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MPAA Looks to Sniff Internet2 Traffic for Sharers
Danathar writes "It looks like the MPAA is pretty scared that Internet2 users are able to trade movies at high speed without them being able to know what's being traded, since you have to be a member of the Internet2 network to have a connection. As a result, they are asking to become a member."
No.
Love,
Internet2
okay, they can join, but they have to sit in the back of the class room and no raising their hands, got it.
Anyone seen my jagged little pill?
So they're asking to become a member of a limited group, for the sole purpose of suing other members of the group?
Can you say: "Hell No."?
first subpoena!
I hereby volunteer to let the MPAA install a camera in my livingroom and bedroom to insure I do not fast forward past ads, initiate a public viewing, or copy any of their bread-and-butter.
or have lawsuits become their bread-and-butter? *Sigh* either way.. I want to do my duty.
** "It's not my job to stand between the people talking to me, and the ones listening to me." -- Pego the Jerk
in saying "FUUUUUCK!" Internet2 is the best part of college. Streaming movies on demand at only the price of your conscience.
Yawn.
Where can I apply to be a member of Internet2? I want to help .. uh .. sniff for .. uh .. illegal stuff. I REALLY want to help the MPAA out :)
Tell them that you've made them members of Internet2 but really make them members of Internet0, wherein there is naught but a group of Haitians trading the complete collection of Ernest movies (Ernest Goes to Camp, Ernest Goes to Jail, Ernest Goes to Haiti and Becomes a Zombie, etc.).
You are in error. No-one is screaming. Thank you for your cooperation.
This question is strictly for research purposes. I have no ulterior motive.
Internet2 is the best part of college. Streaming movies on demand at only the price of your conscience
I can hear the Jiminy Crickets of the world crying out in pain!
in girum imus nocte et consumimur igni
Whatever happened to learning stuff?
End of Line.
I created some software or music or something, and I'm just about positive professors are giving it to each other for free on Internet2, so I need to get on it so I can sue them.
When can I expect the guy to come by and install my connection?
Really? Maybe you should read the article next time, before shooting off your mouth.
"We've been working with Internet2 for a while to explore ways we can take advantage of delivering content at these extremely high speeds, and basically manage illegitimate content distribution at the same time," said Chris Russell, the MPAA's vice president of Internet standards and technology. "Those would go hand in hand."
(emphasis mine)
If you think "managing illegitimate content distribution" is anything other than euphemism for suing people to kingdom come for having a file named Usher, you're an idiot.
*claps slowly*
Well done. Have a special gold star!
See! It's shiny! Hell, have two.
There was a full page ad in our university newspaper today from the MPAA that basicaly said "The lawsuits will start soon. Fear our wrath. Stop sharing or else!"
It was quite impressive... and... stupid.
While it's true that IPv4 vs IPv6 has nothing to do with Internet1 vs Internet2, apparently this guy had his question answered. How? We will never know, but suffice it to say his mind has been put at ease about this issue. I think we can all feel good about that. Am I right?
Even at minimum wage the wages for the amount of time spent downloading a stupid DivX is more than the price of a pristine DVD of the same title.
Perhaps you haven't realized this, but computers can be left on while you pursue other activities.
No comment.
What is this multitasking magic you keep on talking abut? What manner of computer devil are you speaking such nonsense! Computers being able of doing more that one thing at once... phew! What will it be next using those silly things called transistors to create logic gates? Don't make me laugh.... excuse me while I submit my punched cards.
What?
Other activites?
Like ones that don't involve computers?
You blaspheme!
From the article:
Recently, researchers successfully sent data from Switzerland to Tokyo at speeds of 7.21 gigabits per second. That was enough speed to transfer a full-length DVD anywhere in the world in less than five seconds, researchers said.
Too bad it'll take me upwards of five minutes to write it to disk. Yet more proof that hard drive speeds are dragging the rest of the industry down. Damn you Hitachi/Fujitsu/WesternDigital/Seagate/Maxtor. Damn you all.
https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
The college students that may or may not be downloading all of these movies, are NOT hurting the business model. Remember, these are kids eating off of lunch cards because they probably can't afford lunch everyday. So the MPAA shouldn't be disturbing university traffic so they can hunt down the dude downloading "Team America" while he fixes a grilled cheese with a clothes iron. He probably doesn't have the $300,000 fine money.
"Plans are for fools! Oglethorpe, the plutonian (Aqua Teen Hunger Force)
I guess it will be just a matter of time before they demand access to the US Army's own Internet..:) (Global Information Grid)
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http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/13/18342
> What is this multitasking magic you keep on talking abut?
It's something that only women can do, so we guys are forced to buy computers to do this for us.
Next we'll be reading about AOL doing the same. And now another set of coasters advertising I2 FREE! for 1024 Hours!.