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RIAA/MPAA vs. xMule Author, EarthStation 5
Two bits of news in the ongoing battle between the RIAA/MPAA and the rest of the internet: One P2P company, apparently based in Palestine, has thrown down the gauntlet to the movie industry. Meanwhile, a developer of another P2P tool who unwisely chose to live in the USA has been shut down (mirror) by the RIAA.
That's all we need. The MPAA and RIAA getting involved in the Middle East. I wonder if Big Oil will like the competition.
R: That voice. Where have I heard that voice before? B: In about 365 other episodes. But I don't know who it is either.
HTTP error 506:
Server has been ran over by an Israeli tank.
Hate me!
So, if P2P development needs to move out from the U.S. in order to survive, does this mean that our SCO-based Linux developers need to depopulate the U.S. and move to non-applicable foreign countries as well?
Hey! 1997 called! They want their web developer back!
Palestinians, being semites themselves, can hardly be anti-semitics...
;)
Sure they could...they could be filled with self loathing.
I was going to say "Hell" was safe. But then I realized the the RIAA already has high contacts there.
Why are there only 19 people folding@home for slashdot?
He certainly does. Calling Bruce Almighty a first class movie takes something special.
Cheers,
Ian
100% of My job is online
:P
100% of My school is online
100% of My friends are online
100% of My hobbies are online
and if i can't use a comptuer at all, they might as well put me in a federal prison taht allows me to read and purchase any book i want...
Man... get a life. Maybe taking away your computer would be a good thing
autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
I just got about 52 GB of music from a friend of mine, and you know what? I don't feel the least bit guilty about it. A lot of this shit either underground bands or uncommon stuff, and even the popular stuff I don't care if I didn't buy it. To pull an axiom from The Matrix:
The RIAA is a system, AC. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around and what do you see? Guitarists, Drummers, Mixers, Singers...the very minds of the people we're trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system, and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so innerred, so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will that they will fight to protect it. Are you listening to me, AC? Or were you looking at the free lesbian porn?
Zodiac Survey
Damn straight! That fucking Bush!
He will always be damned for signing the DMCA into law!
Not to be outdone, Kazaa is out to prove that they have bigger balls by declaring "Gigli" a first-class movie.
Normally I would joke about something like this, but ... well, ok, I'll still joke about something like this.
Way to go, **AA. Hope you got bomb sniffing equipment outside your buildings. We all know what happens when you piss off the Palestinians. KA-BOOM!!!! That is one terrorist bombing I don't know that I'd feel angry about (as long as they didn't get any hapless civilians walking past outside or any protesters busy pissing on the doors in protest).
-Ab
Nothing fails quite like prayer.
It was the dawn of the third age of mankind, 4 years after Napster.
The Earth Station 5 Project was a dream given form. Its goal: to provide free entertainment to the people of the internet. It's a port of call for hackers, cracker, leeches, and newbs.
The internet can be a dangerous place, but it's our last, best hope for pr0n.
This is the story of the last of the Earth Stations. The year is 2003. The name of the place is Earth Station 5.
(With appologies to JMS)
Ed Wedig
Graphic design services
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As a group, the most important thing in our life is our children, our families and love ones and of course our friends.
;- )
Bunch o' freaks! The most important things to me are my computer, my iPod, and my broadband connection.
Those crazy palestinians
You can't take the sky from me...
I'm sorry to break it to you, but your sarcasm detector seems to be malfunctioning.
I take drugs seriously.
That's not really funny.
Why not? It made me laugh.
Exactly! The obvious solution is to start text messaging everybody instead of going to see a movie or buy a CD.
Tuus crepidae innexilis sunt.
Is this the cyberterrorism the talking heads on the idiot box have gone on and on about?
The Uncoveror: It's the real news.
See, I know they were bigots
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
ROFL...
I can see it now, mandatory sentencing for copyright violations just like drug convictions. Here's a glimpse into our near future (ripped from a current drug bust article):
I tried every decent and legal way I could think of to resolve the issue w/the business before I rented the chicken suit
Oh great, we'll just let special interest groups manipulate language to further their own twisted ends, won't we?
I'm sick of all of this anti-semantism! Enough already!
I'm a friend of a friend of the working class.
What we need is to come up with a catchy term that describes abuse of non-jews by jews.
Retail!
(Oh, God. There goes my karma...)
A dingo ate my sig...
Cannibals capture three hunters an American, a Briton, and an Israeli," begins a classic Israeli joke. The first two hunters make last requests typical to their nationalities, then it is the Israeli's turn. He asks that he be punched in the face.
The surprised cannibal grants the wish, at which point the Israeli pulls out a gun, shoots the chief, and frees himself and his friends. The American and Briton, furious, demand to know why he prolonged their terrifying experience when he had the power to free them all. The Israeli replies: "What? Are you mad? The UN would have condemned me as the aggressor.
and to make our point very clear that their governing laws and policys have absolutely no meaning to us here in Palestine, we will continue to add even more movies for FREE.
So is the MPAA going to go after these guys, or just wait for Israel to bulldoze the right house ? There's a joke in here about Jews controlling the media, but I have a feeling people would take it too seriously.
In Soviet America the banks rob you!