I wouldnt be suprised if at some point the government will start selling off 'de-classifed' data to the highest bidder. Such as what kind of socks you buy.. or your food habits..
the rest of the data ( like your friends, or what street corner you stopped too long at last saturday at 12am ) wont be sold off. Instead it will be used against you when your turn to be directly invesigated comes. Remember, we are all criminals to 'the system'.
Not that im a fan of microsoft, but the last time i looked i was able to run altenative IM clients or browswers. I wasnt forced to use theirs. Sure it was there taking up space, but it didnt hurt me a bit.
Now, once they start hindering 3rd party options ( again ), then we have a issue...
yea, i got hit with the same excuse years ago when my ISP wanted my static IP back.
one night my workstation locked up, but not my modem/router so i had like 12 hours of 'inactivity'. They used that as the excuse to terminate my account.
not real practical in this day and age where money controls the government.
Unless you have most of the country behind you, with people willing to die for their beliefs, and are organized and trained you dont have a chance in hell. More jails can be built to house you and your 'people'.
I sort of doubt anyone is willing to die over not being able to download a movie....
Never said it wasnt Yahoos right. I was only commenting about the people that seem to think i dont have the right to hate and tell people about it. Thats all.
The legaltiy would depend on the opinion of a judge, who will be influnced by the big bucks of the industry. Are you willing to take the chance and lose your entire income trying to fight what is 'right', even if you win?
I bet no.
And i dont agree you can have a legal search engine for prostitution ( where prostitution is not allowed that is ). We just had one guy closed up for doing just that in this area. They took his site away too. Something about 'intent'.. You know, 'intent to commit a crime?' . Just beacuse its on the net doesnt mean that factor is tossed to the wind.
Great way to re-capture that market share of people that are quite happy with older stuff and dont buy into the 'latest and greatest' fad when something older does the job just fine.
does this also restrict repair of old equipment too?
This is a great way to start pushing DRM down stream. Cant buy/sell that pesky analog equipment. Im sure the US will follow suit soon
I suppose they could call it that technically Since you have to be on the network to access the indexes, and you cant get there accidentally.
Except that ED2K also houses plenty of LEGAL files, so how can you claim its only used for illegal activities? That's like saying the corner newspaper store is really just a porn shop because it has a 'backroom'.
But then again, if you have more money then the guy you just hit, you never have to make it to an actual legal decision before they drop out.
i wonder if they will now start going through the logs and go after 'users'.
There needs to be a way to run a server, and be a user, totally anonymously. Or this game of cat and mouse will never end.
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The real money is in politics.. Little work, grand rewards in both power and funding.. And you dont even need to goto school..
I wouldnt be suprised if at some point the government will start selling off 'de-classifed' data to the highest bidder. Such as what kind of socks you buy.. or your food habits..
the rest of the data ( like your friends, or what street corner you stopped too long at last saturday at 12am ) wont be sold off. Instead it will be used against you when your turn to be directly invesigated comes. Remember, we are all criminals to 'the system'.
Not that im a fan of microsoft, but the last time i looked i was able to run altenative IM clients or browswers. I wasnt forced to use theirs. Sure it was there taking up space, but it didnt hurt me a bit.
Now, once they start hindering 3rd party options ( again ), then we have a issue...
yea, i got hit with the same excuse years ago when my ISP wanted my static IP back.
one night my workstation locked up, but not my modem/router so i had like 12 hours of 'inactivity'. They used that as the excuse to terminate my account.
Since when did i *have* to replace my LP?s or my CD's? I must have missed that memo.
The discussion was about the pages with links, not BT itsself.
We were also talking US courts, and US citizens ( at least *i* was.. ) so laws elsewhere would require a different discussion.
Could just get a brick for free..
That doesnt sound like that great of a deal when you can get a mini for 500 all day long, or just wait for a TV sale on a Dell..
not real practical in this day and age where money controls the government.
Unless you have most of the country behind you, with people willing to die for their beliefs, and are organized and trained you dont have a chance in hell. More jails can be built to house you and your 'people'.
I sort of doubt anyone is willing to die over not being able to download a movie....
Never said it wasnt Yahoos right. I was only commenting about the people that seem to think i dont have the right to hate and tell people about it. Thats all.
The legaltiy would depend on the opinion of a judge, who will be influnced by the big bucks of the industry. Are you willing to take the chance and lose your entire income trying to fight what is 'right', even if you win?
I bet no.
And i dont agree you can have a legal search engine for prostitution ( where prostitution is not allowed that is ). We just had one guy closed up for doing just that in this area. They took his site away too. Something about 'intent'.. You know, 'intent to commit a crime?' . Just beacuse its on the net doesnt mean that factor is tossed to the wind.
That is often why we see battles like this. Since both sides win. The lawyers arent stupid.
Hey, its my right to choose who i like or dislike..
Will Macintel kill apple?
Yes i agree, Steve jobs was lucky for knowing Woz.
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Umm thats easy:'feeding at the legal trough'
Funny how some companies distribute their stuff only on CDr.
This sounds like a Douglas Adams skit.
Since when do you have to pay for what you download on ED2k? your analogy doesnt work overly well.
Great way to re-capture that market share of people that are quite happy with older stuff and dont buy into the 'latest and greatest' fad when something older does the job just fine.
does this also restrict repair of old equipment too?
This is a great way to start pushing DRM down stream. Cant buy/sell that pesky analog equipment. Im sure the US will follow suit soon
Um, thats easy.. The average joe doesnt have enough money to buy the government.. Microsoft does.
I suppose they could call it that technically Since you have to be on the network to access the indexes, and you cant get there accidentally.
Except that ED2K also houses plenty of LEGAL files, so how can you claim its only used for illegal activities? That's like saying the corner newspaper store is really just a porn shop because it has a 'backroom'.
But then again, if you have more money then the guy you just hit, you never have to make it to an actual legal decision before they drop out.
i wonder if they will now start going through the logs and go after 'users'.
There needs to be a way to run a server, and be a user, totally anonymously. Or this game of cat and mouse will never end.
And kick in a few bucks each time you watch it ..
Would be more accurate. Just say no to giving others control.