I think they just want to cover their rear-ends. If something did happen, they would be in deep trouble if it was known that they knew of a threat previously (kind of like what happened with Sep. 11 incident).
Maybe the intelligence agencies did not prevent the 9/11 attacks cause the attackers did not post anything on some weblog.
Whether the current legal system is broken Yes. You seem to be starting to make sense.
Car stereo's - erm, don't follow you there at all, I'm afraid. If you did, you'd have another point of view.
Can you point me to your complaints 5 decades ago, when the industry changed? I think I wasn't in the preconception phase for about 25 years. But I wouldn't have shut my mouth. You???
I bought vinyl and tapes in the 70s and 80s, I bought CDs in the 90s. I've not heard much worth buying in the naughties. Ain't worth buying, ain't worth downloading. If it's worth downloading, it's worth paying the legal price for. If I don't like that legal price, I can happily live without it (the quality is pretty low at the moment anyway). You are actually saying: "I dont't know what freedom is, I guess I don't need freedom now. I guess nobody needs it in the future".
Do you work for free? I actually have. I try to let go the keyboard and monitor and meet, help the people in my city. You should try too.
what do you do? Oh, you download CDs. Well done. No. I fight for my freedom, and hell, I even fight for your freedom and that of your kids and those that don't know such a thing exist (and should exist).
Let me explain things in the lines of your stupid car analogy.
Just suppose Sony, JVC and all tech companies teamed up and took the same attitude as the record companies: an extremely lazy and repugnantly greedy attitude.
YOU CAR STEREO WOULD COST 4000 POUNDS INSTEAD OF THE 200 ITS COSTS NOW!!!!
Would you then feel like you're being robbed and fucked?
NO. I think you would still be saying "DEEPER, DEEPER!!"
"Music has traditionally been pretty much free, until about 50 years ago" And you still don't complain when it gets expensive, if I read your statements above.
"There's no moral high-ground in taking something without consent." What about the freedom to listen to my LEGALLY obtained music where I, yes I, want and not where the music industry instructs me too??????????
"Personally, I don't have much spare cash to buy CDs these days" I wonder why? It must be those damn tech companies. With their high prizes and their lack of competition.
there's not much worth having How can you know? You said yourself you don't have enough money to... Let me tell you... There is.
I want to see the industry pick up What do you think this judge just did with this decision you cheerfully agree with? Do you think ISPs will get more attention from the public? Don't you think he as damned the tech industry? This fucker is certainly not on your side. He's on the side of the wealthy industrialists
Where the fuck have you been, like, the last five years? In your mothers womb?
Try to be a little less contradictive the next time you wake up from your coma. Please!!!
That's a judge that's out of touch. He should be prosecuting the record industry. But this guy must be as corrupt as Blair.
This judge just started to destroy the tech sector in the UK. Many people will certainly loose interest in ISPs. Nobody wants to pay a penny to get access to the traditional (boring) internet, infested with ads, and useless information.
The IFPI wants to get some popularity by sueing poor twelve year olds.
I've got an Uzi under my pillow that would like to get acquainted this judge.
I've seen a bittorrent for the PAL version of Halo 2 Nah. I don't mind buying it, if it's good. But if I don't like it, I'm stuck with the crap for the rest of my bloody life.
Like when I waited for Quake Arena. I've always been a big fan of id. I played Doom for days, made lots of great levels and tools myself. Same goes for Quake, that had an improved 3d environment.
After I had bought Quake 3 however I was soooooo dissappointed about the gameplay. The graphics were of course out of this world.
And what about the RIAA and MPAA?... Nuke em both!
That's what I thought when I read the name of the article: Wow, their gonna NUKE the MPAA, RIAA, IFPI, and others bastards.
But I guess it's how you define property theft. I guess the artists have the full right to get robbed, and ****ed. I guess the consumers have the full right to get robbed, and ****ed.
I can't help but wonder, is this consistent with iFast's user privacy policy? I can't tell, I don't speak Dutch... I haven't checked for these but... There used to be a few ISPs that had questionable statements in their agreements like "information can be given to third parties". I can't remember the fine details but it was a bit of an issue. This happened about four years ago.
I hope MS gets it. Having to pay for a crappy OS is no fun at all.
they'll go right back to viciously fucking competitors, customers and business partners alike. One thing I don't understand is, if the music industry is fucking the consumers the same way MS is: why isn't the music industry analyzed under an antitrust microscope too?
I would say this is typical for the dutch. They sell everybody they can to save themselves, without any serious research, and certainly without thinking of the consequences.
They have no idea of freedom of speech, privacy. Mainly because holland has no culture of professionals. About 40% leaves school at the age of 16 to 18, those that choose to study, choose for very low levels, and meaningless degrees.
The people that choose for something higher, choose for economy and other vague and contradictive educations combined with economy, like hyped studies with an IT factor that's reduced to utter insignificance and a mockery.
In many other countries youngsters pursue a professional life, not in holland. In holland they all want to be 'manager'.
Without a professional attitude things get political, like in backstabbing political. They find every excuse to get rid non-dutch people, even when the non-dutch have a much better grasp of any work at hand.
I am really overwhelmed by the modesty of the people reading/. It really is too perverse.
It's like the oscars, where the incrowd hands each other prizes:
actor 1: OK, you'll have the prize this, but... actor 2: you'll be the hero next year.
Oh. Sorry. I forgot: - last year I was actually operated by
a sysad. - I think the transistor, the fundament of the
thingy you admire so much, was invented by a
sysad. - napster was the invention of a sysad too. - the road you drive on yourself everyday to your
work, was put together by a sysad. - I can go on with this for weeks (May I am a
sysad too) - and last but not least, both my parents were
sysads too.
Half the planet is starving, think about that at least for a minute.
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The Fox News Channel (FNC) is available overseas in select countries: Italy, Australia, Japan, etc.
Man. I'd love to see Bill O'Reilly announcing Kerry's victory.
I think they just want to cover their rear-ends. If something did happen, they would be in deep trouble if it was known that they knew of a threat previously (kind of like what happened with Sep. 11 incident).
Maybe the intelligence agencies did not prevent the 9/11 attacks cause the attackers did not post anything on some weblog.
Whether the current legal system is broken
Yes.
You seem to be starting to make sense.
Car stereo's - erm, don't follow you there at all, I'm afraid.
If you did, you'd have another point of view.
Can you point me to your complaints 5 decades ago, when the industry changed?
I think I wasn't in the preconception phase for about 25 years. But I wouldn't have shut my mouth.
You???
I bought vinyl and tapes in the 70s and 80s, I bought CDs in the 90s. I've not heard much worth buying in the naughties.
Ain't worth buying, ain't worth downloading. If it's worth downloading, it's worth paying the legal price for. If I don't like that legal price, I can happily live without it (the quality is pretty low at the moment anyway).
You are actually saying:
"I dont't know what freedom is,
I guess I don't need freedom now.
I guess nobody needs it in the future".
Do you work for free?
I actually have. I try to let go the keyboard and monitor and meet, help the people in my city. You should try too.
what do you do? Oh, you download CDs. Well done.
No. I fight for my freedom, and hell,
I even fight for your freedom and that of your kids and those that don't know such a thing exist (and should exist).
trying to read the topic for the eleventh time,
but i get stuck at girl number 52.
Yummie!
a member of the axis of evil.
As opposed to the greedy people who want more music for free
I think you forget one small, little, tiny detail:
RECORD COMPANIES ARE RICH!!!
BECAUSE RECORD COMPANIES HAVE BEEN MISLEADING CONSUMERS FOR DECADES
And... Filesharing is not making them poorer, either.
"Downloading music is generally illegal"
You stupid fucking moron.
Let me explain things in the lines of your stupid car analogy.
Just suppose Sony, JVC and all tech companies teamed up and took the same attitude as the record companies: an extremely lazy and repugnantly greedy attitude.
YOU CAR STEREO WOULD COST 4000 POUNDS INSTEAD OF THE 200 ITS COSTS NOW!!!!
Would you then feel like you're being robbed and fucked?
NO. I think you would still be saying "DEEPER, DEEPER!!"
"Music has traditionally been pretty much free, until about 50 years ago"
And you still don't complain when it gets expensive, if I read your statements above.
"There's no moral high-ground in taking something without consent."
What about the freedom to listen to my LEGALLY obtained music where I, yes I, want and not where the music industry instructs me too??????????
"Personally, I don't have much spare cash to buy CDs these days"
I wonder why? It must be those damn tech companies. With their high prizes and their lack of competition.
there's not much worth having
How can you know? You said yourself you don't have enough money to...
Let me tell you... There is.
I want to see the industry pick up
What do you think this judge just did with this decision you cheerfully agree with? Do you think ISPs will get more attention from the public? Don't you think he as damned the tech industry?
This fucker is certainly not on your side. He's on the side of the wealthy industrialists
Where the fuck have you been, like, the last five years? In your mothers womb?
Try to be a little less contradictive the next time you wake up from your coma. Please!!!
Didn't you know???
Babies and grandmas have all high speed internet access.
They make the worst filesharers too.
Thank god there's you.
Defender of the poor little
GREEDY, INSANELY WEALTHY MOTHERFUCKERS.
That's a judge that's out of touch. He should be prosecuting the record industry. But this guy must be as corrupt as Blair.
This judge just started to destroy the tech sector in the UK. Many people will certainly loose interest in ISPs. Nobody wants to pay a penny to get access to the traditional (boring) internet, infested with ads, and useless information.
The IFPI wants to get some popularity by sueing poor twelve year olds.
I've got an Uzi under my pillow that would like to get acquainted this judge.
So, this election may be postponed on account of rain?
The article is only meant to prepare everybody for the fuck ups that are going to take place during the election!!!!!
Stealing the elections is just another way to interpret the concept of democracy. For more information: Florida.
The US Government faces stiff competition from Israel, Britain, Russia and France.
Yeah, but the worst atrocities that carry the USA signature are blatantly left unseen and are invisible for the normal mortals.
From where does Israel get its support? Hmmm, dunno.
I've seen a bittorrent for the PAL version of Halo 2
Nah.
I don't mind buying it, if it's good.
But if I don't like it, I'm stuck with the crap for the rest of my bloody life.
Like when I waited for Quake Arena. I've always been a big fan of id. I played Doom for days, made lots of great levels and tools myself. Same goes for Quake, that had an improved 3d environment.
After I had bought Quake 3 however I was soooooo dissappointed about the gameplay. The graphics were of course out of this world.
And what about the RIAA and MPAA? ...
Nuke em both!
That's what I thought when I read the name of the article: Wow, their gonna NUKE the MPAA, RIAA, IFPI, and others bastards.
But I guess it's how you define property theft.
I guess the artists have the full right to get robbed, and ****ed.
I guess the consumers have the full right to get robbed, and ****ed.
Smells like Karl Rove to me.
I bet you wouldn't be angry if it was you making the money
I hope you're not calling me a greedy, facist, corporate bastard sob that sues consumers that are being fucked all the way cause of fixed prices.
I am one of those consumers. I hope you are one of them too. Even more, I hope you realize you are one of those consumers too.
... the RIAA companies are making MORE money per year since swapping became an issue.
And that when other industries are making losses, cause of shitty economy.
The repugnant greedy RIAA/MPAA/etc bastards really make me angry.
I can't help but wonder, is this consistent with iFast's user privacy policy? I can't tell, I don't speak Dutch...
I haven't checked for these but...
There used to be a few ISPs that had questionable statements in their agreements like "information can be given to third parties".
I can't remember the fine details but it was a bit of an issue. This happened about four years ago.
I hope MS gets it. Having to pay for a crappy OS is no fun at all.
they'll go right back to viciously fucking competitors, customers and business partners alike.
One thing I don't understand is, if the music industry is fucking the consumers the same way MS is:
why isn't the music industry analyzed under an antitrust microscope too?
I would say this is typical for the dutch.
They sell everybody they can to save themselves, without any serious research, and certainly without thinking of the consequences.
They have no idea of freedom of speech, privacy. Mainly because holland has no culture of professionals. About 40% leaves school at the age of 16 to 18, those that choose to study, choose for very low levels, and meaningless degrees.
The people that choose for something higher, choose for economy and other vague and contradictive educations combined with economy, like hyped studies with an IT factor that's reduced to utter insignificance and a mockery.
In many other countries youngsters pursue a professional life, not in holland. In holland they all want to be 'manager'.
Without a professional attitude things get political, like in backstabbing political. They find every excuse to get rid non-dutch people, even when the non-dutch have a much better grasp of any work at hand.
I am really overwhelmed by the modesty of the people reading /. It really is too perverse.
It's like the oscars, where the incrowd hands
each other prizes:
actor 1: OK, you'll have the prize this, but...
actor 2: you'll be the hero next year.
Oh. Sorry. I forgot:
- last year I was actually operated by
a sysad.
- I think the transistor, the fundament of the
thingy you admire so much, was invented by a
sysad.
- napster was the invention of a sysad too.
- the road you drive on yourself everyday to your
work, was put together by a sysad.
- I can go on with this for weeks (May I am a
sysad too)
- and last but not least, both my parents were
sysads too.
Half the planet is starving, think about that
at least for a minute.