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Large Irish ISP To Enact "Three Strikes" Rule For Copyright Violation
Squeeonline writes "One of the biggest broadband providers in Ireland will make the country the first in the world (according to the broadsheet newspaper the Irish Times) to introduce the 'three strikes' rule. 'Eircom will from today begin a process that will lead to cutting off the broadband service of customers found to be repeatedly sharing music online illegally. Ireland is the first country in the world where a system of graduated response is being put in place. Under the pilot scheme, Eircom customers who illegally share copyrighted music will get three warnings before having their broadband service cut off for a year.' ... The mechanism by which it operates was challenged in the courts by the Data Protection Commissioner. Apparently, IP addresses do not constitute 'personal information.' Personally, I use filesharing all the time, but I use it to download large open source Linux ISOs. How will Eircom legally differentiate between that content, and the content that some ragamuffin may be downloading illegally, without infringing privacy laws?"
If they don't mind that I reply with a Heckler and Koch...
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
I don't really want to get involved with this debate, but that is the same logic that brought us: copyright infringement = stealing, stealing = crime hence copyright infringement = crime.
You're confusing the lay-person and lawyer definition of "murder". I assume you justify abortion = murder by working with "life begins at conception". I'm not sure about the legal jurisdiction you are in, but here in England it is my understanding that, legally (for the purposes of liability etc.) life actually begins at birth. Whether or not you agree with it, that is the law. Incidentally, this means (iirc) that if someone was to stab a pregnant woman and kill the foetus (but not the woman), they couldn't be charged with murder or manslaughter, or any charge involving harm to the foetus. But IAmalsNAL: I am merely a law student, not a lawyer so I could be wrong.
But yes, probably best modded offtopic and left alone.
They could still be charged with aggravated assault at least.
If the foetus isn't alive, then it's part of the mother's body.
If they don't mind that I reply with a Heckler and Koch...
I don't think even an H&K has a large enough magazine capacity.
Maybe several banks of General Dynamics miniguns belt-fed from a deuce-and-a-half or six?
Nah.
Take off and nuke the facilities from orbit.
It's the only way to be sure.
Strat
Progressivism (aka US 'Liberalism'): Ideas so good they need a police/surveillance-state to enforce.
Well, yeah. Whatever made you think democracy would last forever? It's not the first form of government, nor will it likely be the last; it seems we're heading towards some combination of plutocracy and corporatism.
Oh well, one more reason to use TOR and Freenet.
Forget magic. Any technology distinguishable from divine power is insufficiently advanced.