@4 he is an MP he must read and reply to all e-mails, his e-mail is simons@parliament.uk I would recommend telling him to research file sharing technology, he is very ignorant.

…so are you, he is only obliged to respond to his constituents and your contact information is vetted before a response (ie they check you ARE in his constituancy and exist) and even then it will be an aide that responds on his behalf

Society should be throwing these fuckers out! along with the rest of the spineless or corrupt scumbags in power.

This is all drivenby the smell of money.

BEFORE, corporations DIDN’T KNOW how to monetize the tech. NOW they think they have an enormous untapped stream of CASH and they want to get on top of it for the CORPORATIONS BENEFIT.

And PART of that is CLOSING this tech to PUBLIC USE. You can funnel all the MONEY in ONE DIRECTION without LAWS to “protect” this newly found “property”.

Musicians have realized that records companies are parasites who aren’t NEEDED to distribute music, and soon motion picture production will bypass the movie studios.

And THAT is what they are trying to get ahead of.

..

Says you?
With all the creative people doing other things, one could argue that we might have far superior technology by now, given a different, say, socially-supportive, collaborative model.
I would be careful about confusing profit with money, and with one notion of profit versus many others. Also, I’d suggest that cooperation/collaboration may be a superior incentive than competition, despite the latter apparently being drilled into everyone’s skulls by those who might be more likely to profit by the brainwash. ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profiteering_(business)

Think about this, without a profit incentive what would are level of technology be like today? With all the creative people busy doing other things it would most certainly be much lower. Would the Microwave, Cell phone, or Internet even exist? How different is certainly something that would create a debate to last forever.

I find it disturbing that people think IP laws are the only way to stimulate innovation when it is not a more powerful stimulant is “survival”. Linux exist because competition and the ever present need to cut costs. One big driver of innovation is war that brought us to the space age, created the internet, microwaves and etc. It was not greed that gave us those things and you can even say that war is saving lifes with heavy investment in regenerative research so soldiers don’t come back mangled and deformed. Greed is not the only stimulus for innovation is part of a complex set and that cast serious doubt on the assumption that we wouldn’t have any of those things we have today. Maybe if it was not for IP laws and copyright we would have a better system then today for creation of innovation that don’t disappear with the end of a company, maybe we would have thousands of producers instead of one, that would not affect the economy if it was going to fail, maybe we could have WiFi everywhere already if people didn’t keep suing other people thatwould offer the services the people want. Survival is why countries that have no way of enforcing IP laws grow at accelerated rates and only start slowing down well big players emerge on that market and start poisoning the system.

Very big players with IP laws stop advancements.

Unproven assumption. One could just as well argue that without the talents of software programmers being monopolized and misused by corporations like Microsoft and Norton, Linux would be even further today.

http://twitter.com/sionsimon

The foundations of IP (Copyrights and Patents) was a good idea. To allow a person to make money off his IP for a limited time. This was not related to consumers, only to businesses. If there was no protection another business would swoop down and steal that IP to make an item cheaper and drive him out of business only to then raise the price.

Help! Help! Help! …

The cry of businesses who needed longer copyrights because of ever increasing R&D (Research & Development) costs. Never mind the fact that a good chunk of these ideas never made it into products, nor that costs were out of control and greedy people were making off with the cash left and right. The governments knew, as they always have, the less money the companies make the less tax revenue they have to play with.

The Flow Control …

The setup of the new media (Radio) from the start was a funding coop for the US govt. The FCC had brought in more money than you can imagine since only big money could pay those fees and afford those engineers etc etc. TV was round 2 of the big money blitz! So what does all big money want? More money!

The FCC (or whatever the like division of your own government is) cash cow kept on cashing in. More and more rules were put in place to limit “Free” communication. The rules kept expanding like the guys waist at the all-you-can-eat-buffet.

Along came a Spider …

The status quo “Cash Cow” was chugging along flawlessly Big Money was getting bigger, The governments were getting fatter. The personal computer came into existence which changed the landscape of information. Software was free for everyone there was not much of it, but it was all free. Along came Bill Gates with his philosophy “Software should be paid for”. So now software became the next Big Money “Cash Cow”.

The Few, The Proud, The Rich …

All IP was firmly entrenched into society. By controlling all the distribution channels for all forms of communication they kept adding to their wallets. Limiting free expression and communications. Authors, Artists, Actors, Musicians, Scientists and Programmers were all at the mercy of these IP fat cats. The governments helped it all along by putting road blocks to limit the average person from getting a Patent or a copyright.

Even if someone was lucky enough to get a patent or a copyright the Big Money would just use their cash to pound them into the ground.

Fast Forward …

The Internet created a spark of hope. Can we finally have free communication? freedom of expression? creativity? That more than anything else has driven the internet to this day. The foundation that was laid in place years ago still allows the control. To make software, games, movies and music costs money, why? The hardware, software and people to develop this costs money. The stages, sets, props, effects and people cost money. No matter what anyone says it does have a cost. This cost was extremely high preventing many people from being able to do it.

Breaking the Barriers …

Can this change? That all depends on the IP industry.

Music has seen dramatic cost cuts, cheap computers and software have lowered the costs. The internet has created a way for them to distribute the content they create. Automation has made it faster to create music. So yes this has changed.

Software is in a similar situation, free SDK’s and internet distribution have made it cost less. It does take time to write it tho. To maintain anything other than a small application while working full time is nearly impossible for a single person to do. No way a small group of people could maintain an application like Photoshop. So this segment still has barriers to overcome.

Now I know what you are going to say to this. “What about Linux!, What about Open Source!”. How do you think Linux gets developed? A ton of programmers all over working on it for free in their spare time right? To an extent that is right, but the major reasons Linux has moved forward is because of IBM, Sun, Intel and other big companies paying programmers to write code for Linux. Without all the “Big Money” help Linux would not be near where it is today.

Movies still have costs, there is no real way around it. The biggest costs have come down. Cameras and computers are cheap. The quality of acting in the “homemade movie segment is sadly lacking. The funny thing is there are a ton of aspiring actors and actresses who would probably be prefect, but they are all waiting for hollywood to call. Good-luck with that!. Want special effects? Ah not on tiny budgets no. There are some solutions but it seems that they have not all been put together yet.

Look into my Crystal Ball …

What if Software was free? If the FCC and governments had allowed anyone to be a broadcaster? Well one can only speculate, but if the best and brightest could not earn a living in that area they would have looked elsewhere. The level of advancement we have now would most likely never have taken place. Software drives hardware advances, businesses buying software drives software advances. TV, Radio, and Music would have been different. More creativity and free expression would have resulted in a totally different landscape than we have today. I cannot even begin to speculate what that segment would look like today.

Think about this, without a profit incentive what would are level of technology be like today? With all the creative people busy doing other things it would most certainly be much lower. Would the Microwave, Cell phone, or Internet even exist? How different is certainly something that would create a debate to last forever.

The Rise of Greed …

Like anything else it can be corrupted. Greed has spread unchecked across the globe in the IP arena. The good idea of limited rights to allow the person to make some money off an idea has turned into a veritable greed and power buffet. What is waiting for you there? Patent and Copyright Trolls, Thieves who will steak your ideas, Courts of injustice and Parliaments of Power. It sounds like a video game or the latest hollywood film, but it is life now.

Seeing the cold realities …

Like Neo being flushed into a harsh cold reality so are we. Everyday people are waking up to the reality that greed and sub-servitude are the words everyone lives by. Conditioned from birth to accept this as our fate. As more wake up from that nightmare things can finally change.

No one says people should not make money from an idea, but no one should profit extremely at everyone else’s expense. Like 400M+ (Box Office revenue only no DVD or other revenue included) from something that cost 18M to make (Ie Hollywood films). There are many more examples of this but you get the idea.

This is what we want to change, to bring the freedom and creativity back to the people where it belongs.

If you stand up for greed and power all you will ever have is nothing! Because greed is like a virus the more you feed it the faster it grows. The bigger it is the more it needs to survive.

IMHO.

http://www.pirate-party.us/

Is that a legitimate site??

Join the pirate party!

http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/

Yaaaaaarrrrr!!!!

http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/

Do like other people do, cooperate among yourselves to produce something.

How is that difficult?

There are already infra structure put in place to finance starting artists so bug off!

Well, I really do not know what industry is bitching about.
I went to HMV today with a idea to buy a gift. I was thinking of some luxury editions of some discographies, something which would go beyond a collection of songs on a CD, something a real fan would appreciate. I haven’t been in CD stores for couple of years and I was stunned to find out how things have changed. In my opinion choice of music never been so poor. Same ordinary CD’s, very small choice of music DVD’s. There is a tendency of making so called packs of ancient CD’s and selling them for the price of one CD.

Poor, very poor. No proper merchandise, no understanding from industry that the days when person would come to store and buy a CD just out of pure curiosity is over. I would not buy an albom if I would not listen to it first. I would not buy an album just because I’ve seen a video clip of a single from it on Youtube. I would not buy an album just if it is another compilation.

I see the only way for the musicians to be able to earn is to make their product more fan friendly. I mean they must move into deeper art. It is no longer enough for CD to have songs and booklet to be an appealing product. It must be turned into product of art to become appealing again.

If musician is a real talent, then they his music find there way to hearts of people and then fame and money eventually will come.

There is no way music industry is going to win against progress and technology. No way mediocrities and clones will be able to make easy money and live off it.

Apologize again if this post is not very coherent :).

I don’t care for your bet. It’s is shown time and time again that most musicians like filesharing, do the research and then we can talk.

So what you are saying to me is the same thing as those “content-owners” do?…

1.”Pay us because we think you should!”
2.”Pay us in lawsuits because our feelings is hurt!”
3.”Pay us because otherwise people will lose their jobs!”
4.”Pay us because otherwise the industry dies!”
5.”Pay us the musicians are hurting!”

I say:

1. No pay the artist I say!
2. Welcome To The World Of Free Speech!
3. They’ll lose their jobs if they aren’t good enough, competent enough or innovative, like every other worker! Welcome To Capitalism! You ain’t competitive enough you go bankrupt!
4. Good riddance! Then maybe finally we can have some good music produced and not the same tune with different lyrics all the time! And the never ending covers, even covers of covers might finally die, as it should! Be creative of leave the music scene!
5. No they aren’t hurting because of filesharers (or “Pirates” as you people like to call us), they are hurting because you can’t do your job properly or they can’t sing live because technology are doing all their work and makes them sound “Great!”(or as I say; just about the same as every other so called “artist”)

Be good enough to survive in the competative world of entertainment or get of the STAGE!

SNF -Stupidity Never Fails

“…it’s that kind of attitude that discredits all pirate positions. Saying you take something just because it ‘isn’t fair’ completely goes against every aspect of capitalism… just recognize that a large portion of the world is capitalist, and as such, scoffs at your claims.”

‘Capitalism: A Love Story’,
– by Michael Moore
Out now.

I think if they do this they could actually increase their incomings…

It seems you do not live in the world we all live in.
It’s clear that there must be a proper price, but what you said is ridicolous. The end user of, let’s say, a downloaded song, enjoys it and stop. The work behind that is much more than you might think (audio engineers, distribution media, marketing & workers). Tell me: why selling music if it doesn’t worth the work. No money? No problem then. Just think about all those musicians out there – I bet maybe 10% of them is able to pay theirselves everything. And the others?

WALK AWAY and live them talking alone.

There was a time that no alternatives did exist, now you have plenty of legal options you don’t need to get songs from people who do not license them with liberal licenses that give you what you want.

Jamendo force the artists to license their music as CC commons so it should be your go to place to get music and it’s good already, a lot of good people are doing wonderful music over there already.

Miro have lots of free entertainment, although it might be difficult to get your favorite TV show there still there are many movies and series already being made it is the start so it is not that great yet and you could still get some movies and shows from other places but you should also start looking at the free open alternatives and sponsor them so they can grow.

POLITICAL FRONT:

Vote Pirate Party everywhere.

I guess you believe the hype of “content” on an imatriell internet. I reject your position as a seriuos commentator simple on the grounds that you play the Socialist/Communist card as your only way out.

Welcome To The Internet!!!

Free Speech isn’t your favorite subject is it? Becouse free speech is what I preach. Communism doesn’t have that; so your “view on me and my comments” fail beyond even the MPs fail in the article. You are simply laughable and is on the level of “Neo the troll of TF” btw if you don’t know it TF=TorrentFreak. Now I will leave you on that note. Re-read, re-comrihend and for the love of Internet leave the prejudice in your mind, not on the Web. :)

Also, is anyone else from the UK having trouble visiting this site? The only way that I can access it is by using a proxy.

I’m in japan and was having the same problem. It suddenly went away one morning as for the cause I have no idea what happened.

- TCP/IP stack could be the problem as the convergence to IPv6 is still ongoing.
- DNS troubles.
- Some app that you have blacklisted the site on your system at the OS level(I think is called that) using the “host” file.
- Firewall is also a possibility.
- Browsers have to deal with the TCP/IP stack and DNS issues so could be that.
- Could be your ISP filtering something or other issues.
- Could be some third party app(like and antivirus) with funny interactions with your system.
- Could be a problem in some node along the way.
- Could be a problem on torrent freak itself as they seem to have some problems with their system because more then once I received the message “you are posting to fast” and I just got here, so either somebody hijacked my IP, my computer, spoofed ips or they are having server problems LoL

Well to be frank it could be a number of things and this is not a complete list so find out how to test each possibility is the best I can say to you about this.

Tests you can conduct:

- Change the DNS servers of your system. openDNS have detailed instructions on their site on how to do it or try typing the IP directly into the address bar if it doesn’t find the site is because something is blocking it.

- Try using a different Browser, they all have code for interacting with the diverse protocols that exist and it may be a problem with the browser. Firefox have even a way to disable IPv6 interactions so it goes faster. But try a different browser engine (Maxthon – Trident, Firefox – Gecko, Midori – WebKit, Opera – Presto, Lynx – text based no layout engine).

- Look at the host file to see what is black listed.

- Use the ping command to see if you get a response from the website.

- If you don’t get a response use the netstat command to see where along the line it is being interrupted. Then send and email to the contact on the whois to see if you get a response from them or contact your ISP and send them your netstat report and they should contact the other guys for ya.

- Try using another computer(notebook) to see if it is your hardware. Try other modem. Go to a friend house and test your equipment there.

Good luck this is what I remembered to do I’m sure there is more.

even were other underlining law clearly overrules his faulty thinking.

the international community laws and long standing ‘common law’ in his UK country to name but two.

BTW the easyest place to send your FOI requests and keep track of hem publcly is their sister site
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/search/Si%C3%B4n%20Simon%20

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debate/?id=2006-05-22d.1218.0#c6187

“Email me when Siôn Simon speaks
View voting record
Most recent apperances
Numerology
Full profile …
Siôn Simon (Birmingham, Erdington, Labour)

[b]Is not the point that my hon. Friend keeps making entirely oxymoronic? [/b]Is it not obvious that it will not be in the legislation? Can my hon. Friend not understand that it is not possible for this country’s armed forces to launch or be involved in an illegal war? It has never happened, it will never happen, and it cannot happen. Only in the minds of mad conspiracy theorists does this country launch illegal wars. It is not possible, and that is why it is not accounted for in the Bill.

See this speech in context
”
“Alan Simpson (Nottingham South, Labour)

True, but I want to deal with issues that we need to view as distinct segments. One concerns whether there should be an offence that relates to the disobeying of orders to serve in what is defined in the Bill as

“the occupation of a foreign country or territory.”

The point was made that it is not possible for such an occupation or war to be illegal if the Government of the day have made the democratic decision that it is a legal and justifiable war, but that is deeply wrong. International law and the United Nations and its conventions define the distinction between the circumstances in which a war is unavoidable and the circumstances in which a country has the right to defend itself. But it is not true that any Parliament in any country can make a war legal, and that includes our own Parliament, just because it decides that it should be legal. In the case of the Serbian Parliament’s decisions in respect of the war on Bosnia, we said consistently that we did not care that the Serbian Parliament had decided that it was a legal war for its own purposes; that was not the view of the international community.

[b]It is deeply dangerous for any Parliament to go down a path that says that if it decides that a war is legal, that makes it legal. [/b]

That is not the framework set by the international community on the legality of international wars after the second world war.
“

No offense, but it’s that kind of attitude that discredits all pirate positions. Saying you take something just because it “isn’t fair” completely goes against every aspect of capitalism. It’s their content, they get to do what they please with it, whether or not the consumer agrees. Yes, you might very well be a socialist or communist, but just recognize that a large portion of the world is capitalist, and as such, scoffs at your claims.

the site
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/sion_simon/birmingham%2C_erdington

is your friend here as you can directl send an email or fax to his office CO the house….

theres fr more to this than meets the eye here, look as his voting record from above, YOU DECIDE.

“Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Siôn Simon voted on key issues since 2001:

Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches

Voted a mixture of for and against introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches

Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches

Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches

Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches

Voted very strongly for Labour’s anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches

Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches

Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches

Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
Has never voted on the hunting ban. votes, speeches

Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches

Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

…”

Good to see/hear/read another person that gets what it’s all about! I applaud you *clap,clap*.

However, my question is really, isn’t it just as unfair if its 99cents or 30cents?
They cheat you out of your money either way. It’s just less money, but the principal of your argument would still be the same as I see it.
They make money for free without work and we comsumers should pay for nothing?!! (It’s a retorical question for those that doesn’t understand my meaning).

it isn’t an answer on how to get big money without really doing anything, yes.

I rofl’d. Quite literally.

try deleting cookies (: and make sure your firewall allows access

If you paid $.99 per song, and there are 12 songs on an album, you have just paid almost $12.00 and they did not even have to invest in putting those songs on CD, or putting that CD in case, or shipping and placing in stores.

They just duped you the customer. Wait you say? You the customer ware smart and realized what they were doing? Then they get mad mad when you decide to consume in another way.

My own logic is that if it is not going to be fair anyway, I am sure as hell not allowing the unfairness be toward me. If the songs were at 30 cents a piece, maybe.

1) I use Firefox.
2) I’ve used OpenDNS for a long time.