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Danish Anti-Piracy Organization Bills P2P Users
faaaz writes "The danish anti-piracy organisation Antipiratgruppen has billed approximately 150 p2p users an amount of up to $14,000 each for sharing copyrighted material. The organisation says 'Pay up, or we'll sue!'" There's also a Reuters article.
Sounds alot like my ex-wife.
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...now we know what Step 2 is.
Step 3: Profit!
And what guarantees does anyone have they won't turn around and sue anyway?
The "word of honor"? Ah I forgot, these are probably lawyers... can't expect that to work.
The moon is not fully subjugated. I demand a second assault wave preceded by a massive nuclear bombardment.
I think this is the most brilliant piece of marketting yet. First they jam up P2P with blank mp3s to put people off using P2P and then they send those people a bill for accepting the blank mp3. $10 for a loop of nothing?
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Do they have a copyright on the blank loop? If not I think I should hurry up and copyright it
I love stacking my barbecues in the shed at the end of summer - you can't beat a bit of grill on grill action.
Actually, send them an invoice for your time and upset in having to read an article about them on Slashdot. It makes as much sense as random organizations sending out bills to people, regardless of what the reason is.. You can even threaten to sue them if they don't pay up.
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You hadn't heard? They were granted a patent on "a method of transferring copyrighted bits between two computers via a large scale electronic network" last week. It's such an innovation! After all, such innovators should be able to sue their way to the top, shouldn't they?
Yes, that was sarcasm, for the humor-impaired.
Yes, I hope every single Danish citizen participates liberally in P2P file sharing networks. It'd be fun to watch the country dissolve into a police state in which normal human behavior is supressed so that a stupid obsolete law can be enforced by the state. It's wonderful to watch, really.
Every time you remember a word you've read, you've violated copyright you know. We must extract those patterns from your brain cells after you've finished that book. Can't have you walking around with an illegal copy in your head.
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...Jon Bon Jovi for the eyes and ears of P2P users. On top of that, it gives us a bad name.
I hear you, dude. It's almost like Bon Jovi's been shot in the heart, and you're to blame.
If not, I hope the RIAA doesn't try the same tactics over here... instead of meeting Mr. Joe The Pirate (arrr matey!) they'd have a rather grave encounter with Mr. Remington the .12 Gauge Shotgun.
I actually think it is a good thing. Piracy is still illegal no matter how much we may like it. I would also be pleased to see some of those people downloading child pornography get slammed and may some software to track their usage and IP's and pass them onto authorities for further investigation.
So is it illegal now to download media that you already own? How does this organization determine who is downloading content they already own?
As for child pornography. I think it is disgusting and wish it didn't exist. However, I don't think people downloading it should get into trouble for it. Here's why: I went on Kazaa the other day and did my usual search for "amateur" and then proceeded to download every file that came up. When I was checking out the porn, to my horror, one of the files was child pornography. I assure you the file name did not indicate this in any way. I immediately deleted it, but it already ruined my porn viewing for the night. I was furious. So now how do you determine who is intentionally distributing or downloading child pornography? Even if it is written in the filename, people like me who mass download stuff may still get it (which sucks, but its a risk we take).
And back to illegal thing. I download amatuer porn. There is nothing illegal about watching some guy bang his wife, or some chick get naked in her dorm room.
If you want free music, make and support free music. If you want free software, make and support free software.
This point I sincerely agree on. I'd like to add: make and support free amateur porn!
Zoot!