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Aussie ISP Scans Downloads For Copyright Violation
Steve Nakhla writes: "According to this article, Excite@Home has begun snooping users' downloads in order to find copyrighted or pirated material. Violators have their access cut off. As an Excite@home user, this alarms me. What exactly is their definition of copyrighted? Doesn't the New York Times copyright their online articles? Can I not view them any more for fear of violating Excite's policies?"
Time to switch ISPs aussies.
All Troll + "offtopic" mods are meta moderated as "Unfair", because you abused the system.
Trolling on Slashdot ?
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Let me first begin to state, that Trolls do not exist.
Yes correct, and I mean not even on Slashdot.org.
Someone people say Slashdot.org is facing a crisis, with
all the trolling going on. It's even for some a fun game
to play. Both planting trolls, and also the anti-trolls
like the game. With replies showing up stating: 'Troll'.
It's like spotting Easter Eggs and saying "Great, I found another one.".
Even as most people don't seem to like good trolls, a lot of people
don't mind spotting/pointing out a troll, because I see a lot
of those replies. Second to that: good trolls, make a lot of replies.
If you don't like trolls, why bother to reply then ?
You know you're right and he or she isn't.
I think it's because;
Most people like discussing, if you don't like it than don't read
comments on Slashdot.
Responding to trolls, is basically the same
as responding to normal postings.
You either agree, or disagree with the content of a "normal" posting,
or a "troll" posting. With both postings you state why you agree/disagree
with his/her point.
Somehow we feel we need to reply to trolls. Or else most trolls would not
get any replies. Somehow we have this urge. Where does this come from ?
Because *you* cannot accept that someone else might have a completely different
point of view. And *you* have the urge to shove your opinion upon some troll,
so you get the false feeling that you did a good thing, and to justify your own
view.
If someone says: 'Linux sucks, FreeBSD rocks'.
This person obviously doesn't know what he's talking about, so don't go
into discussion with him/her then. You don't try to discuss math with a 1
year old, do you ? So why reply to such bull.
Trolls don't exist, you create them yourself.
--sn0w
Just ask him!
saru mo ki kara ochiru
In Denmark, whatever you produce (texts, images, lyrics) is automatically your copyright. You don't buy it, or have to specifically declare it copyrighted. Isn't it like this in the States?
No, here the corporations own the copyrights for 75 years after we die, and the patents last for centuries as well.
Forget the US PR game, we're the land of the fee payers and the home of the lawsuit.
--- Will in Seattle - What are you doing to fight the War?
By going here:
http://www.anonymizer.com/
(amongst others) do -all- of your comm through a service that requires a warrant before disclosure (where possible). I'm with the previous posters who simply say switch providers. The money you give @home is obviously 1) not appreciated and 2) lining the wrong pockets