Every move up the progressive OS cycle leaves programs behind that don't work. I sometimes spend hours on google trying to find workarounds to get old games working. You won't believe what you have to do to get System Shock 2 working on XP.
Wow, people don't support the breaking of privacy laws therefore they support the censorship of blogs? Thats a pretty giant leap of logic.
If they wanted to be able to say that Americans support Blog Censorship, perhaps they should have asked "Do you support the review by a government panel of opinion and discussion material prior to it being released on the internet ?"
Now that would get you an honest opinion. And would send people running for their aluminium foil rolls so they can start making their hats.
They would be more concerned with the Macross licensing being in Japan, rather than the Americanized Macross otherwise known as the Robotech First Generation Saga. That means look out for Big West.
And if you read the article, you would know that it was done by the Music Industry Piracy Investigations Unit, which are not related the "fighting" Aussie TV networks.
The Aussie TV networks are not fighting Bittorrent. They probably didn't even consider the impact until it started rearing its head in the news that people could do this. Perhaps you could point out where they are attacking TV Bittorrent? Like the MPAA and RIAA, they aren't going to attack the problem until it becomes too big to ignore.
TV in Australia sucks. I only watch it for the news nowadays. I also can't be bothered so rearrange my schedule to sit in front of a TV for one of my favorite shows anymore. I also can't stand waiting for next weeks show of a popular series when I know its already out there. And you get a lot of cred with your peers for seeing the show before it airs. When people say to me "Hey Battlestar Galactica is coming on to TV", I can say "Watched it AND the subsequent TV series a few months ago."
Channel 7, 9 and 10 can bite me. Channel BT ownz j00.
Thats the last thing I want. Work all day slaving for your boss and then you come home for a break, to relax and then your computer shocks you. This must be the real circle of life, constant pain.
Better make sure Immersion doesn't have a patent on this one Sony.
Forget PSP. Release your '500 movies' to PC owners.
If I could spend $20 to buy say Revenge of the Sith when it gets released, download an encrypted DVD image via an internal Bittorrent service controlled by the studio (to save it bandwidth costs), use a program developed by the studio to burn the encrypted DVD image (saving it packaging, distribution and middleman costs) and watch it at home, why not? Is that a bad thing?
The funny thing about that site is that on the "sightings" page at the bottom, it says "THESE IMAGES ARE NOT FAKES OR MANIPULATED IN ANY WAY! THEY ARE REAL!!!!"
Does anyone else look at that statement and instantly think, "Hmm, capitalised letters and lots of exclamation marks. Thats internet-ese for 'What I am saying is crap.'"
There was a slight mention of copyright controls but the furore over the famers and the raising of our pharmaceutical prices were pretty bad.
Apparently the FTA was our "reward" for helping out in Iraq. I'm still trying to work out if there is a good part in this FTA that actually benefits us.
True, but I believe it has more to do with the fact that the US considers itself to be the center of the universe.
Stuff like this makes the phrase "Team America - World Police" seem less funny and more worrying.
Hey, I bet the US wasn't the only place he committed these offences. He probably uploaded and infringed on software products all over the world.
Why should the US have sole custody of the guy? Why not visit Japan and England as well on a government sponsored world tour? If he is lucky, there may be a few Eastern Bloc countries as well.
It makes sense though. You can't collect a tax off the media to compensate you for piracy losses and then attempt to collect it off copyright infringers as well. Thats what they call double dipping.
You can't have it both ways music industry.
In most people's minds, and the judges it seems, if you collect a media tax you are already being compensated for piracy losses so you have acknowledged that piracy is occuring but your losses from thoese actions have already been reimbursed.
I knew that the media tax would come back to haunt you one day.
Correct. Might be worth your while to read the original article first. The customers were running it, not the ISP. ISPs in Australia don't run illegal content sites.
The MIPI decided that because a DirectConnect server, known as Archie's server, could only be accessed if you were a customer of the ISP, that the ISP was liable.
What they didn't know (or chose to ignore) was that the ISP had download limits but the limits didn't apply if you were transferring data between members of the same ISP. They were just trying to leech more data between themselves.
So what you end up with is the MIPI hurling out press releases about their vapid accusations and trumpeting their misguided cause, attempting to spread fear and chaos amongst ISPs and their users by suggesting that the ISP was running some sort of piracy ring. They just wanted their day in the news. But anyone with knowledge of what was going on can see how clueless the MIPI really are. I wonder if People Telecom are going to sue for defamation?
MIPI General Manager Michael Speck said, "We have identified Swiftel as an ISP which has adopted BitTorrent technology to link infringers to music clips and sound recordings. We believe hundreds of thousands of downloads have been conducted in the last year in breach of copyright laws."
Oh no, an ISP that allows users to run Bittorrent on its service!?! Kill it quickly Michael!</sarcasm>
Plan for big corporations to circumnavigate court decisions-
1. Pay lots of money to politicians.
2. Create a new bill that overrides the court ruling.
3. Get the politicians to introduce it and make it law.
4. Judges now have to obey the new law when the same set of circumstances arises, overriding the old ruling.
5. Profit!
I think they should have put it up so that you could download it, with commercials, and then sell it to fans. That would make it a good candidate for the commercial viability of selling downloadable TV shows over the internet and show them the untapped potential of the market. They did it with music and its going well with that market. Now is a good time to start selling TV shows direct to the world so that we don't have to sit in front of the TV at a particular time of the week in order to catch the show. Or program your DVD-Recordable.
I'd certainly buy it to make up for my....earlier indiscretion.
I wonder if the author wrote the original article with his tin foil hat on or without? At least he can't be accused of being a journalist, they actually research their stories before writing them. This one is loaded with potholes.
The name of the lawyer is Charles S. Baker http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-pirac y11feb1 1,1,1373904.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
The post further up detailed where it was mentioned in court.
If it was a hoax, why is he using his name to register all these domains? Why did he run so many torrents and have so many features on the site? Why would the MPAA, an organisation already denigrated by many net residents, blatantly lie in its press release?
It was already found within an hour of the site becoming an MPAA ad that everything was still being hosted on lokitorrent servers. Is this evidence of wrong doing, or MPAA cost cutting? Besides, with all the PeerGuardian users around, they would have MPAA IP blocks and would not have seen the ad if it was hosted on MPAA servers.
Point 6 is pretty dumb. Apparently the site is hoax because they didn't announce the name of the webmaster they were suing....um, duh, isn't Ed Webber the webmaster? And isn't the MPAA going after tracker sites at the moment to shut them down?
I'd say he was running a website, saw he was going to get into trouble and decided to find ways to profit.
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Every move up the progressive OS cycle leaves programs behind that don't work. I sometimes spend hours on google trying to find workarounds to get old games working. You won't believe what you have to do to get System Shock 2 working on XP.
The US just can't replicate british humor. Its impossible. This show was doomed from the start.
Wow, people don't support the breaking of privacy laws therefore they support the censorship of blogs? Thats a pretty giant leap of logic.
If they wanted to be able to say that Americans support Blog Censorship, perhaps they should have asked "Do you support the review by a government panel of opinion and discussion material prior to it being released on the internet ?"
Now that would get you an honest opinion. And would send people running for their aluminium foil rolls so they can start making their hats.
The recording industry has a lot more skeletons in the closet than an ISP could ever hope to have.
Why should we be taking lessons in conduct, behaving like a good citizen and abiding by the law from these hypocrites?
* Suing customers,
* Writing legislation to justify greater copyright protections to increase their power.
* Paying off legislators.
* Screwing artists on contracts.
* Cartel-like behaviour.
There is a lot more where that comes from.
I hear it comes with a large speaker, which announces every 10 seconds "All your bases are belong to us."
They would be more concerned with the Macross licensing being in Japan, rather than the Americanized Macross otherwise known as the Robotech First Generation Saga. That means look out for Big West.
And if you read the article, you would know that it was done by the Music Industry Piracy Investigations Unit, which are not related the "fighting" Aussie TV networks.
The Aussie TV networks are not fighting Bittorrent. They probably didn't even consider the impact until it started rearing its head in the news that people could do this. Perhaps you could point out where they are attacking TV Bittorrent? Like the MPAA and RIAA, they aren't going to attack the problem until it becomes too big to ignore.
TV in Australia sucks. I only watch it for the news nowadays. I also can't be bothered so rearrange my schedule to sit in front of a TV for one of my favorite shows anymore. I also can't stand waiting for next weeks show of a popular series when I know its already out there. And you get a lot of cred with your peers for seeing the show before it airs. When people say to me "Hey Battlestar Galactica is coming on to TV", I can say "Watched it AND the subsequent TV series a few months ago."
Channel 7, 9 and 10 can bite me. Channel BT ownz j00.
Thats the last thing I want. Work all day slaving for your boss and then you come home for a break, to relax and then your computer shocks you. This must be the real circle of life, constant pain.
Better make sure Immersion doesn't have a patent on this one Sony.
Forget PSP. Release your '500 movies' to PC owners.
If I could spend $20 to buy say Revenge of the Sith when it gets released, download an encrypted DVD image via an internal Bittorrent service controlled by the studio (to save it bandwidth costs), use a program developed by the studio to burn the encrypted DVD image (saving it packaging, distribution and middleman costs) and watch it at home, why not? Is that a bad thing?
Every other doctor did at least 3 years on TV, this guy can't make 1? Make sure the next Doctor is locked in please BBC.
How many other people clicked on this article and wondered "Where's the torrents?"
The funny thing about that site is that on the "sightings" page at the bottom, it says "THESE IMAGES ARE NOT FAKES OR MANIPULATED IN ANY WAY! THEY ARE REAL!!!!"
Does anyone else look at that statement and instantly think, "Hmm, capitalised letters and lots of exclamation marks. Thats internet-ese for 'What I am saying is crap.'"
There was a slight mention of copyright controls but the furore over the famers and the raising of our pharmaceutical prices were pretty bad. Apparently the FTA was our "reward" for helping out in Iraq. I'm still trying to work out if there is a good part in this FTA that actually benefits us.
and the US doesn't pull sweden's strings ...yet.
True, but I believe it has more to do with the fact that the US considers itself to be the center of the universe. Stuff like this makes the phrase "Team America - World Police" seem less funny and more worrying.
Hey, I bet the US wasn't the only place he committed these offences. He probably uploaded and infringed on software products all over the world.
Why should the US have sole custody of the guy? Why not visit Japan and England as well on a government sponsored world tour? If he is lucky, there may be a few Eastern Bloc countries as well.
It makes sense though. You can't collect a tax off the media to compensate you for piracy losses and then attempt to collect it off copyright infringers as well. Thats what they call double dipping.
You can't have it both ways music industry.
In most people's minds, and the judges it seems, if you collect a media tax you are already being compensated for piracy losses so you have acknowledged that piracy is occuring but your losses from thoese actions have already been reimbursed.
I knew that the media tax would come back to haunt you one day.
Correct. Might be worth your while to read the original article first. The customers were running it, not the ISP. ISPs in Australia don't run illegal content sites.
The MIPI decided that because a DirectConnect server, known as Archie's server, could only be accessed if you were a customer of the ISP, that the ISP was liable.
What they didn't know (or chose to ignore) was that the ISP had download limits but the limits didn't apply if you were transferring data between members of the same ISP. They were just trying to leech more data between themselves.
So what you end up with is the MIPI hurling out press releases about their vapid accusations and trumpeting their misguided cause, attempting to spread fear and chaos amongst ISPs and their users by suggesting that the ISP was running some sort of piracy ring. They just wanted their day in the news. But anyone with knowledge of what was going on can see how clueless the MIPI really are. I wonder if People Telecom are going to sue for defamation?
MIPI General Manager Michael Speck said, "We have identified Swiftel as an ISP which has adopted BitTorrent technology to link infringers to music clips and sound recordings. We believe hundreds of thousands of downloads have been conducted in the last year in breach of copyright laws."
Oh no, an ISP that allows users to run Bittorrent on its service!?! Kill it quickly Michael!</sarcasm>
These days, copyright should be read copy-no rights.
Plan for big corporations to circumnavigate court decisions- 1. Pay lots of money to politicians. 2. Create a new bill that overrides the court ruling. 3. Get the politicians to introduce it and make it law. 4. Judges now have to obey the new law when the same set of circumstances arises, overriding the old ruling. 5. Profit!
I think they should have put it up so that you could download it, with commercials, and then sell it to fans. That would make it a good candidate for the commercial viability of selling downloadable TV shows over the internet and show them the untapped potential of the market. They did it with music and its going well with that market. Now is a good time to start selling TV shows direct to the world so that we don't have to sit in front of the TV at a particular time of the week in order to catch the show. Or program your DVD-Recordable. I'd certainly buy it to make up for my....earlier indiscretion.
I wonder if the author wrote the original article with his tin foil hat on or without? At least he can't be accused of being a journalist, they actually research their stories before writing them. This one is loaded with potholes.
c y11feb1 1,1,1373904.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
The name of the lawyer is Charles S. Baker
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-pira
The post further up detailed where it was mentioned in court.
If it was a hoax, why is he using his name to register all these domains? Why did he run so many torrents and have so many features on the site? Why would the MPAA, an organisation already denigrated by many net residents, blatantly lie in its press release?
It was already found within an hour of the site becoming an MPAA ad that everything was still being hosted on lokitorrent servers. Is this evidence of wrong doing, or MPAA cost cutting? Besides, with all the PeerGuardian users around, they would have MPAA IP blocks and would not have seen the ad if it was hosted on MPAA servers.
Point 6 is pretty dumb. Apparently the site is hoax because they didn't announce the name of the webmaster they were suing....um, duh, isn't Ed Webber the webmaster? And isn't the MPAA going after tracker sites at the moment to shut them down?
I'd say he was running a website, saw he was going to get into trouble and decided to find ways to profit.
After the last legal defense fund disappeared to who knows where *cough*lokitorrent*cough*, I'm loath to contribute to anything like it.