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Usenet + Encryption / Private BitTorrentThey can't stop freedom |
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My thoughts exactly, when the MAFIAA (+ ISPs sometimes) sets out to build a better cat/mouse trap, a better mouse will be built. |
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88615298 (banned)
join:2004-07-28
West Tenness |
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So freedom is not paying for stuff you should? Please go to work and tell your boss you will now work for free so their customers can get free shit. Of course I am assuming you actually have a job. |
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zipjay
join:2003-03-11
South Williamson, KY
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Re: Usenet + Encryption / Private BitTorrentwhen you get right down to it... this country was made possibly by forcing black people to build it for us for free |
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jcp
join:2002-04-12
Hopewell, VA ARRIS S33
(Software) OPNsense
Ubiquiti U6-Pro
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jcp
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2010-Jan-20 6:43 pm
the civil war was over in 1865, black people have been free since to do as they please. no one forced them to lay fiber in the ground let alone build this country from what it was almost 150 years ago. so that really is kinda a moot point in this conversation |
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 Gbcue
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to 88615298
said by 88615298:So freedom is not paying for stuff you should? Please go to work and tell your boss you will now work for free so their customers can get free shit. Of course I am assuming you actually have a job. P2P != piracy. |
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I will say that people who infer that protecting their personal P2P use is the Internet equivalent of protecting Bolivia from fascism aren't really doing copyright reform any favors.
I'll also say though that people who boil down the entire P2P crowd's arguments as "we like free stuff" haven't got much of a clue of what the debate is really about either. |
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That is true but has anyone gotten a DMCA warning for legal P2P? I'm sure a few people have gotten them mistakenly, but by far the majority of warning letters have been for illegally distributing copyrighted material. |
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88615298 (banned)
join:2004-07-28
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said by Gbcue:said by 88615298:So freedom is not paying for stuff you should? Please go to work and tell your boss you will now work for free so their customers can get free shit. Of course I am assuming you actually have a job. P2P != piracy. Did I say that? No. But downloading a torrent of movie is. Yes yes no one ever pirates movies, music and TV shows. All people do on p2p is download ISOs of Linux. |
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 Metatron2008You're it
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said by Karl Bode:I will say that people who infer that protecting their personal P2P use is the Internet equivalent of protecting Bolivia from fascism aren't really doing copyright reform any favors. I'll also say though that people who boil down the entire P2P crowd's arguments as "we like free stuff" haven't got much of a clue of what the debate is really about either. I was only replying to the person above talking about freedoms. P2P is about alot more, but people who reply about freedoms in a topic of copyright infringement are talking about one specific part of P2P. |
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Gbcue
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said by 88615298:Did I say that? No. But downloading a torrent of movie is. Yes yes no one ever pirates movies, music and TV shows. All people do on p2p is download ISOs of Linux. Downloading a .torrent file is not illegal. |
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Metatron2008You're it
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said by Gbcue:said by 88615298:Did I say that? No. But downloading a torrent of movie is. Yes yes no one ever pirates movies, music and TV shows. All people do on p2p is download ISOs of Linux. Downloading a .torrent file is not illegal. If it's not supposed to be copied around, it is. |
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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They are determined to try. |
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said by 88615298:So freedom is not paying for stuff you should? Nope. It's paying for stuff and then actually having a say in how you use it. It's like trying to bring balance back between corporate and consumer interests, instead of having it tilted all the way over to their end. |
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2010-Jan-20 8:54 pm
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said by zipjay:when you get right down to it... this country was made possibly by forcing black people to build it for us for free Really. Nice history /fail. |
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 KoolMoeAw Man
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join:2001-02-14
Annapolis, MD |
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infer or imply? (in the lead story, bolded, too)
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said by Gbcue:said by 88615298:Did I say that? No. But downloading a torrent of movie is. Yes yes no one ever pirates movies, music and TV shows. All people do on p2p is download ISOs of Linux. Downloading a .torrent file is not illegal. Reading a book on how to rob a bank isn't illegal either. |
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Metatron2008You're it
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said by KrK:said by 88615298:So freedom is not paying for stuff you should? Nope. It's paying for stuff and then actually having a say in how you use it. It's like trying to bring balance back between corporate and consumer interests, instead of having it tilted all the way over to their end. I'd wager that a majority of the people who are talking about freedom, P2P and peerguardian, didn't buy anything they are talking about. |
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 Z80A
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said by fifty nine:said by Gbcue:said by 88615298:Did I say that? No. But downloading a torrent of movie is. Yes yes no one ever pirates movies, music and TV shows. All people do on p2p is download ISOs of Linux. Downloading a .torrent file is not illegal. Reading a book on how to rob a bank isn't illegal either. Yet the RIAA sues to try and close the library. |
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 FFH5
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join:2002-03-03
Tavistock NJ |
to Underplay
said by Underplay:Usenet + Encryption / Private BitTorrent They can't stop freedom Is it freedom or anarchy when laws are broken and applauded? |
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andre2
join:2005-08-24
Brookline, MA
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andre2
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2010-Jan-20 11:26 pm
said by FFH5:Is it freedom or anarchy when laws are broken and applauded? Depends on whether the laws are just or not. |
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Metatron2008You're it
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united state
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said by andre2:said by FFH5:said by Underplay:Usenet + Encryption / Private BitTorrent They can't stop freedom Is it freedom or anarchy when laws are broken and applauded? Depends on whether the laws are just or not. You mean if the laws bend in your favor to allow you to do what you want? Because pretty much every government has had laws regarding theft. |
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 Noah VailOh God please no.
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SouthAmerica
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said by FFH5:said by Underplay:Usenet + Encryption / Private BitTorrent They can't stop freedom Is it freedom or anarchy when laws are broken and applauded? Like riding in the front of a bus or eating at the wrong lunch counter if you happen to be the wrong color? Laws are necessary to maintain structure and order. It is the structure and order that should gain our devotion, not the laws that maintain it. Otherwise we perceive law as infallible, like we would a deity. Doing that is a societal illness. NV |
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Metatron2008You're it
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united state
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said by Noah Vail:said by FFH5:said by Underplay:Usenet + Encryption / Private BitTorrent They can't stop freedom Is it freedom or anarchy when laws are broken and applauded? Like riding in the front of a bus or eating at the wrong lunch counter if you happen to be the wrong color? Laws are necessary to maintain structure and order. It is the structure and order that should gain our devotion, not the laws that maintain it. Otherwise we perceive law as infallible, like we would a deity. Doing that is a societal illness. NV Except like I said above, pretty much every long standing government has had laws against things like theft, or murder, or anything where you take from somebody who owns something that you don't. You talk about societal illness, well a real societal illness is one where people perceive laws as easily broken so they can get what they want at the expense of others. |
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That's a different issue. I am actually opposed to them shutting down torrent sites. |
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Noah VailOh God please no.
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said by Metatron2008:Except like I said above, pretty much every long standing government has had laws against things like theft, or murder, or anything where you take from somebody who owns something that you don't. Is your position that no law can be ethically broken? said by Metatron2008:You talk about societal illness, well a real societal illness is one where people perceive laws as easily broken so they can get what they want at the expense of others. That statement would be worthy of a healthy society if the laws were consistently written with integrity. It is societal illness when laws are enforced and justice executed based primarily upon financial/power structures. NV |
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Metatron2008You're it
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said by Noah Vail:said by Metatron2008:Except like I said above, pretty much every long standing government has had laws against things like theft, or murder, or anything where you take from somebody who owns something that you don't. Is your position that no law can be ethically broken? said by Metatron2008:You talk about societal illness, well a real societal illness is one where people perceive laws as easily broken so they can get what they want at the expense of others. That statement would be worthy of a healthy society if the laws were consistently written with integrity. It is societal illness when laws are enforced and justice executed based primarily upon financial/power structures. NV If the argument is based around laws like child porn, thats different. People married people younger then 18 for years, and consentual sex is not rape. But something as basic as theft is something that really shouldn't be argued. Of all the laws that have changed, the very basic ones have always lived on. And there is a reason why those basic laws exist. When people start to think that they can do what they want with other people's stuff and get away with it, it becomes a societal illness. |
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Noah VailOh God please no.
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Noah Vail
Premium Member
2010-Jan-20 11:59 pm
said by Metatron2008:But something as basic as theft is something that really shouldn't be argued. Of all the laws that have changed, the very basic ones have always lived on. And there is a reason why those basic laws exist. When people start to think that they can do what they want with other people's stuff and get away with it, it becomes a societal illness. What is your feeling about laws that are composed by corporate lawyers and passed by legislators who receive lobbying dollars from the corporations who are served by those laws? Is the ethics of an issue decided for you when the law originates from a corporate law group? NV |
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