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UK Police and PRS Shut Down Karaoke Torrent Site
An anonymous reader writes with this news from Torrent Freak, from which he quotes: The City of London's Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit and copyright and royalty group PRS for Music have teamed up for what appears to be a first-of-its-kind action. Arresting a 46-year-old man, this week police shut down one of the Internet's few karaoke-focused BitTorrent trackers. While at some stages wildly popular in the East, to most in the West a night at a karaoke bar is probably more closely associated with too many beers and individuals belting out classics wearing the aural equivalent of beer goggles. The pastime is considered by some as a bit of a joke but karaoke is big business. According to the people behind the web-based Playstation software SingOn, the global karaoke market could be worth as much as $10 billion.
Don't give them ideas.
Fun story, I knew a guy who lived through the great depression. He and his wife made ends meet, by making Disney character windmills and selling them on the street corner. These days, they'd likely be tossed in prison and have a fine.
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Since you stupid nerds believe your laughable "skills" may avail you against government/corporate surveillance, I'd say yes.
Funny how that same government is busy trying to hire those nerds and their "laughable" skills.
You know, because we apparently suck so bad, and government of course must have the most skilled and elite at their disposal. After all, their security rating year after year is A-plus. Top notch work indeed, keeping all those surveillance tactics a secret too. Oh, and so impressive how they've managed to keep our Rights intact as well while doing all of this. I mean, nothing they do would be considered illegal, now would it? Because that would be wrong, and we nerds might get the idea that breaking the law is somehow the right thing to do.
It doesn't take skills to fight government/corporate surveillance. It merely takes someone in charge with a fucking backbone to call out the lawbreakers, and do something about it to enforce the laws we have today.