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HADOPI To Disconnect 60 People In France
bs0d3 writes "Today in France under the new HADOPI law, 60 people have received their third strike and are facing disconnection from the internet. The first 60 may only be the beginning. 650,000 people have received their first strikes, and 44,000 are on their second."
...but they haven't caught me ye^#a$s%!_5%j~NO CARRIER
650,000 warnings, that 650,000 people so far who are very unlikely to vote for Scarsleezy who snuck the law in with no public review. Guess who is going to lose the next election big time and what law will be changed by the next incoming President to ensure an extended political career.
Chaos - everything, everywhere, everywhen
Strike 1: http://gizmodo.com/329648/mpaas-university-toolkit-taken-down-for-violating-copyright
Strike 2: http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-steals-code-violates-linkware-license/
Strike 3: http://www.amdzone.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=95638
BOOM!
No more MPAA! They're offline forever! After all, the law is just and equal and fair and blind, right? And the MPAA -- the people who, let's face it, basically *wrote* this law -- should be held to the highest standard themselves. They, more than anyone else, cannot call it a youthful mistake, or a silly error in judgement, or ignorance or anything else... they have zero excuse and so accordingly they will be punished for their obvious and flagrant transgressions!
Right? ... right?
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Myself, I generally don't bother to pirate things much... but if anyone pulled that sort of nonsense, I'd be seriously tempted to start downloading crap left and right, and encourage all of my friends to do so as well.
Let's see them kick -everybody- off the internet, and see how that works, hmmm?
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the pen is mightier than the sword, the sword is mightier than the court, the court is mightier than the pen.
All 650,000 people on your first strike, please proceed to your second. The 44,000 on your second, proceed to your third. The rest of you, endeavour to earn your first over the coming weeks.
Come on, France. You still understand the effectiveness of collective withdrawal of labour. So call the government on its own foolishness by forcing the law to take steps which withdraws you from effective contribution to the country. Do not stop until you can proudly call yourself the nation with the most people individually forbidden from using the Internet.
First, other countries will laugh at you. Then your businessmen will realise what they've just done to their chances to make money. Then your government will listen to that whispering, gold-plated voice in their ear and the law will be repealed. Foreign governments and business will realise what will happen if this sort of law is enacted in their own precious fiefdoms and global attitudes will start to change.
But you have to start yourselves by taking a risk and standing up.
Thank you.
My Roleks wrist watch was about $10, but original Rolex is about $8000. Does that mean i stole $8000 from Rolex, because that's a sale they didn't make?
Of course. Also, by buying the Roleks, you helped the manufacturer to build even more Roleks watches, thus increasing the damage. Also, since you wear that Roleks watch, people who see it might be led to buy one, too. So I'm sure the WWAA (Wrist Watch Association of America) will sue you for about $100 billion.
Oh, wait, make that $200 billion, because you posted on Slashdot about it.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
I know a few people who have received their first strikes. For what it's worth, they were using eMule to get themselves nabbed.
The right to a fair public trial is also a human right as well though, and these alleged criminals didn't get one.
Article 10: "Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him."
From the translation of the Hadopi law (provided here: http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/HADOPI_full_translation )
"Art. L. 331-30. - The suspension of access mentioned in articles L. 331-27 and L. 331-28 does not, in itself, affect paying the price of subscription to the service provider. Article L. 121-84 of the consumer code does not apply during the period of suspension.
"The costs of a possible closure of the subscription during the period of suspension are born by the subscriber.
"The suspension applies only to access to public on line communication services and to electronic communications. When this access service is purchased as part of commercial composite services including other types of services, such as telephone or television services, the decision of suspension does not apply to these services.
The info about the 60 people at 3rd signaling is a week old. Latest news is that François Hollande, a Socialist (main opposition party) primary candidate leading the polls, has announced in a film industry lobby meeting that he will keep the HADOPI including the repressive part, just "adapting" it. That's contrary to his party programme and we will see how that fares in the primary and later.
Dom Perignon and the price is too high for most people. Most people just don't take it, they do without. "The price is too high" is not an excuse nor a justification. If the price is too high, then you don't buy it.
There is no "-1 offended" or "-1 you don't agree with me" mod options for a reason.
That's exactly what they do. They don't buy it! :)