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RIAA MediaSentry, Dead In US, Is Alive In Australia

newtley writes "Disgraced and discredited 'private investigator' MediaSentry, fired by former patrons Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music, and Sony Music and their RIAA, may be dead and buried in America, but it's alive and well, resurfacing in Australia where it's once again plying its trade, probably under new management. 'I currently (but not for long) reside at a student dormitory... in Brisbane, Australia,' says a p2pnet reader, continuing: 'Yesterday I got called into the Managers office because the network manager had been contacted by MediaSentry and emailed one of the generic copyright infringement emails as a result of me downloading Angels and Demons. Now instead of studying for my exams and working on my final assignments I must take time to find a place to live before the 29th of May (2009).'"

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  1. Re:Angels and Demons by the_macman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If he did break the law, he needs to accept the consequences. If he didn't break the law, he should rebut the accusation.

    The same thing could be said about Rosa Parks. She was also breaking the law. Just because it's a law doesn't make it right.

  2. Re:Not that sympathetic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You chose to break the law and were punished for it.

    Noooooooooo! There's no law against it. Show me where there's a law against it. Where's there a law against it? That's not piracy that's copyright infringement and that's not copyright infringement it's not illegal. Nothing physical was stolen! That proves nothing at all was wrong because intellectual property sucks so long as it isn't stuff I made. And I wasn't going to buy it anyway so there's no sales lost, so I have the right to watch it! There's no explicit license! I agreed to nothing! I don't have to pay money to do anything I didn't agree to if the contract was not written on parchment made with specific paper, written in blood, and a million other trivial technicalities that PROVE I'M INNOCENT AND I HAVE THE RIGHT, NAY, DUTY TO DOWNLOAD EVERYTHING EVERYONE ELSE MADE FOR FREEEEEEEEEE!!!!1!1! Freedom liberty my rights privacy free

    ps plz dont tell them where i am