  Doctor Four My other vehicle is a TARDIS Premium join:2000-09-05 Dallas, TX
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The MPAA may have won the battle against TorrentSpy, but they are losing the war. There are dozens of other torrent sites to take their place, and indeed some new ones have started up in the past few weeks.
So all the anti-p2p trolls, corporate shills and MAFIAA apologists on the Net can crow and trumpet all they want, claiming that another major "piracy" site has been taken down. In reality, it was just one site, indexing torrents available elsewhere. And in many p2p users' opinions not a very good one, doing things like foisting pr0n ads upon site visitors. -- "The trouble with computers, of course, is that they are very sophisticated idiots." - Doctor Who (from Robot)
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 quatrix Premium join:2005-02-11 Davie, FL
| said by Doctor Four :The MPAA may have won the battle against TorrentSpy, but they are losing the war. There are dozens of other torrent sites to take their place, and indeed some new ones have started up in the past few weeks. The war against what? Crime and the protection of intellectual property rights? Why do you try to make it sound like you're the good guy? |
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  INT0CABLE BANNED Premium join:2007-10-22 Bronx, NY | we are the good guys |
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  Hawkmtnman
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| reply to quatrix said by quatrix :said by Doctor Four : The war against what? Crime and the protection of intellectual property rights? Why do you try to make it sound like you're the good guy? ummm....cuz he is ... |
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  PhiloVance
join:2001-11-20 Bakersfield, CA | reply to Doctor Four FWIW, pirate bay is what I use, but they also force pr0n ads on you, but then hey, what's the internet for, if not pr0n. |
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  way2evil Premium join:2007-09-14 Great River, NY
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| reply to quatrix You are right in saying copyright infringment commiters are not the good guys, but the mpaa is worse. They are trying to "own" the Internet and everything that goes on in its vast amounts of data. Whether or not you support illegal downloads you should support net nutrality to the fullest. How would you like to use an Internet where few corporations run it? Its like gas. A few big guys run the show, gouge the prices, and the end user suffers. |
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  GOLFnSUN Enjoy the sun Premium join:2002-03-03 Avalon, NJ | reply to INT0CABLE said by INT0CABLE :we are the good guys NO - you're not. |
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  INT0CABLE BANNED Premium join:2007-10-22 Bronx, NY | you are mistaken on what is good and what is bad it seems |
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 Kearnstd Elf Wizard Premium join:2002-01-22 Mullica Hill, NJ
| reply to Doctor Four the MPAA/RIAA are much much much worse then the pirates. they are anti competitive and anti consumer on all levels and they get away with it in ways that make the phone company drool. -- [65 Arcanist]Filan(High Elf) Zone: Broadband Reports |
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  james
join:2001-02-26 antarctica | reply to INT0CABLE Good = whatever we do. Bad = whatever anyone else does. |
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  Doctor Four My other vehicle is a TARDIS Premium join:2000-09-05 Dallas, TX
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| reply to INT0CABLE said by INT0CABLE :we are the good guys You know, I said absolutely nothing about good vs. bad in my post. But Quatrix (whom I have on ignore, BTW), is putting words in my mouth, assuming I said that. Seems all he did was post a knee-jerk reaction to my comments.
But the MPAA, IFPI, RIAA and all the rest are indeed losing the war. Piracy/infringement/filesharing/bootlegging cannot be stopped.
It is like the wars on drugs, poverty and terror. Yes there may be a few high profile victories here and there, but it will never be completely eradicated. -- "The trouble with computers, of course, is that they are very sophisticated idiots." - Doctor Who (from Robot)
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 Kearnstd Elf Wizard Premium join:2002-01-22 Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to Doctor Four the difference is the war on drugs atleast targets something that is causing harm. ive never heard of driveby shootings related to downloading the latest pixar flick -- [65 Arcanist]Filan(High Elf) Zone: Broadband Reports |
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  Dogfather Premium join:2007-12-26 Laguna Hills, CA | reply to INT0CABLE Wrong. |
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  EricS
@rr.com | reply to GOLFnSUN It's legal to download.
If you upload and share, you will get caught by the MPAA. |
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  Sean
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| reply to quatrix said by quatrix :said by Doctor Four :The MPAA may have won the battle against TorrentSpy, but they are losing the war. There are dozens of other torrent sites to take their place, and indeed some new ones have started up in the past few weeks. The war against what? Crime and the protection of intellectual property rights? Why do you try to make it sound like you're the good guy? The RIAA is stealing from the artists. Of all the money won from these "scare tactics" and "out of court settlements" (read: not a single court case has been won), the artists have seen NOTHING.
It's funny that the RIAA talks about the protection of the artists intellectual property, and yet, of a CD sale, something like 95% of the money goes to the label.
Big fucking scam. And you've fallen for it. |
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  Rob In Deo speramus, God Bless the USA Premium join:2001-08-25 Kendall, FL
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| said by Sean :said by quatrix :said by Doctor Four :The MPAA may have won the battle against TorrentSpy, but they are losing the war. There are dozens of other torrent sites to take their place, and indeed some new ones have started up in the past few weeks. The war against what? Crime and the protection of intellectual property rights? Why do you try to make it sound like you're the good guy? The RIAA is stealing from the artists. Of all the money won from these "scare tactics" and "out of court settlements" (read: not a single court case has been won), the artists have seen NOTHING. It's funny that the RIAA talks about the protection of the artists intellectual property, and yet, of a CD sale, something like 95% of the money goes to the label. Big fucking scam. And you've fallen for it. lol. So because you feel it's wrong, then stealing MUST be right.
Great logic there. |
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  dvd536 as Mr. Pink as they come Premium join:2001-04-27 Phoenix, AZ
| reply to PhiloVance said by PhiloVance :FWIW, pirate bay is what I use, but they also force pr0n ads on you, but then hey, what's the internet for, if not pr0n. pr0n? you'll go blind looking at that stuff! -- You can never be too rich, too thin or have too much Bandwidth |
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  Mchart Super Joe
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| reply to Rob America was founded on people stealing goods from the British empire. America truly was founded on piracy. Debate all you want - But thats just the way it is. So for a person with an American flag as their avatar to support the RIAA goes against logic. The RIAA is literally stealing money from the people who diserve it because said people created said product. Yet since the RIAA controls all venue's said people get 'taxed'. Sound familiar? It should. |
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 Kearnstd Elf Wizard Premium join:2002-01-22 Mullica Hill, NJ
| reply to Doctor Four i dont like my tax dollars being wasted on the court cases related to fighting P2P based piracy. first off as a tax payer this doesnt and wont ever gain me a single thing nore will it gain the nation a single thing. if Piracy of media where to go away totally, i can assure that prices would not go down infact they would go up because the companies wouldnt have to compete with free. -- [65 Arcanist]Filan(High Elf) Zone: Broadband Reports |
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 EPS
join:2008-02-13 Hingham, MA | reply to Kearnstd I thought drive-by shootings over the next Pixar film was the MPAA's next strategy if the suing people fails... |
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