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- Ninjab3ar, on 12/26/2007, -8/+239Who else read: "The International Federation of the Pornographic Industry"?
- WermerSkoch, on 12/26/2007, -3/+161Yeah. Let's not let people use cars, either, since they can be used to carry illegal stuff.
- sindex, on 12/26/2007, -3/+113Yeah, because there are NO legitimate uses for file sharing. Asshats.
- P4NNY, on 12/26/2007, -7/+115Do this guys know anything about privacy, human rights...? WTF, let's close the Internet!
- SilverBlade2k, on 12/26/2007, -0/+93better make CD-R's and DVD-R's illegal too then...
- janitorgeek, on 12/26/2007, -1/+75They just have a grudge against TPB because TPB stole their domain... :(
- oomwrtu, on 12/26/2007, -2/+58I love paying for a company to filter what kind of data I should be getting.
- cawfee, on 12/26/2007, -0/+54While you're at it, demand a ban for blank CD-Rs. And cassette tapes. Also the FTP protocol, the HTTP protocol, microphones and sound cards. Then come back a year later and complain that there's no traffic-effective method of distributing large high-demand files.
- Lithpiperpilot, on 12/26/2007, -5/+56And everyone says America is bad...
- OropheR, on 12/26/2007, -0/+48I say, let's ban the IFPI !
- InuX, on 12/26/2007, -6/+54Never! A pirates life for me :D
- Raian, on 12/26/2007, -0/+44Does the internet run on phonographs now? Because for a second there I thought IFPI's opinion actually mattered.
- ArrakisDune, on 12/26/2007, -2/+42There is going to be a lot of pissed of World of Warcraft players and Linux users if that happens....
- BinaryFragger, on 12/26/2007, -3/+36"[...] block filesharing protocols, no matter what they're being used for"
I guess these idiots think these sites are illegal too?
http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/
http://linuxtracker.org/
http://ostorr.org/ - f4nt0m4s, on 12/26/2007, -0/+32Up yours, IFPI!
- esbern1, on 12/26/2007, -2/+34and if does work, guess what? another way to share files will become popular.
these industries just need to figure out how to profit on filesharing. thats it. learn to adapt. - MacParrot, on 12/26/2007, -1/+29Not like they didn't try to
- bjs3171, on 12/26/2007, -1/+28IFPI? Well, it's a good thing Phonographs don't even exist anymore, otherwise this would bug me.
- shadeOfGrey, on 12/26/2007, -0/+27Apparently the decline of the phonograph is due to online piracy.
- iofthestorm, on 12/26/2007, -0/+25Wait wtf? They still makes phonographs?
- Chucara, on 12/26/2007, -4/+28God, when will these moronic imbeciles learn..
"Oh no! They've stopped Napster.. Whatever shall we do?" - Use emule
"Oh noes! They're busting people on emule, whatever shall we do?" - Use torrents
"Oh dread! They'll block torrents, whatever shall we do?" - Meh, usenet is faster anyway.
As I see it, you (the record industry) have two options: kill everyone on Earth, or actually start offering a better alternative to piracy. And no, offering downloads with DRM at the same cost as a regular album (meaning that you save on distribution) doesn't work.
You know what normal businesses do when they have problems selling their stuff? They adapt.. They don't try to force the consumers to buy they products. Thankfully, I doubt this will ever pass anywhere else than France. - fant0m, on 12/26/2007, -1/+25Damn. That's the reason I even clicked it the title!
At any rate, I'm really tired of stupid organizations with acronyms no one's even heard of telling me what I can and can't, should and shouldn't, am allowed or not allowed to do.
Stay outta my life! - Innova69, on 12/26/2007, -1/+25That's ok, it will just hasten newer protocols and standards for the next generation of P2P.
- inactive, on 12/26/2007, -1/+24Let's ban sand instead because sand is used to make the cement which is used to build the factories which are used to build the tools of piracy.
- PleaseJustDie, on 12/26/2007, -1/+22Driving is a privilege, the internet is a service. We are paying for access to that service and we have a right to use what we paid for how we want to use it.
- oldhick, on 12/26/2007, -1/+22Where is it defined as a privilege? Is phone service a privilege? Is buying bread a privilege? When did products and services become privileges?
- coleki, on 12/26/2007, -3/+23and the mail. we should block all mail, because they might be sending illegal stuff.
- maulie, on 12/26/2007, -0/+17Oh, I don't know. Look what "shutting down" Napster did for the p2p community..
I say bring it on! Maybe then they'll figure out a way to beam the movies directly into my brain! - toxicshok, on 12/26/2007, -1/+18Yeah Europe's got problems of its own.
- aiten, on 12/26/2007, -2/+19I work in the office the IFPI used to work in. They now work across the road from us in Regent Street. If any of their measures to block piracy makes it even slightly more difficult for me to obtain my 100% legal Linux ISOs, I will walk over there and knock one of them the ***** OUT.
- EXTER, on 12/26/2007, -5/+22***** THE IFPI!!!!
- Travelsonic, on 12/26/2007, -0/+17So there is more illegitimate use than legit use... what excuse is that to hamper legitimate users?
- Chucara, on 12/26/2007, -0/+16Of course they are! Anything that's free can't be legal. *sigh*
- skyshock1, on 12/26/2007, -1/+17Yeah, we should definitely put an end to FTP, SMTP (email), and SSH as well. Can't have computers communicating with each other. While we're at it, let's cut out everyone's tongues and voiceboxes so that they can't sing any songs to each other either. And sever everyone's brainstems so that they can't remember how to sing the song. Got to protect all that copywritten matereial you know!
- matx, on 12/26/2007, -2/+18Why should ISP's block bittorrent or the the piratebay. Their customers are paying for the bandwidth they use. By blocking bittorrent, customers will either find a way of getting pirated music/video or just use a lower costing broadband account.
So, the isp's are just gonna shoot themselves in the foot by getting less money out of their customers. Also, they would have to do this at the same time, all of them. As soon as one isp blocks bittorrent completely, their customers will eventually just move onto another isp. - NikoKun, on 12/26/2007, -3/+19But it's our right to have access to the whole internet, and to use protocols for file transfer, for whatever reason we want... There are plenty of non-piracy uses for file transfer, and blocking them would seriously screw up tons of legitimate businesses.
- themoosejuice, on 12/26/2007, -1/+16BAN ALL HUMANS AND ALL THEIR BAD HABITS.
- retral, on 12/26/2007, -6/+21***** this - One country goes and the rest follow suit, likely..
- FoxDiller, on 12/26/2007, -2/+17Here I was thinking "The International Federation of the Pornographic Industry" had way too nice of a logo to be taken that seriously!
- imbob, on 12/26/2007, -2/+16this will probaly make ISP charge more... duo to new changes they will have to make to FIGHT PIRATES.......
- darkzealot89, on 12/26/2007, -3/+17Thought it was just me for a second...
- gernblansted, on 12/26/2007, -1/+15Correct.. All attempts to make P2P go away eventually will just make it stronger, more encrypted and/or easier to use without getting caught.
- Pake, on 12/26/2007, -8/+22That's Europe for you. One giant circle jerk.
- ELCad, on 12/26/2007, -0/+13It doesn't?
- inactive, on 12/26/2007, -1/+14OMG Whatever shall I do without Pirate Bay access!?!?!?!?!?
Resort to a proxy site I suppose ...just like www.unblocktorrentspy.com - crazykid596, on 12/26/2007, -1/+13the major labels know that they are dieing and they are clinging on for life. its just a matter of time, any action they take will only bring them one step closer
- MacParrot, on 12/26/2007, -2/+13I don't think it's so much about file sharing as just another knee-jerk reaction to what they percieve as lost revenue. What they don't understand is that the draconian measures they take scare people away from legitimately buying their digital goods. Most people don't know what is legal or illegal, they just read about lawsuits for thousands of dollars against grandmothers or hair dressers.
EMI and Universal are finally seeing that DRM is counter-productive to selling their stuff online and are allowing Amazon and iTunes to sell it without it. The rest of the industry needs to focus on eliminating the high cost of what is essentially an unlimited market with zero production costs. Get rid of the DRM. THATS what's holding the market back. - silverweed, on 12/26/2007, -2/+13What happened when napster was shutdown? KaZaa.
What happened when KaZaa became sketchy? BT.
What happened when oink was shut down? New trackers. - Coded1, on 12/26/2007, -2/+13When I pay you to paint my house I have a right to expect you to paint my house. What your saying is if I pay you to paint my house I should be grateful you did the job? Wow buddy your pretty dumb.
- RedHerringHack, on 12/26/2007, -6/+17Europe is almost lost to the extremist invasion. Wake up! It's creeping on you like cancer.
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