I prepared a similar letter directed at McDonald's Corp. when my local restaurant didn't have sweet & sour sauce for my McNuggets THREE NIGHTS IN A ROW, clearly evidencing a conspiracy......because I am from the internet and thus have to act like a whiny fucking child all the time.
No, it was sarcasm directed at the previous comment. My more recent comment was based on an interpretation of "Illegally downloading is not the crime, illegally uploading it is" as being meant to convey that downloading can't be illegal. If it was only meant to point out that this lawsuit targets uploading rather than downloading, then I'd retract it.
Both these comments reflect too much ignorance of reality to merit a response. Fortunately the legal system, like most people, ignores such transparent BS.
No, it would definitely not come under the heading of "fair use", which is designed to protect educators, critics, etc., who reproduce a small part of a work for teaching/critical purposes.
It's not a "partial file distribution = legal, LOL!" button.
"Furthermore, this is a witch hunt and the sitting Judge needs to step down for being incompetent. While I may not have a JD, any rational person can see that the company is just trying to start a legal phishing scheme."
I'm not an ISP tech, but any rational person can see that there is concrete, bulletproof evidence that each of these defendants illegally downloaded the movie in question.
This is a rather predictable consequence of forming a "group" based on anonymity and total absence of central authority.
Anyone who claims to be Anonymous is Anonymous. Anyone who says "Anonymous" did something is lying if and only if the thing was NOT ACTUALLY DONE.
Wonderful message-spreading platform you've got for yourself, kids.
Where crime is viewed as a public service, while failing to make oneself invulnerable to crime is viewed as a crime.
Sound crazy? Not on THE INTERNETS.
Where did you get the idea that everyone has a "right" to a fair trial, everywhere, for everythign, and under all circumstances? That's a stupid fucking idea. Have you ever heard of "war"?
...the first thing I did was tape a piece of aluminum foil over the built-in webcam lens.
And for the past 3 years, I just been assuming I was crazy for doing something like that.
Maybe not?
The US system has advertised ITSELF, not just as "working" and "desirable", but as better than whatever shitty system you have in whatever country you happen to be typing that screed from. The rest of your comment is just too stupid and irrational to merit a response. Have a great day.
Nah, actually the NZ government should just use NZ taxpayer dollars to pay the US government back. That way everyone wins (except people who erroneously think they have some God-given right to take whatever they want for free).
Yeah, because making random online purchases directly from your bank account with your own cash is MUCH safer than making purchases using the cash of a credit card company who can only BILL you for purchases you've allegedly made.
Great comment!
If you bother to read the featured articles, you could see that the personal information and possibly credit card information of all Sony PSN users was stolen by hackers. Your comment was thus pretty idiotic.
Score: 3 (Interesting), my ass.
"Would you trust your government to be your mail provider?"
No, but I'd trust the Malaysian government to be my mail provider!
Seriously though, I had a law professor who served as a law clerk to the chief justice of the Maylaysian supreme court. He said that at one point, government officials made it *very* clear that they were closely monitoring his communications, in terms of both who he contacted and what was said.
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I prepared a similar letter directed at McDonald's Corp. when my local restaurant didn't have sweet & sour sauce for my McNuggets THREE NIGHTS IN A ROW, clearly evidencing a conspiracy... ...because I am from the internet and thus have to act like a whiny fucking child all the time.
Fair enough. I typically set my English parser on "low" when reading /. comments, so it was an honest mistake :P
No, it was sarcasm directed at the previous comment. My more recent comment was based on an interpretation of "Illegally downloading is not the crime, illegally uploading it is" as being meant to convey that downloading can't be illegal. If it was only meant to point out that this lawsuit targets uploading rather than downloading, then I'd retract it.
False. Illegal uploading is simply the easier crime to target. Illegal downloading is just as illegal.
Both these comments reflect too much ignorance of reality to merit a response. Fortunately the legal system, like most people, ignores such transparent BS.
No, it would definitely not come under the heading of "fair use", which is designed to protect educators, critics, etc., who reproduce a small part of a work for teaching/critical purposes. It's not a "partial file distribution = legal, LOL!" button.
"Furthermore, this is a witch hunt and the sitting Judge needs to step down for being incompetent. While I may not have a JD, any rational person can see that the company is just trying to start a legal phishing scheme."
I'm not an ISP tech, but any rational person can see that there is concrete, bulletproof evidence that each of these defendants illegally downloaded the movie in question.
See what I did there?
What does "plausible deniability" mean to an organization that isn't accountable for anything in the first place?
This is a rather predictable consequence of forming a "group" based on anonymity and total absence of central authority. Anyone who claims to be Anonymous is Anonymous. Anyone who says "Anonymous" did something is lying if and only if the thing was NOT ACTUALLY DONE. Wonderful message-spreading platform you've got for yourself, kids.
Sony is the victim, too. Get yourself a fucking dictionary, moron.
Where crime is viewed as a public service, while failing to make oneself invulnerable to crime is viewed as a crime. Sound crazy? Not on THE INTERNETS.
Where did you get the idea that everyone has a "right" to a fair trial, everywhere, for everythign, and under all circumstances? That's a stupid fucking idea. Have you ever heard of "war"?
...the first thing I did was tape a piece of aluminum foil over the built-in webcam lens. And for the past 3 years, I just been assuming I was crazy for doing something like that. Maybe not?
Jesus, you are fantastically ignorant and dumb.
The US system has advertised ITSELF, not just as "working" and "desirable", but as better than whatever shitty system you have in whatever country you happen to be typing that screed from. The rest of your comment is just too stupid and irrational to merit a response. Have a great day.
To increase tax revenue, moron.
Nah, actually the NZ government should just use NZ taxpayer dollars to pay the US government back. That way everyone wins (except people who erroneously think they have some God-given right to take whatever they want for free).
A bunch of anarchist twits drone on about their stupid fantasy world and how the big bad Entirety of Civilization is stacked against them.
Yeah, because making random online purchases directly from your bank account with your own cash is MUCH safer than making purchases using the cash of a credit card company who can only BILL you for purchases you've allegedly made. Great comment!
I'm sure he didn't actually participate directly in the attack, but it's stretching the truth quite far to say he "had nothing to do with it".
If you bother to read the featured articles, you could see that the personal information and possibly credit card information of all Sony PSN users was stolen by hackers. Your comment was thus pretty idiotic. Score: 3 (Interesting), my ass.
for fighting for our freedom to use Linux on our PS3s by taking down evil Sony. Now, can you please stop?
"Would you trust your government to be your mail provider?"
No, but I'd trust the Malaysian government to be my mail provider!
Seriously though, I had a law professor who served as a law clerk to the chief justice of the Maylaysian supreme court. He said that at one point, government officials made it *very* clear that they were closely monitoring his communications, in terms of both who he contacted and what was said.
Holy wide-eyed lunatic, batman!
What exactly are you looking for? The abolition of professional authordom?
"Yes, copyright laws can be complicated. It's often hard to tell if you are uploading something you created yourself or something someone else created." http://www.theonion.com/articles/youtube-educates-offenders-about-copyright,20075/