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Dutch ISPs Refuse To Block Pirate Bay
judgecorp writes "Two Dutch ISPs have complied with a demand to block the Pirate Bay, but KPN and T-Mobile are refusing to block the site."
Torrent Freak has a bit more info. T-Mobile at least seems to imply they would respond to a court order, and are merely refusing to take down sites at the request of a private entity.
I agree, this is why I do my best to boycott the movies. I don't buy any movies, I don't purchase music, I avoid video games from Electronic Arts, and I don't pirate stuff. I just spend time chillaxing on the Internet, playing games and making games. The Internet news is so much better than the media giant controlled news. MPAA/RIAA declared war on the Internet, and after witnessing them sue grandmothers and screw over the very artists which sustain them, I wouldn't miss them for a second.
God spoke to me
I would sooner live in a world where blockbuster films were uneconomical to produce, and therefore simply didn't exist, than one where the internet miracle is smothered.
Goddamned right. Quality films would still be produced. Clerks, for instance, which cost less than $30,000 to make and went on to make 10 times that in the theater, not to mention 15 years of VHS, DVD and Bluray sales. Chasing Amy only cost $250,000 and made almost 50 times that in the box office.
Yeah, we may not see $150,000,000 movies like Transformers but, honestly, I'm cool with that. Besides, more than anything now I find hours of entertainment on Youtube watching home-made videos. Probably a big reason why they're chomping at the bit to find some way to shut it down, because Lord knows if they're not standing in between the viewer and the content creator, getting their piece, it's a goddamned tragedy.
Fuck 'em.
At least brein doesn't sue individual downloaders for 10k per song
Maybe be don't, but last I saw them in action, they were telling people lies about how copyright law works in the Netherlands. They were telling people that things were illegal that actually weren't. Also, I think one of their high-ranking members was actually caught breaking copyright law.
I am glad people are not simply folding to BREIN's threats, but actually tell them to go convince a court that they got the law on their side this time.
Please correct me if I got my facts wrong.
They can hardly ignore a court order, can they?
Brein sued Ziggo, and xs4all asked the court to be allowed to join the case instead of being a passive bystander, precisely *because* they hold the freedoms of their users in high regard. And just like ziggo they are going to fight the decision. They lost this time but they aren't giving up. I'm not cancelling my subscription with xs4all.
T-Mobile is a daughter of T-Com which is a German company.
We had a Minister (google: "Zensursula") here trying to pull a similar stunt with pedophilia instead of piracy. She was also aiming for bypassing due process.
They took her back into reality the hard way and she hasn't been seen much on TV since then.