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By: Taiwan Bans Torrent Sites, Brings in 3 Strikes for File-Sharers - India Broadband Forum

Mon, 04 May 2009 12:14:10 +0000

[...] Bans Torrent Sites, Brings in 3 Strikes for File-Sharers Taiwan Bans Torrent Sites, Brings in 3 Strikes for File-Sharers | TorrentFreak The island of Taiwan has just approved new legislation which effectively bans the use of P2P [...]

By: J

Sun, 03 May 2009 00:29:01 +0000

Man, I’m not innocent of this, but it seems the newer generations of people especially doesn’t understand “intellectual rights.” If you didn’t want it, and it’s worth nothing, why did you downlo- I mean steal it? If the price was too high, why didn’t you boycott it? You won’t DIE if you don’t see the new WOLVERINE…so I don’t get how we’re accusing the industries of extortion.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:28:37 +0000

Taiwan is not even entangled in the Berne Convention, which is why they reproduce a lot of works from others for profit without permission. The Taiwanese government is absolutely hypocrite going against their own people like this.

Hope it backfires, else they deserve getting under control of main China, so to formalize things…

In the meantime: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_p2p

By: um ok

um ok — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:04:45 +0000

first they came for the swedes
and we did not speak out.

then they came for the french and we did not speak out

next they went for the Taiwanese and we did not speak out

when they came for me i blew a hole in em with my shotty

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:24:26 +0000

No one can stop online piracy.

By: beverins

beverins — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:54:07 +0000

I think I know why this passed with such a stringent ban.

Considering that Taiwan and the Mainland are AWASH IN PIRACY that the officials TOLERATE… WHY would they ban torrents? This would be hypocrisy at its finest (though governments are awash in hypocrisy as a rule). Basically, I think the government has bigger fish to fry…

NO, this is TRIAD-BASED ANGER. Torrents are removing THEIR PIRACY PROFIT. Why buy a $5 shitty DVD when I can torrent the file? It’s pirated ANYWAY.

I make you a bet several officials were threatened with immediate death to their families if they didn’t comply.

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Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:19:28 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:12:54 +0000

@43 – you’re doing a great job. I can’t sum it up as well, and I’m Taiwanese!

@50 – technically yes since there is still the word “China” in the full name, “Republic of China”. However you’ll never see it, say on a drop-down menu on a website asking you to choose the country of origin or country of residence. It always says “Taiwan”.

And, we have separate passports in Taiwan. We need a visa to go to China.

Did that clear things up?

By: solikimarus

solikimarus — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:05:36 +0000

“47 Apr 28, 2009 at 15:02 by danthemanhan

@#16 Taiwan isn’t China.”

and yes Taiwan is China!
there is two Chinas in this planet at the moment if u didnt knew…