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| Thread ID: 123654 | 2012-03-08 23:52:00 | Round Two - And So It Goes - On and On and On and On and On ----- | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 1263852 | 2012-03-08 23:52:00 | The good ol' boys at the MPAA are looking for another takedown: The copyright fight is alive and well — not that there was ever any doubt . After the high-profile shutdown of Megaupload, (remember that?) the Motion Picture Association of America is going after another file-sharing service, according to TorrentFreak . Panama-based Hotfile has been fighting Hollywood in court for a while, and this week the MPAA filed a motion for a summary judgment . The MPAA likens Hotfile to Megaupload, the “cyberlocker” site that was shut down in January, a day after the Internet-blackout protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act . Watch out for the black helicopters over your houses youse guys! The United States is reportedly seeking the extradition of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom . Hotfile is being accused of enabling infringement; and on its website, Hotfile says it complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and that it takes down content that infringes on copyright . The news about the MPAA’s latest action comes on the same week that the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), the international treaty that aims to standardize anti-piracy rules, was opened to the public . New Zealand, the Western-most extremity of California, should bear in mind that Rep . Darrell Issa, (R . -Calif . ) put the text of ACTA on his website Tuesday, inviting public comment . Youse guys are even more so on the radar now . The ACTA has inspired online and offline protests in Europe, with opponents criticizing the lack of transparency over its negotiation, and saying it could harm tech innovation and lead to censorship . In a statement from Issa’s office emailed to GMSV and many others, Issa claims “ACTA was negotiated in secret by the Bush and Obama Administrations and attempts to regulate the Internet with potentially serious consequences for consumer privacy, e-commerce and digital innovation . ” Issa also was a critic of SOPA and PIPA and has proposed alternate legislation in the House called the Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade (OPEN) Act . The OPEN Act is supported by Google, Yahoo and other tech companies that were opposed to SOPA and PIPA, and has received a somewhat warmer reception from other observers of the ongoing fight against copyright infringement . No soup for youse guys! |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1263853 | 2012-03-09 00:54:00 | Hotfile is owned by my goldfish Jerry LOL EDIT: DOH! I shouldn't have told you that! |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1263854 | 2012-03-09 01:08:00 | So Jerry's already in the "tank" eh :D | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1263855 | 2012-03-09 01:19:00 | Will kim-dotcom get a fair trail in the US or just be made an example of ?? Seems to have been found guilty already . I wonder if NZ should allow extraditions of anyone if they wont get a fair trail . |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1263856 | 2012-03-09 02:43:00 | No in a years time they will probably give all his stuff back and say goodbye, once they actually work out they don't have a case | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1263857 | 2012-03-09 02:53:00 | They quite happily threw the Pirate Bay guys in jail . I still think kim . com will get reamed . Look at the ridiculous US sentences/fines for poor sods caught downloading a few music files . Way out of proportion to crime & actual cost of music they pirated . "In Minnesota, there was a woman who was convicted of downloading music illegally and she was required to pay 2 million dollars in fines, which is just obscene . This woman has four kids and is a single parent so obviously the fine is too harsh and will probably never be paid . The United States District Court ended up overturning the cost of the fines and reduced it to 54,000 dollars because they thought the fine was too harsh . The horrible thing about that court case was she was only convicted of downloading 24 songs from the Internet illegally, which is very small compared to other people . " Will we see extraditions for those downloading MP3's & movies . Movie Producers are allready trying to get prison sentences for single movie downloads . |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1263858 | 2012-03-09 03:03:00 | Will kim-dotcom get a fair trail in the US or just be made an example of ?? Seems to have been found guilty already . I wonder if NZ should allow extraditions of anyone if they wont get a fair trail . Unfortunately NZ has signed ACTA so he will get extradited, whether they have a case or not they dont care, look how much they have disrupted the industry already. They will draw all this out for years, he will not be charged, they will give him his life back and say good bye. Meanwhile he has lost millions in revenue while his business is shot. Tough bikies I will pay the fine....at 5 dollars a week because thats all i can afford just like anybody else EDIOT: (spelling deliberately left in) "Hotfile is being accused of enabling infringement" This is the scary bit |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1263859 | 2012-03-09 05:11:00 | EDIOT: (spelling deliberately left in) "Hotfile is being accused of enabling infringement" This is the scary bit Somehow I skimmed right past that. Thought Polezei? |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1263860 | 2012-03-09 05:57:00 | Somehow I skimmed right past that. Thought Polezei? Dotcom when interviewed here said there is a law over in the US that states internet companies cannot be charged over what users load on to their websites. Google have been through the courts, Google won. Youtube has been through the courts, they won also. |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1263861 | 2012-03-09 07:21:00 | New Zealand, the Western-most extremity of California ... Um... really? We dont even qualify as a State and get a star on the yankee flag? How sucky is that. | Iantech (16386) | ||
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