; only those who take action can truly be free.

By: QsM

QsM — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:13:06 +0000

They can’t arrest us all. Keep downloading and sharing. SEND THEM THE MESSAGE!

They will only destroy society by further punishment.

By: ktg.pt

ktg.pt — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:01:44 +0000

“”Fortunately, it seems that the jail sentence handed down can be replaced by the individual paying fines to the court plus some compensation, although there is no indication of the amounts involved at this stage.”"

Hey, another thousand or so album income from portimÃ£o…

See? There ARE alternate means to survive in the music distribution business after all… At least in Portugal…
kudos mafiaa.pt

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:13:13 +0000

im disgusted at anyone who supports and buys music from the assholes who are behind cases like this, downloading for me is not about getting something for free its about morals

By: Forsaken

Forsaken — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:38:53 +0000

Filesharing that is not for personal gain or profit has become illegal in many countries, and the number of countries is increasing.

The use of survilance of private conversations via phones, email, chatt, sms and more is also spreading through our governments at an increasing rate.

Rumors has it, that a proposition about a new law is forming here in sweden, stating that those who publish blogs has to be registered, so that no anonymity is allowed or possible without the threat of legal action taken upon them.

I for one am beginning to get really annoyed. Is there no one left in our governments that arent bought, fooled or right out stupid? Where the hell did all intelligent and curagouse people go that used to hold sivil rights, freedom of speach and human liberties close at heart?

By: JoÃ£o Teixeira of Satan

JoÃ£o Teixeira of Satan — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:57:09 +0000

JoÃ£o Teixeira is a famous Brazilian “faith-healer” known in the English-speaking world as “John of God”. He “cures” people by using shockingly dangerous practices like slicing deep wounds in a person’s flesh and then rubbing his bare unwashed hands in the wounds.

EMI’s JoÃ£o Teixeira seems an equally awful person, if not worse.

By: Wow..

Wow.. — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:21:12 +0000

Im speechless, but im just going to download more.

Someone has to make up for his place.

By: robert

robert — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:53:38 +0000

there is a site called basslineaddiction.co.uk that need a ddos or taking offline its a blending rasist,communist and kiddi porn site deep within its blendin as a music site take it down its a matter of urgency

By: The European Parliament

The European Parliament — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:24:44 +0000

The European Parliament has said that copyright-infringing music and film file-sharing should not be criminalised. The Parliament has said that file-sharers should not be prosecuted as criminal offenders unless they seek to profit from the sharing.

The Parliament has adopted a report on Europe’s cultural industries which rejects the idea of criminalising non-profit making file-sharers.

“Criminalising consumers who are not seeking to make a profit is not the right solution to combat digital piracy,” said a motion passed by the Parliament.

By: Miguel Caetano

Miguel Caetano — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:22:38 +0000

Hello there.

If you want to know more about this case,read these two articles translated from Portuguese to English by Google Translator:

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fremixtures.com%2F2008%2F06%2Fpartilhador-portugues-condenado-por-disponibilizar-146-musicas-atraves-do-kazaa-e-limewire%2F&hl=pt-PT&ie=UTF8&sl=pt&tl=en

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fremixtures.com%2F2008%2F06%2Fprocura-se-partilhador-portugues-condenado-a-pena-de-prisao-de-90-dias%2F&hl=pt-PT&ie=UTF8&sl=pt&tl=en

By: David R

David R — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:42:42 +0000

15: “It’s time to go to the mattresses against the MAFIAA.”

I admire your intrepid effort to pick up filesharing chicks, but I’m not sure this form of protest will be terribly effective.

Then again… I’m not sure any form of protest will be effective, when law is a whore to the highest bidder. So f— away, young man. Screw the RIAA.

By: John Doe

John Doe — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:37:03 +0000

we should start executing filesharers. ahahaha

By: John Doe

John Doe — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:19:03 +0000

Know how to set a example? Guillotine the next convicted file-sharer

By: jimmy t

jimmy t — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:17:54 +0000

i think with all this rebel attitude responses here i fear the gov might deem this site to be insiting terrorism…

just a sarcastic remark in how ridiculous this world order has become… impressing their fascist ways upon the masses…

trust me this is only the beginning…

By: nexus

nexus — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:41:37 +0000

what next MAFIAA

By: The Mu

The Mu — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:36:01 +0000

90 days? Holy shit. I would rather be convicted of file-sharing there than here (the US).

By: lil CB

lil CB — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:34:31 +0000

The internet was made to be used by everyone, who has the right to really disconnect them?? Artists really aren’t making money today are they? Make some decent music then people will buy it… seriously if most of lil waynes songs can be so popular any idiot that can pronounce the words money and hoes should be able to land higher than him on the boards and people will by your cd’s. If it isn’t about the music get the F*** out of the industy and make money another way… as for file sharing, if you have it and want to share it, you should do so… It should be your free will, not someone else forcing you to decide what to do….

By: #YLS#

#YLS# — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:22:44 +0000

All my best to this poor bastard… Just shows it could be anyone of us next if the public rather than the torrent sites.

We can’t really blaim the ISPs, the trackers, even the music industry (there trying to milk the cash cow after all, we’re all capable of it). It’s politians who are taking the side of the music industry and forcing the hands of ISPs and consumers that is the problem.

And can we honestly say we’re doing enough to fight it?

By: gt even beat up an actor

gt even beat up an actor — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:58:21 +0000

gt even beat up an actor. at least then when yur doing time its for a real crime called assualt….
and ill say it

“1st one you pay the second one is free”

anyone from prison knows exactly what that means……