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RIAA MediaSentry, Dead In US, Is Alive In Australia

Posted by kdawson on from the down-under-up-for dept.

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).'"

6 of 305 comments (clear)

  1. Angels and Demons by Andr+T. · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damn, you could at least lose your dormitory for a movie worth watching.

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    1. Re:Angels and Demons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah the illegallity of sharing movies is a gros affront to human dignity. Downloading free movies is exactly like what Rosa Parks did. Shithead.

      Maybe if Rosa Parks could download the movie she wanted to watch, she wouldn't get the bus to go to the movies in the first place.

    2. Re:Angels and Demons by Ash+Vince · · Score: 4, Funny

      In my day most people got thrown out of university accommodation for having wild parties and trashing the joint or for dealing drugs.

      How things have changed.

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    3. Re:Angels and Demons by oldspewey · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'm telling you, if the movie-going public doesn't start falling in line and paying to watch movies like they're supposed to, there's no telling what may happen.

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      If libertarians are so opposed to effective government, why don't they all move to Somalia?
  2. Re:This is fascinating. by mftb · · Score: 2, Funny

    I approve. Blind pro-piracy is extremely childish. Oh wait, slashdot.

  3. Re:Not that sympathetic by YourExperiment · · Score: 3, Funny

    To be fair, it's highly unlikely he watched all of it.