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ARIA Threatens To Sue Internet Service Providers

Posted by timothy on from the presumption-junction dept.

tymbow writes "It seems that ARIA (The Australian Record Industry Association, like the RIAA) is threatening to sue ISPs who allow the illegal download of copyrighted music. Could this lead to a situation where Australian ISPs are forced to actively censor websites and P2P protocols? What happens to legitimate P2P content like Linux distributions? It will be interesting to see where this goes."

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  1. About GNAA Member Penisbird by fishpse · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Dear rotten.com,

    I am unsure if you are aware of the problems that your "Incident with the bird" picture has caused on the popular technology website slashdot (http://slashdot.org).
    Many users of this site's messageboards are posting links to http://smoke.rotten.com/bird/ and making text based representations of a bird on a man's penis. Frankly, while I am pro-freedom, this type of photo sickens me. Could you please move the location of the bird page on your site to keep slashdot readers from seeing things that are completeley unrelated to computers and technology? I'm not asking you to remove the content, just to relocate it.
    FYI the text representation of the bird is:
    *p_e_n_i_s_b_i_r_d_p_e_n_i_s_b_i_r_d*
    p______...__________________________p
    e____(_..__`'-.,--,_________________e
    n_____'-._'-.__`\a\\________________n
    i_________'.___.'_(|________________i
    s____________7____||________________s
    b___________/___.'_|________________b
    i__________/_.-'__,J________________i
    r_________/_________\_______________r
    d________||___/______;______________d
    *________||__|_______|______________*
    p________`\__\_______|__/__''\______p
    e__________'._\______/.-`____{}|____e
    n___________/\_`;_.-'_________/_____n
    i___________\_;(((____.--'\_/_______i
    s_________.(((_____.-;\_____________s
    b____.--'`_____,;`'.'-;\____________b
    i_taco's____.'____'._.'\\___________i
    r_dick_--'_________|__\_|___________r
    d__________________\_\,_/___________d
    *p_e_n_i_s_b_i_r_d_p_e_n_i_s_b_i_r_d*
     (Note: CmdrTaco's penis length exaggerated for effect only)
    with a link to the offensive site (http://smoke.rotten.com/bird/) underneath, these "Penis Birds" are posted by Penis Bird Guy, Penis Bird MAN and several other users.
    Regards, Andrew J. Tosh

  2. Re:Hey. Well. Yeah... by GNAA+Penisbird03 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    FUCKTARD

    Courtesy of the GNAA