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Music Piracy Unit Raids ISP in BitTorrent Assault
renai42 writes "Australia's music industry piracy investigations unit has raided an Internet service provider in Perth, Australia in what it says is the first Australian assault on the use of BitTorrent technology for copyright infringement. Outgoing Music Industry Piracy Investigations (MIPI) general manager, Michael Speck, said the raid was launched this afternoon at the offices of Swiftel Communications."
We can't have people defending against totally unjustified raids, now can we?
STOP MISUSING APOSTROPHES, YOU MORONS!!!
i'd like to inject muscle relaxant into your anal sphincter, stretch it out and stick my shiny bald head in there.
Too bad the Aussies got rid of all their guns.
>Sorry to feed the trolls, but what the fuck is that supposed to mean?
It means that both his brain and his "jones" are very small and he is extremely insecure about it. The medical name for that is syndrome is "republicanis redneckus".
Guess what?
I don't give a crap.
Bittorrent is just a file distribution tool that happens to have been hijacked by the piracy community to fulfill their own demands. The creator of Bittorrent does not condone or encourage this use of his software, but he correctly realizes there's not a lot he can do about it. Bittorrent happens to be very good at what it does, so it's not terribly suprising that the community of people that illegally share copyrighted content would eventually adopt it for their own use. If somebody makes a better tool, the pirates will then probably migrate to that one.
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
And yes, I do happen to have more than a tangential interest in the subject of copyright law and consumers rights with respect to coypright law. My reasons for this level of interest are my own, but that doesn't diminish my right to express my views.
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
you bastard! you may have well as told us to fcuk our mums :(
serenity now!
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I should get it free, they over charge, they suck, blah blah bitch, moan, complain, rhetort, counter-claim, discuss, insult, slander, and another thing .
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Your hair look like poop, Bob! - Wanker.
Try and become a little bit more like America why don't ya?
Maybe it's just me but Australia is really trying to become more American as far as oppressive capitalism goes. Seems they're doing something more like the U.S. every week.
A typical lefty uni student response. Go cook your AusStudy funded lentil beans hippy, because no one cares about your anti-establishmentarian attitudes.
The government is elected to represent the majority of the population. Having a whinge because you're in the minority not only displays how blatantly evangelistic you are, but also doesn't solve anything.
Now if you don't mind, I have money to make.
Wow, and you'd vote Labour hey.
Go budget deficit. Go 18% mortgage interest rates. Go stupidity!
Get off the net please you're wasting valuable bits.