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S.D.
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|  Subject: Copyright crackdown, part 532... Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:46 pm | |
| The major ISP's have struck a deal with the RIAA and the MPAA to "educate" people who continually access illegal content via their computers.
It's always funny to watch people try to put the horses back in the barn a decade after they bolted loose...
full article:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/07/10/BUPS1K7R66.DTL&tsp=1
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Fat Freddy
Lord of all PBR's
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Age: 42
Registration date: 2007-02-21
| | Subject: Re: Copyright crackdown, part 532... Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:53 pm | |
| Stock up on all the midget donkey porn you can find while you still have the chance, fellas. Big Brother is watchin'!!!
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manny
mini boss
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Age: 42
Registration date: 2008-08-05
| | Subject: Re: Copyright crackdown, part 532... Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:47 pm | |
| | Shawn D. wrote: | The major ISP's have struck a deal with the RIAA and the MPAA to "educate" people who continually access illegal content via their computers.
It's always funny to watch people try to put the horses back in the barn a decade after they bolted loose...
full article:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/07/10/BUPS1K7R66.DTL&tsp=1
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Cue Pat Benatar's 'Its a little too little/Its a little too late' |
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S.D.
Administrator
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Age: 41
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| | Subject: Re: Copyright crackdown, part 532... Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:33 pm | |
| an even more appropriate song would be Zeppelin's "Ten Years Gone".
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GrandNational
Metal is in my blood
Number of posts: 3385
Age: 32
Registration date: 2007-01-30
| | Subject: Re: Copyright crackdown, part 532... Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:35 am | |
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Metal Misfit
Metal is in my blood
Number of posts: 3098
Age: 30
Registration date: 2007-01-24
| | Subject: Re: Copyright crackdown, part 532... Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:21 am | |
| MPAA has a case but WHAT money is RIAA chasing these days?  |
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exact33
The King
Number of posts: 15607
Age: 38
Registration date: 2007-02-10
| | Subject: Re: Copyright crackdown, part 532... Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:10 pm | |
| not to rehash all the downloading discussions - I do agree with Shawn its a too late but I do think they have a right to protect their copyright... _________________  |
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mlotek
Metal master
Number of posts: 658
Age: 43
Registration date: 2010-01-01
| | Subject: Re: Copyright crackdown, part 532... Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:24 am | |
| Grab all you can while you can, and (if not sooner, than later at least) support the ones you like and play a lot.  |
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Lari
Metal master
Number of posts: 905
Age: 32
Registration date: 2009-03-03
| | Subject: Re: Copyright crackdown, part 532... Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:36 am | |
| Meh, I don't care.
Seems to me, the only people who would complain about something like this are those who aren't paying for their music/movies. "Bah God! Are you actually telling me NOT to break copyrights! How DARE you?!" |
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exact33
The King
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Age: 38
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holydiver97595
The Prophet of Dio
Number of posts: 1341
Age: 28
Registration date: 2009-03-30
| | Subject: Re: Copyright crackdown, part 532... Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:41 am | |
| This doesn't really surprise me, but I also believe it will be just as ineffective. Does this have any effect on the countless proxy servers set up for illegal downloading? No? Well there ya have it: it's treating a symptom, while the source is let to live on. |
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