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- inactive, on 02/08/2008, -1/+151I don't pirate music but screening people's computers, c'mon get real. They can screen my balls.
- Rozenrot, on 02/08/2008, -4/+121Oh sorry, I don't need any of that. I RUN LINUX *cool backflip onto motorbike, wheelie, and speeds away*
- ampm2, on 02/08/2008, -7/+119RIAA is screwing all...!!!! There will be a day when RIAA will ask your toilet the information of what are you *****....
- michaelphw, on 02/08/2008, -6/+117Good thing I don't use Anti Virus software, it's all a lie!
- Grimdotdotdot, on 02/08/2008, -4/+92***** the RIAA.
- inactive, on 02/08/2008, -18/+98I don't use any antivirus. i use Linux, you dumb *****!!
Go find a real job! - HiCaP, on 02/08/2008, -2/+72The RIAA can Byte My Weenie.
- inactive, on 02/08/2008, -1/+65The A/V companys that go along with this will go out of business. Thankfully.
- CraigReed, on 02/08/2008, -0/+42Maybe we could convince Bush to win back approval by bombing the RIAA.
- ajb2015, on 02/08/2008, -1/+42Thanks for your book-length history lesson, but I was here for all of that too, as I'm sure much of digg was too.
- Netrilix, on 02/08/2008, -2/+40Why? Stay behind a router that closes your unneeded ports, don't visit sketchy websites, and don't download song.mp3.exe. I usually go months without anti-virus, and then install it one day just to be sure. To this day, I've only ever had one virus hit me. It was sent by a trusted co-worker, the virus scan I had installed didn't catch it, and he was fired the same day for sending it to half the company.
- wigren, on 02/08/2008, -7/+44Read: "I'm glad I blindly trust Apple, the largest DRM distributer."
- AndrewDB, on 02/08/2008, -0/+36The moment this happens is the moment I sue the RIAA for invading my personal privacy and property.
- SniperZero, on 02/08/2008, -2/+36Anonymous should go after riaa/mpaa after its dealt with scientology
- matx, on 02/08/2008, -0/+33lets hope Norton AV adopt this then!
- SniperZero, on 02/08/2008, -5/+35Maybe all windows users will migrate to linux then. Are they trying to push out windows?
- bonjourmr, on 04/25/2008, -0/+27The RIAA are a joke.
- ajb2015, on 02/08/2008, -2/+25Okay, does anyone have a link to the original video? This is obviously heavily edited, making me somewhat suspicious about context.
- dattaway, on 02/08/2008, -2/+22The RIAA ignores us that run Linux. Maybe if we complain...
- inactive, on 02/08/2008, -0/+20Dear Wacer, just to make it clear... the term 'dumb *****' was referred only to the members (never word was more appropriate) of the goddamn RIAA.
It was certainly not reffered to anyone using different OS's than linux.
I am all against OS wars. Use what you're most comfortable with. - freethrowtommy, on 02/08/2008, -0/+19So wait a second... you don't use Anti-Virus software, but you are sure you never had a virus?
You do know that not all viruses are out to destroy your system and without software, you wouldn't even KNOW you have one.
Like LOLCat would say, hidin in ur sistem, steelin ur pazzwords... - kravex, on 02/08/2008, -1/+19Never gonna happen.
- dattaway, on 02/08/2008, -3/+20They've been saying that for the last ten years I've run Linux.
- grumpyrain, on 02/08/2008, -3/+20and leave UAC on (or don't log in as admin under XP) and install Noscript. Avoiding viruses is really not hard.
- BlackOp, on 02/08/2008, -3/+19I like linux, but lots of windows users use no antivirus without any problems. Just don't do stupid ***** like opening *****.jpg.exe in your email.
- matx, on 02/08/2008, -1/+16"There are companies offering music for free with DRM or with ads, there are less and less excuses to pirate music anyway."
Shame that the pirated music is usually a lot better quality and works better on all devices than the paid/drm'd music you get. - LoganSerman, on 02/08/2008, -3/+18What is anti-virus software?
- Wacer, on 02/08/2008, -0/+14Apparently they don't think that people know anything about ethereal or other forensic wire capturing software. They would be caught the day they released garbage like this. Some of the measures they are trying, goes to show that they don't really understand how deep digital technology goes.
- chrispix, on 02/08/2008, -1/+15Damn IT! What if I just clicked on *****.jpg.exe??? HELP!!!!
- crash331, on 02/08/2008, -6/+20AVG FTW!
- xfile087, on 02/08/2008, -6/+19Well they did say 2008 would be the year of the Linux desktop...
- grumpyrain, on 02/08/2008, -4/+17Well how come I can't install Leopard in another VMWare session on my x86 box (and ffs please don't point out hackintosh, you might as well point out playfair as a reason itunes has no DRM). I call a hardware dongle a form of DRM, although it is less invasive than WGA.
Furthermore, you should do your own research about some cosy relationships between Jobs and Disney
http://corporate.disney.go.com/corporate/bios/stev ...
and between Disney and the MPAA.
http://www.mpaa.org/AboutUsMembers.asp - zxof, on 02/08/2008, -0/+12so.. i guess it's time we stop paying for antivirus software?
- sonar_un, on 02/08/2008, -4/+16I've been using Windows without anti virus software since it's inception. Good browsing habits and intelligence wins vs viruses any day of the week. There is no telling how much I download... everything. Never had a virus once. So the RIAA can do whatever it wants with virus software, I don't care. There is just no reason to use it.
- stretch611, on 02/08/2008, -0/+12It will never happen... unless we offer more money than the RIAA's lobbyists.
- AndrewDB, on 02/08/2008, -0/+12Oh I know they're delusional, I'm just stating a fact that if they probe my hard drive without my consent, they're getting sued for the reasons I just listed above.
- DagMX, on 02/08/2008, -0/+11No, read that:
1)It would be harder to implement this on a mac since fewer users even bother with an antivirus
2)No company would realistically do this unless forced snce it would be product suicide - theotheragentm, on 02/08/2008, -0/+10Have you heard music lately? It sounds like *****.
- Edan25, on 02/08/2008, -0/+10Just give up already! This world is changing, and it will never be as you want it to be.
RIAA, you can't stop the online piracy. GET OVER IT. - barroni, on 02/08/2008, -0/+9RIAA, Go and get ***** !
- Myztry, on 02/08/2008, -1/+10They could conceivably bribe the US Government to implement such a thing but it's only a weakness for American companies like Microsoft.
Besides the fact I'm not even the US, the OS I use (Ubuntu) is Incorporated in the Isle Of Man, sheltered from the corruption of the wannabe police state.
Though it's a small and sovereign nation, the British are bound by long standing Agreement to defend it from aggressors. - MackPrime, on 02/08/2008, -0/+9yeah, he could gain back a few extra approval points pretty quickly.
- Draje, on 02/08/2008, -0/+9Not gonna happen unless they pay anti-virus companies a lot of money. Oh wait, that would defeat the purpose.....
- Sendai129, on 02/08/2008, -1/+9So few people actually get sued compared to the massive amount of people pirating! Not sure the source but I read somewhere you're more likely to win the lottery then to be sued over downloading.
The main problem I see with buying music (apart from that it costs money and I get great pleasure out of getting free swag) is that the pirated stuff is almost ALWAYS better quality. No DRM means I can do what I want with the media. Cracked software means no annoying CD swapping. Pirated movies means I'm not forced to waste minutes of my life watching stupid adds or warnings, most of which are about not downloading or copying... this is AFTER you just paid money for it!!
When companies go so far as to punish the very people buying their product it's no wonder people steal it instead. They need to start offering us something that the pirating community can't if they want us to start paying for their service, it's really that simple. I don't know what it is that they can do... but I do know that not many people are going to willingly pay for an inferior product when they can get the better version for free. - grumpyrain, on 02/08/2008, -0/+8Two wins
- simg, on 02/08/2008, -0/+8dugg for the polite, well reasoned argument ....
- Kyburo, on 02/08/2008, -0/+8Sigh, I'm sure this wont happen, but I am interested to see what they will try in next weeks episode.
- Slovenian6474, on 02/08/2008, -1/+9I think i've come the realization that the RIAA isn't going to wake up one day and say "Wow! All those people were right! Let's change our business plan and stop treating our customers like criminals." Since the RIAA isn't going to change, I've decided I'm going to change my view. I'm not against the RIAA's actions anymore, I want they to turn so evil that they end up cannibalizing themselves. I say sue as many people as you can! Add filtering to the internet and force customers to filter their own internet. Make DRM that you can only play the song for 2 minutes before having to dish out your credit card to hear the rest of the song. What is this 8% going to the artist? Apple can even top that by going 4%! I say the RIAA should cut it down to 1% or 2%! Hell, why stop there? Don't even give the artist any money. Since the RIAA isn't going to get a sudden revelation about what the hell they're doing, I'm rooting for their actions to get much worse so that even the government(s) decide they've had enough and deports the whole RIAA to some place on the southern tip of Antarctica where they would be free to charge penguins the $1.5 million per song download.
- GOVATENT, on 02/08/2008, -2/+9I use Linux
- Wacer, on 02/08/2008, -0/+7They will most likely catch grandmas and grandpas letting their grandchildren use their computer. In the end they will punish the users with little understanding of the underlying technology. In the end, it will never work as it will cause an outrage.
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