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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.
Two, some forms of IP crime are used to fund terrorism.
Do you really believe that there is a single person who reads this site who is dumb enough to believe that? Even one?
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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City of London Police are basically a private, corporate police unit. The City of London is strange place, where corporations have the majority of votes in elections. The police basically work for corporate interests, but have all the powers of a normal police force. They abuse this by putting pressure on people to stop doing perfectly legal, lawful activities that the corporations dislike.
It's disgusting and an affront to democracy and justice.
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Two, some forms of IP crime are used to fund terrorism.
Do you really believe that there is a single person who reads this site who is dumb enough to believe that? Even one?
Don't be so grumpy, he has a point. You have clearly never heard a drunk Japanes tourist singing Elvis Presley songs at the top of his voice. If you had you'd know that for all intents and purposes Karaoke is indeed a form of terrorism.