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- floridiot2, on 08/19/2008, -0/+52A. ***** you.
B. "hogging the bandwidth" Wait.. is it somehow unfair for someone to use a service for which they paid for? Would I be hogging the road by driving my car on it everyday? - synystar, on 08/18/2008, -0/+40When will they learn that their methods will always do little more than delay the inevitable? Smart people will always find a way to defeat these tactics and in good time their techniques will trickle down to the masses.
- blankmedia, on 08/19/2008, -1/+29I don't even think it is about the money anymore. I think they just want the power to control what people do.
- silverzone, on 08/19/2008, -1/+25***** you. If I pay for internet service, I should be able to use it how I ***** please. Monitoring traffic could only slow bandwidth.
- leerayIG88, on 08/19/2008, -0/+18Well...if they spy on me...they will see tons of hardcore porn. 100X worse than 2girls1cup.
- alecks, on 08/19/2008, -4/+21Yeah, you know what else is working abroad? Universal health care and the metric system.
- Enfenestrate, on 08/19/2008, -0/+16I don't even like the idea of spying on people for national security reasons (yes, yes, I suppose that means I'm with the terrists) never mind spying on people just to make sure that they aren't infringing on anyone's copyright.
- Pake, on 08/19/2008, -0/+16Someone needs to stand outside these ***** houses and open all their mail as it arrives. When they ask why you're doing it, tell them you are just making sure they aren't acquiring stolen material or communicating with terrorist. While the person is at it, they should search the garbage, monitor the yard, wiretap the phones, and look through their windows to make sure nothing illegal is happening inside the house either.
- hexydes, on 08/19/2008, -0/+15Boy, I wish that MY representatives in MY government looked out for MY rights as much as they do a conglomeration of corporations.
- webyatri, on 08/19/2008, -0/+15coldplay - viva la da vida - fastest seeling music album - millions of copies sold and downloaded and paid for.
Batman the dark knight - broke many records for opening night ticket sales and many box office records all over the world.
Why doesn't the industry just stick to making good music and movies. People do buy good products. - Typhoon2009, on 08/19/2008, -1/+15The RIAA and MPAA are like Stalin and Hitler and Pol Pot combined into the final boss of the internet.
To slay them, we must cut off their heads. - flmumb, on 08/19/2008, -0/+13***** the RIAA[.] [T]he[y']re a bunch of fags[.] [I']m going to keep pirating until the day I die.
- f4nt0m4s, on 08/19/2008, -0/+13Say I sign a contract with Comcast for a 2mbit down/.5mbit up connection. Unless the contract says I have a bandwidth cap I am legally entitled to use as much bandwidth as I want. Furthermore, Comcast is legally entitled to provide me 2mbit down/.5mbit up 24/7. If they don't have the capacity to support all the connections than they shouldn't sign shady contracts.
I guarantee you the FCC will come down on Comcast with the hard dick of freedom if Comcast continues to throttle connections and set bandwidth caps. Customers won't pay for that *****. - dcasp82, on 08/19/2008, -1/+13If any other business incurred major changes or losses due to industry and technology changes poeple wouldn't bat an eye because the ever fluxuating world of business is a rough and harsh world. People with businesses often lose and/or gain money due to technology changes, but the world moves on and they go with the flow...
Enter rich lazy actors and musicians that suddenly have to perform again rather than sit on their asses and watch royalty checks roll in. All of a sudden it's "we have to change the internet and its evil ways!" and "your infringing on my rights!"
What about my rights, bitch?!
Think about it; Hundreds of years ago actors, musicians and the sort all had to perform to make money. Times changed and tech. changes brought about a new wave of entertainment. Records, tapes, cd's etc. Suddenly actors and musicians (the lucky ones anyway) get to release a huge production and for the next X amount of years they can be rich, lazy, and overly picky about their jobs.
Again, a new tech. change comes into play that reverts them back to having to actually work for money and they're all crying about it!!!
Cry me a ***** river... I'll pirate film and music until the day i die and be damned proud of it!
By the way I'm a musician. - OmegaWolf, on 08/19/2008, -0/+11They really have their hands in our supposed representatives' pockets. Those people are supposed to represent the will of the common citizens, not the big industries!
- Calinthalus, on 08/19/2008, -0/+11Anyone else notice that this article is about statements from somebody from the "International Federation of the Phonographic Industry"? That says it all doesn't it...the Phonographic industry. I haven't purchased a phonograph since Kiss Alive II in the '70s. Hell, even my WWII vet grandfather listens to CDs.
- Br3ach, on 08/19/2008, -1/+11Ill put this as gracefully as I can-
RIAA can take their Marxist monitoring ***** and shove it. - snotrokit, on 08/19/2008, -0/+10ask Comcast and Time Warner how that went.
- jkoski, on 08/19/2008, -0/+9Perhaps he was to busy pirating to get a primary school education. I do, however, appreciate his sentiment.
- yaryarhumphump, on 08/19/2008, -0/+9I wonder what they would say if consumers started demanding access to RIAA's computers... suddenly privacy would mean something to them...
- linuxzap, on 08/19/2008, -0/+9***** THE RIAA!
- IphtashuFitz, on 08/19/2008, -0/+8If they succeed in this then every protocol will just get wrapped in SSL...
- cesig, on 08/19/2008, -0/+8It's also a really *vague* excuse. Which they can apply to anyone doing stuff they don't like.
- Ratteler, on 08/19/2008, -0/+8It's time to put the heads of a few Dan Glickmans and Carrey Shemans on ***** pikes. FOR REAL....
When they start dying for infringing on privacy, their successor will think twice.
As far as they are concerned YOU and I are natural resources. We exist solely to PAY THEM!!!! Just like King George though about this nation 200 years ago.
We need a revolution against these "kings", and just like 200 years ago, it means using force, and violence against them. They have no problem using the "force" of law against us, even though they technically have no more right to influence it than we do.
And let some one try to tell them they won't pay after they win a court case against them. They will ensure payment with ... what? Violence. Sheriffs will remove you from your home, and seize your property.
BURY THESE SCUMBAGS NOW!!!! We outnumber them, and they are NOT untouchable. - FuzzyDustBall, on 08/19/2008, -0/+8So am I hogging bandwidth when I pay for my music? I mean whats the difference if you have a rapsody/zune account and you download 100s of songs a day or do it illegally when it comes to bandwidth? Oh right the ilegall method has a better setup as to distribute the bandwidth so as not to cause as many bottle necks.
Bandwidth Hog is a lame excuse. - fredrockbluff, on 08/19/2008, -0/+7I can see the general consensus here is, "***** you."
- MarkusDee, on 08/19/2008, -1/+8It's always about the money.
- defektiv, on 08/19/2008, -0/+7These people are complete tools. Should they succeed, what do they expect? Happily ever after profits and people that just openly accept it? No, we'll just create another system for sharing information. And then what? They'll be left with an incredible system that they obsoleted through their own ignorance that no one uses in favor of a new one that's not regulated and monitored.
How do these people make so much money out of this sheer ignorance again? - TheJimid, on 08/19/2008, -2/+8Mel Gibson in "The Patriot" Act
- coyote1284, on 08/19/2008, -0/+6@f4nt0m4s
Did you seriously use "FCC" and "freedom" in the same sentance? Of course, that's exactly what they *should* be handling, instead of being the "prime-time decency brigade". - synystar, on 08/19/2008, -1/+7Using that analogy: they claim it's like an "Oversized Load" hogging two lanes.
I haven't seen any evidence that some customers online habits directly affect other customers. I think it all evens out. I'd like to see that proof if it exists... I'm not saying it doesn't. But with higher bandwidths just on the horizon they'll have no excuse. - phoenixshard, on 08/19/2008, -0/+6If you're a musician, then you realize that by far, the largest loser in the record industry is the musician. They get their albums out, but they make next to nothing off of them, they make their money when they tour. Its not the musicians that are to blame for the RIAA, its the record companies and their suits that are to blame. Sure you have some groups like Metallica that preach about it, but the majority of musicians are silent on the matter.
- inactive, on 08/19/2008, -0/+6Unlimited != Unlimited
/ohwaititdoes - f4nt0m4s, on 08/19/2008, -0/+6Where have you been?
The FCC just pounded Comcast to the ground for throttling people's network traffic. The FCC basically just gave Comcast a big "***** you!" and protected the basic freedoms of Bit Torrent users. - TheKorn2, on 08/19/2008, -1/+7Know what's even more fun? Bittorrent with encryption!
"What are they sending?"
'I have NO IDEA, but there certainly is a lot of it' - inactive, on 08/19/2008, -0/+5This is just a bs excuse to take away our rights
- hexydes, on 08/19/2008, -0/+5Too much of a gamble, they'd rather force people to be happy with mediocrity.
- cesig, on 08/19/2008, -0/+5They change the rules and laws to benefit them and no one else. That's how they make money.
- robdiggity, on 08/19/2008, -1/+6Agreed.
And on a completely unrelated note, you know what's fun? SSH tunnels. SSH tunnels are fun. - cesig, on 08/19/2008, -0/+4Just donate more than they do. You'll get your rep's ear.
Wait...you DON'T have thousands of dollars just sitting around...? - phoomp, on 08/19/2008, -0/+4The power to control what people do ...
... so they can charge people unreasonable amounts of money when people do it. - DeFex, on 08/19/2008, -0/+4which exact countries are the ones where this is "working"
- hexydes, on 08/19/2008, -0/+4Do you think it was ever about the money?
- coyote1284, on 08/19/2008, -0/+4@f4nt0m4s
Easy, killer. I applaud FCC for doing their *real* job, but I can't equate them with "freedom" when they are also responsible for fining networks for "indecency" and have the idea that one vocal complaint equals 1000 non-vocal offended, self-justifying censorship of broadcast television. - NinjaBoy, on 08/19/2008, -0/+4Its about people discovering music that they didn't pay to force at you. Why do you think radio stations play certain songs x number of times a day? They have play lists...given to them BY the recording industry. They dont want people going out and discovering bands on their own.
- inactive, on 08/19/2008, -0/+4Does it involve eels and the ass?
- astrotrain, on 08/19/2008, -0/+3So now we'll have the RIAA/MPAA now looking at our files download/uploading. Whats next, them suing people when music is played in the background from an unknown source during a family movie that Aunt Bertha emailed to you and they intercepted.
RIAA/MPAA bullying has to be stopped, just simply stop supporting them. Stop buying the RIAA backed CDs... stop paying the big bucks to go see a new movie. You got to hit them where it hurts and that's in their wallet. - Samohtneas, on 08/19/2008, -0/+3Dugg dugg dugg
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