Slashdot Mirror
Terrorist Link to Copyright Piracy Alleged
xbsd writes "John Stedman, a lieutenant in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in charge of IP violations, testified in front of the Senate Homeland Security committee that some associates of terrorist groups such as Hezbollah may be involved in copyright violations. According to CNET's Declean McCullagh: 'Even though Stedman's evidence is circumstantial, his testimony comes as Congress is expected to consider new copyright legislation this year. An invocation of terrorism, the trump card of modern American politics, could ease the passage of the next major expansion of copyright powers'."
Now, if only we could catch Al Qaeda's Osama Bin Laden in violation of copyright laws! Then he'd have to deal with the RIAA and the MPAA.... heaven help him!
Ever heard the Cheeky Girls? Point proven.
For the love of God, please learn to spell "ridiculous"!!!
"If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to patent and copyright violations."
with apologies to
Thomas De Quincey
___
It's the end of my comment as I know it and I feel fine.
Jees, There's absolutely *no way* I would've known you were being sarcastic without the sarcams tags!
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
-- Pablo Picasso
Congress approves another 50 billion to enforce copyright in the name of "War on Terror".
Ya ya, I'm joking. But WHAT THE FUCK!!?? ?The War on Terror" is supposed to be just that; Fighting Islamic extremist who wish to do America harm. But noooo, those inside the beltway of Washington DC are using this as an excuse to fleece the population with some notion of security in order to hold on to power.
Yes, I voted for Bush because I trust the Republican party with national security more then the "other" party. But fact is, all those maggots in washington do nothing but fight among eachother in senate in order to maintain power at the expensive of those to voted them to such positions in the first place.
Arrrghhhhhh. I sware. Fuck em, my face it going to explode I'm so pissed!!!
Life is not for the lazy.
...We finally figured out how we can take back our land that was given to Israel. It's quite simple actually, we just pirate Episode III, and the U.S. government will become so wrapped up in finding out who did it, they'll completely forget the Middle East actually exists.
Bill: "We should really ban open source."
Random manager: "I know how to sway Congress, just tell them terrorists are using open source software, and they'll outlaw it in no time."
Bill: "Do they? Use open source, that is??"
Random manager: "I haven't met any terrorists, so I wouldn't know. The point is, they could."
Bill: "Good point."
Stalin was a socialist
Hitler was a socialist
Therefore, Stalin was Hitler
you're fighting terrorism! Don't take the chance that you're legitimately purchased DVDs are in fact funding terrorists. Get out there and seed one for Uncle Sam!
Hi! I make Firefox Plug-ins. Check 'em out @ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-mp3-podcaster/
You made the common error of backing up your claim with facts. Please re-read the posting FAQ. Well-supported arguments are not allowed here.
Attn: Mr. Sheik Osama Bin Laden
Dear Sir,
Your IP address 259.0.0.1 has been detected sharing on the 'Pear To Pear' program by the name of 'e-Jihad', the following files which have been determined by our trained human staff to be copyrighted works or material by music and motion picture artists:
ROT13 email encryptor_decryptor.com
Reparations of $1000 per song and $2000 per movie file hitherto listed are hereby requested before the 30th of next month, or our lawyers shall begin precedings.
Copyright infringement is a crime.
Flying cars, AI, Cybernetics
(Blade Runner, RoboCop, Total recall)
Instead of that what we have?
The classic case where the government became the lapdog of massive corporations and industries and the case where the government calls a terrorist anybody who don't agree with their corrupted attitude.
(Blade Runner, RoboCop, Total recall)
What a bummer!
What's next? Ill learn that coffee is people?
Yahh, hiii haaaaa! -Major Kong, from Dr. Strangelove
No, but it is obvious that some illegal, high dollar operations do provide funds to terrorists.
Some of these operations include selling pirated DVD's on the street corner.
Maybe we should cut off the income stream of the terrorists by spreading pirate copies for free over the Internet. I hate to do it, but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make for my country.
The real Ralph Yarro posts as Anonymous Coward. Anyone else is an impostor.
No no no, thats not the way it works..
Its more like:
" People who drive too fast use more oil, and terrorists get money from oil. So if you drive fast you are helping terrorist"
Did you say sarcasm?
I think you just made a real howler of a mistake there. I don't know whether you noticed or not, but you're using a party manifesto - rather than the actions of that party once in power - to determine their leanings. I don't like to bandy around terms like "hopelessly gullible" or "ridiculously naive" but you're kinda asking for it.
the layman's guide to computer science
These politians are smoking crack!
To continue bad logic 101, let's try:
Terrorist have been know to use communication devices, like video taped messages played over the television, phones, radios, and even the internet. Everyone that broadcast television, uses a phone, has a CB radio, or connects to the internet is likely a terrorist and should be stopped.
Terrorist have been known to use guns. Most police have guns. We should lock up all of the police officers.
Terrorist have been known to speak a foreign language. French people speak a foreign language. We must invade before they get a chance to surrender.
Terrorist have been known to have dark skin. People who visit beaches seem to have darker skin. We should get rid of Miami. They didn't speak english down there anyway.
I don't know what's worse, the fact that someone would suggest this, or the fact that our representatives in congress might believe this (or at least use it as an excuse to push some corporate funded law).