"I would guess" you're making shit up. You're willing to throw out anonymity and privacy because some people might be circumventing copyright somehow? You're pathetic. (Or you're a government astroturfer. But I repeat myself.)
I missed the part where Kim Dotcom was uploading his own personal BluRay rips to MU.
I *remember* the part where his users did.
I don't give a shit how he made his money or whether or not you consider it "ill-gotten" simply because MU hosted some copyrighted material uploaded by users. It's an absurd contortion of logic and reason to say that he deserves none of his money because some of his users misbehaved.
$100m is the equivalent of one mid-tier movie budget. If you think Hollywood actually felt that tiny financial "hit", you're the one who's hopelessly naive.
So there would be two big hurdles for a plaintiff here: (1) a duty to keep one's internet connection secure and (2) the idea that there has actually been harm.
#1 fails because there's no requirement, either written or implied, that a user's internet connection be secured.
On one side the Liberals declare that people entering the USA, even illegally, should be considered as "legal", so long as they do not make trouble
I've literally never, in my entire life, heard any self-described "liberal" say this. Never. You're setting up a false dichotomy so you can make it look the problem is being caused by both sides.
It isn't.
This is entirely a right-wing issue, and the flames of racism are being fanned entirely by so-called "conservatives".
This happened to me once and the only consequence was they blocked outgoing ssh.
So I started port-forwarding in reverse by starting a VPN connection every morning from home and running SSH from there with some ports forwarded back into my network. They never found that.
I left the US 4 years ago and make about 40 percent more in Melbourne than I ever did in Fairfield county, Connecticut. I didn't even have to try. An added bonus was 4 weeks paid leave to start.
Raises and bonuses are almost unheard-of in the IT industry in America.
Libertarianism isn't "the truth". It's exchanging one form of tyranny (the federal government) for thousands of others with far less accountability (corporations.)
Sadly, I absolutely do not trust the US to make the correct decision in this case. IP law in America needs to be nuked from orbit and rebuilt from scratch, and the prevailing attitude there right now doesn't seem to be amenable to something like that.
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So this is basically just theft. The police are just like the Crips and Bloods, except they're taxpayer funded.
Great job electing a bunch of right-wing assholes yet again, England.
The data's only "untrustworthy" if you're a fucking dipshit anti-science luddite like mister Maynard here.
This is the kind of guy who puts "some college" on job applications because he once worked at one.
"I would guess" you're making shit up. You're willing to throw out anonymity and privacy because some people might be circumventing copyright somehow? You're pathetic. (Or you're a government astroturfer. But I repeat myself.)
You're out of your fucking mind if you think a Romney presidency wouldn't be worse than what we've got right now.
It would be an utter and complete horrorshow.
Has this ever, in the history of the United States, actually worked?
I'll spare you the research: no, it hasn't.
My theory is that the US Government was using the RIAA/MPAA as a proxy to get this rammed through.
Wow... are you being deliberately retarded or can you not help it?
Huh?
I missed the part where Kim Dotcom was uploading his own personal BluRay rips to MU.
I *remember* the part where his users did.
I don't give a shit how he made his money or whether or not you consider it "ill-gotten" simply because MU hosted some copyrighted material uploaded by users. It's an absurd contortion of logic and reason to say that he deserves none of his money because some of his users misbehaved.
$100m is the equivalent of one mid-tier movie budget. If you think Hollywood actually felt that tiny financial "hit", you're the one who's hopelessly naive.
So there would be two big hurdles for a plaintiff here: (1) a duty to keep one's internet connection secure and (2) the idea that there has actually been harm.
#1 fails because there's no requirement, either written or implied, that a user's internet connection be secured.
#2 fails because common sense.
The US should cut its losses, give the dude his servers and money back, and go after some actual criminals. This is just pathetic.
No, they absolutely didn't. You're either ignorant or lying.
So, now you're re-framing the fucking debate. Originally your claim was that "all" liberals want "all" illegal immigrants to stay.
Stop fucking moving the goalposts, you dumb cunt.
Apparently people in Louisiana do not.
How the fuck can you even ask this question on a tech website?
Get back to Answers In Genesis, please.
On one side the Liberals declare that people entering the USA, even illegally, should be considered as "legal", so long as they do not make trouble
I've literally never, in my entire life, heard any self-described "liberal" say this. Never. You're setting up a false dichotomy so you can make it look the problem is being caused by both sides.
It isn't.
This is entirely a right-wing issue, and the flames of racism are being fanned entirely by so-called "conservatives".
...says the dumb cunt who posts anonymously.
You sound like a complete and utter fucking retard.
And now you're just making shit up. And idiots are upvoting you. Amazing.
This happened to me once and the only consequence was they blocked outgoing ssh.
So I started port-forwarding in reverse by starting a VPN connection every morning from home and running SSH from there with some ports forwarded back into my network. They never found that.
I left the US 4 years ago and make about 40 percent more in Melbourne than I ever did in Fairfield county, Connecticut. I didn't even have to try. An added bonus was 4 weeks paid leave to start.
Raises and bonuses are almost unheard-of in the IT industry in America.
Well, if Apple sues Samsung for making a tablet with the same dimensions, but black, despite prior art (Space Odysessy 2001)..
Not what happened and unrelated anyway.
Actually, pretty much exactly what happened.
Libertarianism isn't "the truth". It's exchanging one form of tyranny (the federal government) for thousands of others with far less accountability (corporations.)
Sadly, I absolutely do not trust the US to make the correct decision in this case. IP law in America needs to be nuked from orbit and rebuilt from scratch, and the prevailing attitude there right now doesn't seem to be amenable to something like that.
It's nice that my former country had a "secret killing program" in Iraq.
Fuck, I'm glad I left.