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 Posted: Sun, 2nd May 2010 00:21 Post subject: It's Begun: War On Usenet |
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd May 2010 00:29 Post subject: |
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It's so sad how the whole "War on piracy" is based on lack of knowledge.
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TSR69
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Location: Republic of the Seven United Provinces
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd May 2010 00:33 Post subject: |
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brein is Dutch for brain btw
this is indeed a fascist like organisation
if you dared to visit their website (in the past and perhaps even now) they automatically log your IP
Formerly known as iconized
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arw
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Location: Barry - Wales - (UK)
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd May 2010 02:18 Post subject: |
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There will always be a way for the pirate to get what he wants...Can they make it harder for him? Yes... Will they make it impossible for him? No
Last edited by arw on Sun, 2nd May 2010 06:47; edited 1 time in total
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd May 2010 05:31 Post subject: |
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| iconized wrote: | brein is Dutch for brain btw
this is indeed a fascist like organisation
if you dared to visit their website (in the past and perhaps even now) they automatically log your IP |
Ha ha more like Brein Lyme disease.
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SycoShaman
VIP Master Jedi
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Location: Toronto, Canada
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd May 2010 05:38 Post subject: |
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Nothing will happen.....Brien only cares or can care about Dutch interests.
In Canada, its not illegal to download anything from anywhere as long as you don't profit from it.
The SCoC (Supreme Court) ruled that say downloading a cd is the same as getting off a friend and making a copy.
It when ppl start selling shit that things get ugly. This whole debate is over in NA for the most part (Canada).
Anyone have any idea why these fuckin Brien guys are so anal?
And don't they realize that a lot of ppl who 'pirate' whatever end up buying the media in question. I do it with videogames and movies I'm not sure of. If I don't like it and got it for free, why would I buy it?
Not to mention warez makes a good backup for legal content....cuz I don't know how to crack copy protections thus not allowing me to back up a videogames
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Sin317
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd May 2010 09:18 Post subject: |
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here downloading anything is legal (same as above, aslong its for private, non-commercial) use. You can share physical discs (including hd's, flash drives) with friends (movies, music, games). Its illegal to upload copright material tho to strangers ^^.
Luckily i dont upload anything ever.
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd May 2010 12:39 Post subject: |
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Hey thenormal, kind of off topic but, were you the one who casted negative vote to every release til Area 51 got released? Back in when we could vote releases and write comments. Also there was some f1 or schumacher or formula guy can't recall his name.
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Rofl_Mao
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Location: Nederland
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd May 2010 13:27 Post subject: |
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| dezztroy wrote: | | It's so sad how the whole "War on piracy" is based on lack of knowledge. |
I don't think so. Usenet has become a massive warez depot. I think closing it down does make sense. I sure as hell wouldn't like it, but it makes sense to me.
| Lopin18 wrote: | I think you played too much Fallout 3, Pedo Perk acquired.  |
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd May 2010 15:26 Post subject: |
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Then why don't we close down Google? It can be used for the exact same purpose.
It's a flawed logic, by the ones using it never want to admit that.
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Lutzifer
Modzilla
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd May 2010 15:29 Post subject: |
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they are not targetting usenet-search-engines but rather the newsgroup providers, i.e. the server infrastructure. So your google comparison does not make much sense...
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SycoShaman
VIP Master Jedi
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Location: Toronto, Canada
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd May 2010 16:47 Post subject: |
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| Sin317 wrote: | here downloading anything is legal (same as above, aslong its for private, non-commercial) use. You can share physical discs (including hd's, flash drives) with friends (movies, music, games). Its illegal to upload copright material tho to strangers ^^.
Luckily i dont upload anything ever. |
Exactly. You can't upload shit or anything like that or make any kind of profit from any form of media. |
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Rofl_Mao
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Location: Nederland
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd May 2010 20:51 Post subject: |
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| Sin317 wrote: | here downloading anything is legal (same as above, aslong its for private, non-commercial) use. You can share physical discs (including hd's, flash drives) with friends (movies, music, games). Its illegal to upload copright material tho to strangers ^^.
Luckily i dont upload anything ever. |
The ban on uploading clearly isn't working. So I'm not surprised a popular warez medium like Usenet is now being targeted. And if they do take it down, I thinks it's going to be a massive blow to the pirating masses. Tough luck for the few dudes that are using Usenet for other purposes than leeching warez.
I like downloading warez myself (heck I download everything and never buy anything), yet I still think it's perfectly clear that downloading copyrighted material is simply illegal.
| Lopin18 wrote: | | I think you played too much Fallout 3, Pedo Perk acquired. |
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Epsilon
Dr. Strangelove
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd May 2010 01:39 Post subject: |
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I got two of these
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This is your one-time Notice of Copyright Infringement.
The Copyright Agent for a copyright holder has notified Giganews that you, or someone using your account, has posted unauthorized copies of copyrighted material. Please stop immediately.
When signing up for the Giganews service you agreed to our Terms of Service. Please review our Terms of service at the following URL:
http://www.giganews.com/legal/tos_personal.html
Posting copyrighted material to Giganews servers without permission of the copyright holder subjects your account to the following actions: immediate cancellation, a ban from posting, and forfeiture of any pre-paid money remaining on your account.
Upon the receipt of a second Notice of Copyright Infringement, Giganews will immediately act to either cancel your account or ban your posting privileges.
This is your last and only warning. Please stop posting copyrighted materials to the Giganews servers or your account will either be cancelled or banned from posting without further notice.
To re-authorize posting visit the following URL:
https://secure.giganews.com/controlpanel/dmca_affirmation.html
Then agree to the Giganews Terms of Service and affirm that you will not post any further unauthorized copies of copyrighted material. Should you fail to make this affirmation within 3 days from the date of this e-mail, your posting privileges will continue to be suspended. Giganews reserves the right to cancel your account without further notice.
Sincerely,
Giganews DMCA Team
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First time it was Bethesda Lawyers complaining and the second time it was Bioware/EA lawyers. It's funny how the DMCA can apply to people who aren't even in the USA.
Then I changed my usenet provider to astraweb, haven't had a problem since.
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adastar
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