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- TheMachine1, on 06/22/2008, -1/+143Jury selection:
Prosecutor: "Have you heard of file sharing?"
Me: "No".
On Jury:
Me: "I'm prepared to wait till hell freezes over for a not guilty verdict". - alapoet, on 06/21/2008, -11/+142This is a poorly written law. How did legislation this flawed get passed? It's absurd!
- inactive, on 06/21/2008, -2/+98time for old industry to fade out... but not before a nasty (and dirty) fight
- Olfster, on 06/22/2008, -2/+96That is the way our governement works in the 21st century. If you are not yet a criminal they will make you one. Gun control is the same way. You think criminals register their guns? MOre gun control does not decrease the criminals mind about obtaining one illegaly. I just don't get the reasoning of laws enacted that make the honest non criminal citizen a criminal.
- sarchosis, on 06/22/2008, -2/+96This *****'s getting old. I'm getting sick of reading about new and 'innovative' ways of limiting my freedoms.
- Temlakos, on 06/21/2008, -0/+84Very likely some venal MP turned the task over to an industry lobbyist, from whatever is your equivalent of the MPAA, AMPTP, RIAA, or whatever. And they got, frankly, greedy--trying to insist that you, the consumer, buy a studio copy, and if the studio hasn't yet transferred it to home-video media, you're out of luck. Here on our side of the border, the SCOTUS long ago ruled that recording a motion picture or television program off the air or off the cable signal for your own use was entirely fair. (The recording industry prayed for the absurd relief of the impounding and destruction of all home videocassette recorders that had been sold at the time!)
- liah, on 06/22/2008, -2/+77So I guess all these people calling us file-sharers criminals have never given away clothing or food at a charity drive, or let their friend have one of their old CDs, or given their cousin a gift they received for their birthday that they didn't really like (I know, I know, regifting is wrong), or had a yard sale and sold a bunch of your old albums and movies (that's even worse! reselling without express written permission?! onoez!), or recorded that disney movie for your daughter, son, cousin, niece, nephew, whatever, so they could watch it before bed.
It's sharing. Are you seriously going to sit there and tell me that I'm a criminal because someone else decided to put something up on the internet and I decided to download it or watch it? Why not target REAL criminals who are out stealing cars or committing murders? Give me a break. Use your head for once. - impei, on 06/22/2008, -0/+68It hasn't been passed but it was tabled with almost zero public consultation but plenty of industry (read **AA) input.
- fr3ddie, on 06/22/2008, -3/+68After reading this... I decided to let all of my Bit Torrents continue to seed... SEED!.... SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- r3bol, on 06/22/2008, -2/+63Did you guys know that if you even borrow a friends legit dvd/cd/book, you are also both stealing!?
- Tyorant, on 06/22/2008, -0/+57The picture really captures the frustration and anger many will have over this law.
- netgeek06, on 06/21/2008, -6/+59copyright law pass without judiciously.
- blacklilyninja, on 06/22/2008, -1/+45vote of non-confidence now
time for an election - davidhallstrom, on 06/21/2008, -1/+37This law would seem to go way to far. This is what happens when politicians don't pay attention to the details of a law that there staffers draft. Good luck in fighting this one. Hopefully cooler heads will prevail.
- emkaysmith, on 06/22/2008, -0/+36This has been a problem in the U.S., too, ever since Sonny Bono (that idiot) pushed through the first changes in the copyright law that extended "protection" for, basically, forever -- and which keeps being extended with each new revision. That's not what copyright was intended to be, and it's become a sham that serves only the media conglomerates.
- Tarnum, on 06/22/2008, -1/+39It's a great law, if you are in the law enforcement!
If everyone can be declared criminal, it's the law enforcement officers that have the power to decide who to prosecute. It's the key to unlimited power to persecute one's personal/political/business opponents.
Reminds me of the '50s in the USSR. - Akraz, on 06/22/2008, -0/+31Are you telling me NONE of these government workers use the internet and have some way or another indulged in file sharing?
This bill is pretty much saying "If you are a human being living in the year 2008 and have any form of internet access, you will be fined"
You cant tell me there hasnt been one single person that has never EVER downloaded at least ONE song - Olfster, on 06/22/2008, -0/+29That is sick. I know it happens all the time, but anytime a representative turns to a lobbyist to write the laws for them is in my mind a criminal act against those that voted them into office. I realize it is the way things are done, but doing so is nothing short of defrauding those that voted them into office.
- Optimus, on 06/22/2008, -4/+29Can I COPY your car? Can I COPY your house? Can I COPY your bank account? Because that's what COPYright infringement is. It is NOT stealing.
Grow up. - fubar1367, on 06/22/2008, -0/+25For updates and letter writing visit http://www.ccer.ca/
- diablozx9, on 06/22/2008, -0/+22To many laws and overly picky laws make otherwise good people into criminals.
It creates the "dead man walking" effect where if I am going to be guilty anyway,,, why not break more laws (eg. Prohibition, some say Marijuana)
Don't start with your high and mighty "You don't have the right to steal" argument... I can tell that you must be about 14 years old. Your words have no basis in reality. - atlbraves10, on 06/22/2008, -0/+22Isn't TiVo the same thing? This is pretty dumb.
- sebby2022, on 06/22/2008, -0/+19You know this is in Canada right?
- KiraDnote, on 06/22/2008, -0/+18New laws should not turn ordinary people into criminals. They really need to rethink these issues.
- freedomwv, on 06/22/2008, -1/+19This is not about copyright it is about the control of information. If the people cannot keep a record of politicians are saying and the manner in which news is bring reported then what is considered truth can be controlled.
- t4m5t3r, on 06/22/2008, -2/+20what makes this amazing is that it actualy puts the power back into the hands of the people who they claim they are trying to stop, ORGANIZED CRIME,
in glasgow we have a place called The Barrowlands (or The Barra's if your from glasgow) it a big market, and used to be the place (and probably still is to an extent) where pretty much everybody in glasgow got their pirate tapes,dvd's,games, music,clothes, you name it you can get it at the barras, these guys where busy, i mean realy busy, these guys where easliy taking in hundreds of thousands of pounds a weekend (and anybody who was there in its day could vouch for that, may even still be like that, havent been there for years),
But downloading pretty much put a stop to that, there was no money to be made, as most people could get the same but usualy better quality of movies, music,games, online, for FREE, and this took the money out of it for these guys, now if a law like this was to pass in the UK it would put that power right back into their hands, (and will probably do the same in canada)
but again, this is not about stopping piracy, this is about making money, MORE MONEY, i for one am never gonna stop downloading. infact my 20mb connection gets put in next month (NO MORE virgin media and their throttling of my connection at peak times, YAY!!) but ***** them, if they want to make us criminals so they can extort money then im not gonna stop, they'll get none of my money, and the minute they start blocking it ISP side, will be the day the internet dies, so we need to simply ignore these corporate sponsored laws, tell them to stick it up their ass, and if that doesnt work, go buy a guitar, or whatever takes you fancy but just dont give them your money, thats what its all about, bankrupt these ***** and kill them off, thats the best solution ,although they do already have most if not all the money, so dont know how we could manage that, then they'd probably just sue us for not BUYING music anyway!lol! - zeabu, on 06/22/2008, -1/+17I've read your history, at first I thought you were some kind of troll, but oh dear, you're not even trying to get dugg down. You're just... wrong.
- Onoes, on 06/22/2008, -0/+16brb.. gotta go set fire to my basement..
- zephyr42, on 06/22/2008, -0/+15sharing is caring!
- MildApplause, on 06/22/2008, -2/+17News flash: Gas is $4 a gallon. Please tell the RIAA and MPAA goons and thugs that there are real issues in our country that need real legislative attention, and that you are currently busy doing the work for the people that you were chosen by them to do.
- marjo9, on 06/22/2008, -0/+15who determines these rights?
- hotpuck6, on 06/22/2008, -0/+14So, wouldn't this make Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba, Samsung, Philips...etc. guilty of aiding and abetting?
Anyone who makes any sort of video recording equipment would be guilty. - LilBambi, on 06/22/2008, -0/+14I hope they will listen with their minds and not their pocketbooks in Canada, unlike they did in the USA. It's amazing how quickly your country can be sold for 30 pieces of silver.
- Rudegar, on 06/22/2008, -0/+14where do i sign up for my striped outfit and the eye mask ?
- bungoman, on 06/22/2008, -0/+14AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
you're obviously new to the internet. - lazyfisherman, on 06/22/2008, -2/+15We need to boycott the entertainment industry, go outside, talk to other people, enjoy our communities.. live like people instead of isolated consumer zombies.
The entertainment mafia has gone too far and it makes me not only want to never pay for mainstream "entertainment" again but also to never want their tainted products anymore. There's an evil stench that hangs on everything they produce and I don't need their ***** and I certainly don't need to pay for it. Major label CDs + music.. big studio movies.. watered-down, boring tv shows.. with a few exceptions, I find them more and more disgusting with every law that is passed limiting my freedoms. - muniak, on 06/22/2008, -3/+16I ***** hate the conservatives, the rest of the parties need to step it up and stand up to this ***** minority government!
- orenshk, on 06/22/2008, -0/+13@Stallionism:
You have a point, stealing is wrong. However things aren't as morally clear as you paint them out to be. In the US, it's rarely the artists that come after pirates (read everyone) it's the industries. In other words, not the people who created the property, but the people who produced it, or published it, or distributed it and so on, and the people that seemingly hoard all the money while overcharging the public. Is it the public's fault that an artist gets payed less than dollar for every CD sale? or that authors get paid even less for each book that is sold?
Historically, piracy has always come up as an answer to a poor market. And the only thing that stopped it was a better supply mechanism. The difference with the internet, and P2P software, is that we are no longer simply consumers of pirated goods, but in consuming we also participate in the piracy. Medium aside though, it is still a pirate market and if the various industries want to battle it they must change their business models. Making examples of people clearly isn't working. As for the low morality of the whole situation, I submit that file sharing has been dubbed piracy by those who have a vested interest in calling it so (the industry), seeing as I don't hold these interested parties as my moral compass, I don't consider myself a thief, more than I consider them so. - omgwhataguy, on 06/22/2008, -1/+13If you go to the police station with your pirate booty and admit your sins, they will go easy on you and sentence you to only 10 years in jail for your high quality VHS pirating.
- inactive, on 06/22/2008, -0/+12People voted for Harper to "punish" the Liberals... This is what we get. ***** Neo-Cons.
- Nitrodist88, on 06/22/2008, -1/+12Do you actually believe people are going to agree with you after you call them *****?
- gemlarin, on 06/22/2008, -0/+11Welcome to the battle my brothers to the north. We got your back.
- publiclurker, on 06/22/2008, -0/+10How September 10th of you.
- holyskeleton, on 06/22/2008, -0/+10Hey don't drag the baby panda into this, he has nothing to do with it!
- inactive, on 06/22/2008, -0/+9That's a Canadian story. Idiot.
- JustinHopewell, on 06/22/2008, -0/+9Despite your ridiculously long run-on sentences (especially the last one, which runs eight lines long), I can appreciate your enthusiasm and spirit. :D
- snak3st, on 06/22/2008, -1/+10Hate to say it, but my uncle is an MP, not sure what his stance is on this bill. But I remember back in the years of the Playstation, he had it modded and just rented games then copied them onto blank CDs, and I believe he does some downloading.
If he votes for this bill, then he'll just be a hypocrite. - luchid, on 06/22/2008, -0/+9^ MAFIAA Shill. Check comment history.
- onedingo, on 06/22/2008, -0/+9My TV broke almost 3 years ago. I will not be replacing it. I couldn't tell you what a single movie is in a theater right now.
Quit buying their damn content! It is what empowers them to buy laws like these.
All the content coming out next week, you are living just fine without right now. - sh4rkb1t3, on 06/22/2008, -0/+9How about instead of this law, we just put the whole country in jail, since everyone has or will eventually share something via P2P.
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