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LulzSec, Anonymous Reason For PROTECT IP Act, Says RIAA
Dangerous_Minds writes "ZeroPaid is reporting that the RIAA is using the latest activities of hacktivists to bolster its claim that America needs the PROTECT IP Act, the act that would place a layer of censorship on the internet in the U.S."
please select the RIAA HQ as your next target.
And expose the sordid details of RIAA exec's child prostitution activities on their Thailand "business trips".
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
It makes perfect sense to me, seeing as how it is a known fact that all members of Anonymous and Lulzsec are under the jurisdiction of U.S. Law.
Obviously anyone here understands that the Protect Act has NOTHING to do with the stupidity that the RIAA is spewing. But let me restate it for those that don't understand. They are using recent events as a False Flag-like excuse. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/False_flag I am not claiming in any way, shape or form that they are responsible for said events. Merely that they are taking advantage of them in this way.
Restore the madness of youth's lechery
The RIAA required a scapegoat and the Lulzsec/Anon attacks were just what they needed to push this crap.
I've heard ProtectIP bans any site that links to copyrighted material.
Is it true that ProtectIP could shut down every single forum on the Internet if they wished?
Afterall, someone only needs to post a link to copyrighted material
God spoke to me
So the logic here is the same as it has been for every rights-compromising measure put forth so far this century; "[name of enemy] is going to cause massive amounts of economic/physical/spiritual damage unless [measure] is undertaken immediately. [measure] will of course restrict your rights, but it's all in the name of protecting something greater than you." Of course, that something invariably reduces to somebody else's profit, which is likely already happening at your expense, so why change the status quo now.
#fuckbeta #iamslashdot #dicemustdie
The other day, after reading yet another news story about the censorship moves in Australia and more PROTECT IP stuff, I decided that it was time to try out configuring Privoxy to forward everything via SOCKS5 to Tor. I was expecting a much bigger performance hit than I actual did, though, which was a pleasant surprise. Sure, its annoying having to enter CAPTCHA tags for Google all the time, but that's really not that big of a hassle. For the less technical people, Vidalia + the Tor Button for Firefox are pretty much fool proof. Between advertisers, stories about repression of online descent in the middle east and asia, Facebook and Google tracking people all the damned time, etc, I think (or, at least, I would like to think) that it might only be a matter of time before more and more 'normal' people, even those who really, truely, have nothing to hide, start doing something similar.
When Comcast starts filtering port 9050 like they do with 25, then we'll know we've pretty much lost the Internet once and for all. But hey, at least the Department of State supports Internet freedom in China, right? pffft.
Their child prostitution is right out there leading their marketing pushes. Check out the "teen seen" music sources and Disney Channel fare. 13 year old girls in bustiers?
MAFIAA is _proud_ of their rampant selling of child sex and sexuality to the public. That it is more "child porn" than direct prostitution is the only possible argument.
Innocent people shouldn't be forced to pay for inferior software development.
--"Code Complete" Microsoft Press
Sony is a member of the RIAA, after all. I applaud LulzSec's actions (most of 'em, anyway) and urge them to keep up the good work.
I was the "victim" of a group much like LulzSec before the turn of the century, and it was hilarious (to me, anyway) indeed. My site, the Springfield Fragfest, made fun of everybody (for the lulz before "lulz" was coined). I was kind of the Don Rickles of the Quake world -- I made fun of everybody, and everybody I made fun of became fans (well, almost everybody, some folks have no sense of humor). I'd have folks' pet shamblers pissing on the couch, Thresh taking speed, etc.
There was a group much like LulzSec (for all I know it might have had some of the same members) that was in the nerd news, so I posted a bit about them accompanied by a photo of a group of Down's Syndrome kids as illustration.
They broke into my host's servers and removed the <img> tag and photo... and left the text intact! I was honored as well as amused.
But, you know, the people (and I use that term loosely) LulzSec are targeting have no sense of humor whatever. Again, guys, keep up the good work, and thanks for the lulz. I hope reports of LulSec's death are greatly exaggerated.
Free Martian Whores!
The hacking, compromising, or intrusion of a computer system has nothing to do with the copying/distribution of copy protected works. The unlawful access of a computer system is already against the law and there is nothing this act would do to improve security because security is up to each individual organization and how they implement it.
This is classic politics at work folks, keep your eye on the ball!
It will treat everyday law abiding citizens as charged criminals under investigation while the people it targets will patch over it in less than a day...
At this point I have trouble weighing out which group is dumber
It seems to me that the RIAA/MPAA/etc is the reason for LulzSec and Anonymous
Where do I sign up for my check, I've produced content! ...Oh I see just for the megacorps then is it?
What Anonymous/LulzSec do (a good percentage of the time) is illegal anyways, yes? Why the crap do we need new laws when what they do is already criminal?
"Our country is not nearly so overrun with the bigoted as it is overrun with the broadminded." -Archbishop Fulton Sheen
I'd rather them just leave things alone and realize that it's pointless to pass these laws because they are likely easily abused and do no good.
Filthy, filthy copyrapists!
The ability of our country to lead -- and the ability of U.S. companies to create employment -- will depend upon our continued success.
Neil Turkewitz, Executive Vice President, International, RIAA
this is how the 'letter' on the riaa website ends.
'the ability of our country to lead': well, since engineering and manufacturing of actual goods has gone overseas, I suppose only you, your ilk and fast food workers are what we have left in the US. if the way we 'lead' the world is via your methods, I think we are better off not leading.
'US companies creating employment': lawyers and folks like that. yup. but do we want more of THAT kind of US employment?
and I even question the 'continued success' part. your buying base outright hates you and side-steps you at every turn. you war on them and wonder why they hate you and don't continue paying for your existence?
neil, you are so fucking full of yourself. probably considered a trait of success at the place you work at, though...
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"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
They need to be quicker on their feet to out adapt the world of technology. Counter measures roll out faster than laws countering measures. All it does is create some vicious enemies with long memories. The RIAA needs to STFU and come up with a modern working business model for the digital age. It doesn't take much brain activity to come up with something that could solve this problem, so what the hell is their problem?
Take the Red Pill.
Is this guy's first name Foghorn?
You gotta--I say you gotta hear that whoosh over your head, boy. Whoosh, that is.
Protect IP matters because Detriot is an industrial wasteland. Intellectual Property is becoming more and more of the product we have to export. Because of this we escalate its importance to the point where at some future point we must defend our intellectual property using men with guns on foreign soil, defending our right to charge what we will for the broadcast rights to Justin Bieber's latest album on the peoples of India and China - who don't want to hear that crap anyway.
The whole thing is sick. Eventually the world is going to call us to the carpet on that and make us make useful stuff for the value we get. And then what have we got?
Help stamp out iliturcy.