-- Antipiratbyrån's efforts to halt file sharing have prompted Sweden's outspoken pirates to run for office as the Pirate Party. Party spokesman Mika Sjöman said pirates are alarmed by both the IP tracking and Sweden's newly expanded surveillance and wiretapping laws.
"People are getting scared," said Sjöman. "The two issues are really connected because copyright organizations are telling the government you have to invade the right to privacy if you want to defend copyright. That's really destructive for democracy because when you make lists of people that will be the end of privacy."
It may sound like a joke, but Sjöman said the Pirate Party has 1,500 members, and has gathered enough signatures to participate in the Swedish general election in September. He said the government estimates that there are 1.2 million file sharers over the age of 18 in Sweden, and the Pirate Party needs only four percent, 225,000 votes, to get seats in the country's parliament. According to Sjöman, the success of The Pirate Bay illustrates just how embedded file sharing has become in Swedish culture. --
Wikipedia is a great source of information for research papers, specifically the Wikipedia citations. Wikipedia allows a broad overview of a subject, which is helpful in guiding the author, but overall its principle value is a collection of relevant, human-verified links, many of which lead to primary authorities on the subject matter.
I almost always head to Wikipedia before Google when doing research, for this reason. (I work in SEO, by the way)
Exactly, had to read thrugh 100 posts complaining about wikipedia being useless for this sort of work, when the true value isn't the article itself, but the sources to all those nice little tidbits.
I don't care what they say (SONY/RIAA)... They have made it clear they think it is acceptable for them to screw with my computer. I will NEVER feel safe with CDs again, and it would be stupid of me to put my machine at risk. They have given me the gut feeling now that CDs are "tainted".. (and they are)
The only solution for me is not to buy CDs, and I am actually fine with that.
Big nice music collections... at ~20,000 songs can easily be shared between friends, and will hardly ruin anyone in HDD cost. If it is a crime, then howcome I don't feel guilty?
End result: Noone cares, copyright stopped being fair and I WILL copy whatever I feel like and the little voice in my head that felt bad about it is eating its' own words.
I have stopped buying music 2-3 years ago and I feel great about it.
I don't even feel bad about the artistis, they aren't going broke anytime soon. (well, the good ones anyways)
I just can't understand how "buying" laws is considered perfectly natural and good legislation... (I know that's not exactly the context the word was used in, but still)
Well, at those resolutions 40MB isn't that far off. A 2 hour movie can be compressed quite nicely to 700MB or more, and that's with DVD resolution. As for your MP3 comment... well 128kbps equals 57.6MB per hour. (128*3600/8)
If I'm not screwing up the numbers... it's 6:28AM..
I got lost at that exact park 18 years ago and my parents didn't find it amusing.
Keeping track of 3-4 children isn't as easy as it sounds. I didn't wander off by accident, I saw something shiny and got lost in the crowd really quick. I was around 4-5 years old and didn't speak danish at the time. Not easy for me to find my way to "lost and found". Luckily they managed to find me looking at some planet models. Geek in the making I guess.
How much money CAN they trying to salvage from the biggest backfire in recent history?... ONE company per continent doesn't seem to me like it will pay the legal fees, and not to mention the destroyed reputation...
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-- Antipiratbyrån's efforts to halt file sharing have prompted Sweden's outspoken pirates to run for office as the Pirate Party. Party spokesman Mika Sjöman said pirates are alarmed by both the IP tracking and Sweden's newly expanded surveillance and wiretapping laws.
"People are getting scared," said Sjöman. "The two issues are really connected because copyright organizations are telling the government you have to invade the right to privacy if you want to defend copyright. That's really destructive for democracy because when you make lists of people that will be the end of privacy."
It may sound like a joke, but Sjöman said the Pirate Party has 1,500 members, and has gathered enough signatures to participate in the Swedish general election in September. He said the government estimates that there are 1.2 million file sharers over the age of 18 in Sweden, and the Pirate Party needs only four percent, 225,000 votes, to get seats in the country's parliament. According to Sjöman, the success of The Pirate Bay illustrates just how embedded file sharing has become in Swedish culture. --
now THAT could be democracy in action!
Gmail's storage is growing by the second, so your figure is hardly exact, is it? ;)
..where people aren't protected from scams etc....
Wikipedia is a great source of information for research papers, specifically the Wikipedia citations. Wikipedia allows a broad overview of a subject, which is helpful in guiding the author, but overall its principle value is a collection of relevant, human-verified links, many of which lead to primary authorities on the subject matter.
I almost always head to Wikipedia before Google when doing research, for this reason. (I work in SEO, by the way)
Exactly, had to read thrugh 100 posts complaining about wikipedia being useless for this sort of work, when the true value isn't the article itself, but the sources to all those nice little tidbits.
Yes, you are wrong.
I don't care what they say (SONY/RIAA) ... They have made it clear they think it is acceptable for them to screw with my computer. I will NEVER feel safe with CDs again, and it would be stupid of me to put my machine at risk. They have given me the gut feeling now that CDs are "tainted" .. (and they are)
The only solution for me is not to buy CDs, and I am actually fine with that.
Big nice music collections... at ~20,000 songs can easily be shared between friends, and will hardly ruin anyone in HDD cost. If it is a crime, then howcome I don't feel guilty?
So now with the US pushing for dominance in space exploration Bush will be in control of space AND TIME ???
They HAVE shot themselves in the foot.
End result: Noone cares, copyright stopped being fair and I WILL copy whatever I feel like and the little voice in my head that felt bad about it is eating its' own words.
I have stopped buying music 2-3 years ago and I feel great about it.
I don't even feel bad about the artistis, they aren't going broke anytime soon. (well, the good ones anyways)
Listening to ½ of a 2 way conversation is actually stressful
So you won one and want to spread the good word? ;)
Thanks for clearing that up for a non american like myself.
....in my mouth..
I just can't understand how "buying" laws is considered perfectly natural and good legislation... (I know that's not exactly the context the word was used in, but still)
Well, at those resolutions 40MB isn't that far off. A 2 hour movie can be compressed quite nicely to 700MB or more, and that's with DVD resolution. As for your MP3 comment... well 128kbps equals 57.6MB per hour. (128*3600/8)
If I'm not screwing up the numbers... it's 6:28AM..
Are all those MYTHS???
Harley sure has won over the market then....
Euros.... GRR, no euro sign support for plain old text??
I'll have a nice little toy for 300... :D
Will definetly sell in europe....
Some thing you don't joke around with...
A+ post... Will read again...
Well, yathink we can slashdot slashdot?
Why do people feel like posting the 10m post will somehow boost their e-penos?
I don't get it
But are the problems of decaying OLEDs fixed now? the first ones only lasted a couple of years if I remember correctly.
I got lost at that exact park 18 years ago and my parents didn't find it amusing.
Keeping track of 3-4 children isn't as easy as it sounds. I didn't wander off by accident, I saw something shiny and got lost in the crowd really quick. I was around 4-5 years old and didn't speak danish at the time. Not easy for me to find my way to "lost and found". Luckily they managed to find me looking at some planet models. Geek in the making I guess.
How much money CAN they trying to salvage from the biggest backfire in recent history? ... ONE company per continent doesn't seem to me like it will pay the legal fees, and not to mention the destroyed reputation...
Imagine the size of his p*n*is... All new herbal med*icine*, add 6!!In*ches
Omni Consumer Products.. I loved their little ads on TV in the movie..