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From Sean Kennedy's Tales From The Afternow ( http://rantmedia.ca/afternow/ )
(from transcript http://thinkforyourself.vaillife.net/assets/afternow/01tota.streamjack.doc ) -

It was a few years later when the REAL crackdown came. The Listener’s License. What a fantastic concept. I can’t believe it. See it happened like this. There was this - there is all this piracy, see everybody was - piracy was - Uh, piracy is now what they now consider a theft. See in order to combat piracy which was getting really rampant, all this information was flowing around nobody really liked that so they wanted it gone. And they wanted to get rid of piracy. But they couldn’t stop it.

The Internet was growing everyday. No one could stem the flow so they created the Listener’s License. Started real easy. See music, legitimate music to purchase, was, you know, say 20 bucks. And then what they did was, if you signed up to get this card, you know like a loyalty program card of the day. You’d get 75% percent off. So a 20 dollar CD became a 5 dollar CD. And you could buy it legitimately. For 20 bucks you would walk out of there with 4 CD’s. Amazing.

Of course people were signing up for it in droves, I mean why wouldn’t ya? You could go buy a pirate CD for 6 bucks or you could buy the reall thing for 5. Consumers are such mercenaries. So they signed up en masse.

2 years went by, 2 years. Then it became mandatory. See if you didn’t have your listener’s license, if you couldn’t present your card, well you weren’t able to buy music. Part of the licensing agreement came when you got the card. And all of sudden people were out in the cold.

But it wasn’t just the music you know. The listener’s license was created by the conglomerates. They all got together. If you wanted to see a movie, hey if you had your listener’s license you could get in for 2 dollars. (chuckle) 2 bucks. Oh you don’t have a listener’s license, well you can’t get in. See they couldn’t control the piracy so they stopped it at its source.

If ever you were found to be a pirate or if your computer was ever found to have MP3s that weren’t appropriate on it you were eliminated, your listener’s license was revoked and you were out of the loop. It's all private enterprise, you don’t have a right to music, you never had a right to it. It's all private.

No more movies no more shows. Can’t even buy art. Cause you can scan it. What if you scanned that picture? So, regulation of course is always the first step to total domination. But we didn’t see that either. We weren’t ready for the horror.

At that time the listener’s license had huge power. Not the power it has today, I mean now. If you do not have a valid listener’s license. I mean - well in our time you can’t do anything, I mean, you’re a pirate. If you can’t present, that is part of your paperwork. It’s part of your identification. See the listener’s license, after they came out with that. That was a huge step one.

But everyone was so focused on the listener’s license they didn’t see where the REAL power play was made. See everyone was so whipped up, and the media again, you know the corporately controlled media. Got everyone focusing on the benefits and the drawbacks, a big debate over the listener’s license. But then what they didn’t see was, was the regulations that went into play on the recording equipment. See that was the one that really came back. They started putting these standards on microphones and any kind of recording media. You wanted to record, well you gotta adhere to this standard. Because this is the future. Got to make sure the quality is there.

Chips were put into place. All recording med

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http://rantmedia.ca/patrolling/ - Patrolling with Sean Kennedy

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http://rantmedia.ca/sktfmtv/ - Sean Kennedy The Fucking Man TV

http://rantmedia.ca/patrolling/ - Patrolling with Sean Kennedy

The Internet was growing everyday. No one could stem the flow so they created the Listener’s License. Started real easy. See music, legitimate music to purchase, was, you know, say 20 bucks. And then what they did was, if you signed up to get this card, you know like a loyalty program card of the day. You’d get 75% percent off. So a 20 dollar CD became a 5 dollar CD. And you could buy it legitimately. For 20 bucks you would walk out of there with 4 CD’s. Amazing.

Of course people were signing up for it in droves, I mean why wouldn’t ya? You could go buy a pirate CD for 6 bucks or you could buy the reall thing for 5. Consumers are such mercenaries. So they signed up en masse.

2 years went by, 2 years. Then it became mandatory. See if you didn’t have your listener’s license, if you couldn’t present your card, well you weren’t able to buy music. Part of the licensing agreement came when you got the card. And all of sudden people were out in the cold.

But it wasn’t just the music you know. The Listener’s License was created by the conglomerates. They all got together. If you wanted to see a movie, hey if you had your listener’s License you could get in for 2 dollars. (chuckle) 2 bucks. Oh you don’t have a Listener’s License, well you can’t get in. See they couldn’t control the piracy so they stopped it at its source.

If ever you were found to be a pirate or if your computer was ever found to have MP3’s that weren’t appropriate on it you were eliminated, your listener’s License was revoked and you were out of the loop. It's all private enterprise, you don’t have a right to music, you never had a right to it. It's all private.

No more movies no more shows. Can’t even buy art. Cause you can scan it. What if you scanned that picture? So, regulation of course is always the first step to total domination. But we didn’t see that either. We weren’t ready for the horror.

At that time the Listener’s License had huge power. Not the power it has today, I mean now. If you do not have a valid Listener’s License. I mean - well in our time you can’t do anything, I mean, you’re a pirate. If you can’t present, that is part of your paperwork. It’s part of your identification. See the listener’s License, after they came out with that. That was a huge step one.

But everyone was so focused on the Listener’s License they didn’t see where the REAL power play was made. See everyone was so whipped up, and the media again, you know the corporately controlled media. Got everyone focusing on the benefits and the drawbacks, a big debate over the listener’s license. But then what they didn’t see was, was the regulations that went into play on the recording equipment. See that was the one that really came back. They started putting these standards on microphones and any kind of recording media. You wanted to record, well you gotta adhere to this standard. Because this is the future. Got to make sure the quality is there.

Chips were put into place. All re

Appears you can disable the spyware with network tricks. A indepth walkthrough of Massive Inc's AdClient software can be found here...
http://wearyman.blogspot.com/2005/08/privacy-lies- and-videogames.html
http://community.rantmedia.ca/node/3394

  Here's how to disable the Spyware
You can create permanant IP routes to "no-where" that will prevent the Spyware from ever connecting to the Massive Inc server.

You need to find an IP address on your network that not in use. (Try your computer's IP address, but replace the last number with "254") Try to ping that IP address and make sure it fails to respond.

Here is the list of servers normally used by Massive Inc's AdClient
        madserver.net (38.119.38.151)
        ad.madserver.net (38.119.38.151)
        imp.madserver.net (38.119.38.153)
        media.madserver.net (38.119.38.152)
So now to create permanant routes in the Windows registory causing those IP address to go to "no-where" to find a gateway for those hosts.

C:\> route -p add 38.119.38.151 10.0.0.254
C:\> route -p add 38.119.38.152 10.0.0.254
C:\> route -p add 38.119.38.153 10.0.0.254

TorrentSpy is a tool which some use for unlawful purposes.

. . . and the same can be said of any other tool - hammers, nails, cars, gunpowder, lengths of pipe.

The only difference here is that it's a tool for use "ON TEH INT3RN3TZ0RZ!!1!1!111!!1111!!!1eleventyone!!!1!11! 121!11!forty-two!111!11!11omg 3y3 8 j00r r4m3n n00dl3z!!!1!11! OMG 3V4L P1R4T3Z ARE USING IT TO STEAL OUR MOVIES! OMG SUESUESUESUESUESUE! CALL TEH 31337 SHOCK LAWYERS!"

TorrentSpy facilitates unlawful copying as much as any home improvement store facilitates the breaking of windows by selling bricks. It's a tool. It's neither inherently good nor evil. It can, however, be used for either purpose (good or evil).

And one good use for torrent networks (and other forms of P2P filesharing) is distribution of stuff from OverClocked ReMix and Rant Media.

Now if only the MPAA could get it through their thick skulls that they can use torrent networks to their advantage . . .

Wait a minute, am I fucking insane? The MPAA is a bunch of fucking Neanderthals. Either they evolve (doubtful) or die* (preferable).








*hey nsa and other law-enforcement/surveillance organizations - any comments made about the mpaa dying should not be construed as threats of violence. thank you for your attention, and i hope you don't get screwed over too badly by the illegal wiretapping lawsuits.

One of the comments here talks (correctly) about the gradual build-up of annoyance at ads. With advertising being so prevalent and intrusive I personally have reached the end of my tolerance.

I now watch very little TV. I don't listen to radio because I can't handle the constant ads. I will block pretty much any web-ad. Before reading a magazine I will go through it and rip out all the adverts that I can (i.e. the 2-sided ones.) Unfortunately I have not yet figured out a way to block all the adverts in the street, although I am considering some.

It's pretty sad, I know, but I really have had enough. I'm sorry if deserving sites are making less money as a result, but my sanity comes first.

If you got broadband I'd highly suggest you watch Patrolling with Sean Kennedy, which explains the basics of survival equipment/thinking in a way that just about any Joe Blow could understand, with emphasis on making it work in the real world. The core of the show is two mottos - "Function over form" and "What does it do, how well does it do it?" It is an excellent show which will teach you the basics that you need, free download, and is under a Creative Commons license.

http://patrolling.rantmedia.ca/download.php

Good series on basic urban survival, but the man has more stuff to add to it in a few months time as it goes on. Season one is done.

Personally; A pair of kevlar renforced combat boots with the care kit (hitech magnums are good), a water filteration system (bottle type), a camel back, webbing, multitool, a sizeable and very thick hunting knife (6 inches long, 3 inches serrated, and it needs to be 1/4th an inch thick, steel) with care kit, a tent, a shortwave radio, a laptop with wifi, 2 batteries, and a library of software on a CD spindle, a good backpack, a good bag, a tent (he shows you how to build and pack one in the series) with sleeping bag, $1000 cash, a good powerful LED flashlight and a good refillable lighter, 2 changes of military clothing, a collapsable bucket, kevlar reinforced gloves, and if they'd let me, a 9mm handgun with space for 3 clips on the ebbing and a flare gun. The most important part of all of that, however, is a good hatchet for breaking down doors and the like if you need to although at this point I'd figure what you're probably going to be doing is dropping off water and food, cooking, putting up temporary shelters, those kinds of things.

This technology doesn't prevent counterfeiting; it makes it easier to track who made a particular document.

Precisely. You can still counterfeit, say, a $20 bill on one of these high-end printers - but along with the counterfeited bill you get a bunch of dots that comprise a data pattern unique to the printer you printed them on. If they're picked up and traced back to you, you're busted.

Every document printed is watermarked, with no notice to the user. The possibilities of abuse are huge.

Very true. For example, I do flyering work for RantMedia in my area. Right now, I use a Lexmark Z700-series inkjet printer, as I don't really need high image quality (most of the flyers I make are pretty much text-only, with the occasional RantMedia logo).

However, if I were to upgrade to a high-quality color laser printer and the Feds snagged some of my flyers for a "terrorism" investigation, I'd be royally f00ked, even if I made photocopies of the high-quality originals.

At least knowing this exists if one does need anonymity one can avoid this technology.

Again, very true. After all, that's one reason why the Miranda Rights were established - so that citizens wouldn't be forced or tricked into incriminating themselves without warning. They ought to warn people that "this printer model encodes an identifying data pattern on all documents printed".

Two things:

Random plug http://rantmedia.ca/ has some extremely interesting audio (particularly Tales from the Afternow).

The other thing is something I have heard of, but yet to replicate. If you can find yourself a good piece of text to voice software which can generate the whole file in one run (i.e. faster than real time) and save it to mp3's, you can listen to ebooks (http://projectgutenburg.com/ much?) and such. I am still looking for a piece of software that will do that on linux, but I have heard there are several that will run on windows. Something to look into.

I personally *will* mourn the loss of SuprNova but not for the reason you think.

A large number of downloads of my own self-produced TV Show and band originated from SuprNova and helped provide an easily accessable portal for distribution. My works are free to copy and distribute and in no way were infringed upon by being listed on the SuprNova site. I also remember seeing many many other Internet distributed TV shows and movies. If they are looking for an example for legitimate uses for their service, please come see me.

http://rantmedia.ca/ already does this, with their interesting and informative Patrolling internet TV series. You can also see them on Winamps streaming TV, if you search for rant. I hope more people follow in their example and put out internet television that is both entertaining and informative.