MPAA Cracking Down on TV Torrent Sites

sallgeud writes "It appears the other shoe has dropped and the MPAA is now going after sites which link to torrents of TV shows. The beef with redistributing copyrighted material seems to make sense... but I'm wondering if it makes a difference in the world of DVR. The vast majority of downloads appeared to be of content that is broadcast free over the airwaves. I'm wondering how much different this is than going after Tivo? Would these sites have been hit with lawsuits if they had stuck to purely over-the-air broadcasts?"

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Is Zonk the new Timothy?

[Anonymous Coward]

Since there is nothing new to read, here's a story about cats.

I don't want to start a holy war here, but what is the deal with you cat fanatics? I've been sitting here on my sofa in front of a cat (a sealpoint siamese) for about 20 minutes now while attempting to get it's attention away from a bug on the floor. 20 minutes. At home, with my labrador cross, which by all standards should be a lot dumber than this cat, the same operation would take about 2 minutes. If that.

In addition, during this attention seeking attempt, my children's attention is also held by the cat. And everything else has ground to a halt. Even trying to get the remote from my partner fails.

I won't bore you with the laundry list of other problems that I've encountered while dealing with other cats, but suffice it to say there have been many, not the least of which is I've never seen a cat that fetches as much as it's canine counterpart, despite the cat's faster ambulatory system. My terrier with one ingrown toenail runs consistently faster than this siamese at times, as the cat is often completely asleep. From a productivity standpoint, I don't get how people can claim that the cat is a superior animal.

Re:Is Zonk the new Timothy?

[dangitman]

At home, with my labrador cross, which by all standards should be a lot dumber than this cat, the same operation would take about 2 minutes. If that.

That just shows how stupid your dog is - it cares more about you and your "distractions" than itself. That's not smart, that's being easily suggestible.

In addition, during this attention seeking attempt, my children's attention is also held by the cat. And everything else has ground to a halt. Even trying to get the remote from my partner fails.

Thus demonstrating how much smarter and more attractive than you the cat is.

My terrier with one ingrown toenail runs consistently faster than this siamese at times, as the cat is often completely asleep.

Again, cat is smart, gets to spend significant amount of time sleeping and being lazy. "Productivity" is for chumps and slaves. Mind you, if your terrier decided to wake a cat, the cat could easily tear it to pieces. My cat slashed the fuck out of a large Pitbull once. Don't mess with cats.

Re:Is Zonk the new Timothy?

[towndowner]

that cat spent 20 minutes trying to tell you to clean the floor.

Re:Is Zonk the new Timothy?

[Larry Lightbulb]

Doesn't it mean that you're less interesting than a bug?

heh

[Seiruu]

In the near future, we'll all be paying a monthly fee for having a memory, too!

So what?

[Anonymous Coward]

I am not against dupes.

Not everybody checks slashdot with religious zeal. By having dupes the important stories can be shown to those who missed it (cause maybe the first posting was at a wierd time).

Or maybe the can come up with a better solutiuon for the important stories (a sidebar maybe)?

Re:So what?

[Snaller]

I get annoyed at this because Slashdot regularly asks me to moderate posts...

I get annoyed that it never asks me to moderate posts.

Re:The main issue

[anethema]

Short answer, no.

Long answer, nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.