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| Thread ID: 97878 | 2009-03-02 22:50:00 | The end for The Pirate Bay (maybe?) | blanco (11336) | PC World Chat |
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| 752862 | 2009-03-03 19:42:00 | The PB site was back to normal operation today. One of the defendants has stated that he repaired the site from within the Stockholm courtroom! The case is now over but judgement will not be passed until mid April. The whole saga reminds me of the O.J Simpson trial. Wish they had streamed it from the courtroom. The outcome of this case could have a huge effect on the future of file sharing and copyright issues. By the way, is there anybody out there who thinks O.J. was innocent? or is this a dumb question? |
blanco (11336) | ||
| 752863 | 2009-03-04 08:47:00 | The PB site was back to normal operation today. One of the defendants has stated that he repaired the site from within the Stockholm courtroom! Whoa! Now THAT is funny! Probably logged in via the judges unsecured wireless facilities next door to the court... or through the prosecution lawyers laptop that was connected via mobile phone. I'd like to remind people that there is a levy added to all blank CDs based on the assumption that (unknown figure) percent of purchasers are using those CDs to hold pirated music. Your CD purchase dollars have been going to the recording industry regardless of what you have used your media for. It's a case of guilt even BEFORE aquisition! It's like all of NZ being taxed to use the new tunnel north of Auckland, even if your car is stuck on Stewart Island... simply because your car 'could' use the new toll road. In fact, it's like being taxed for toll roads in other countries as well! It's dirty play by a fat industry that has been grossly abusing its muscle. While I seldom use torrents, I hope TPB wins, or at least its administrators are not crushed by costs. In one form or another, file sharing is going to continue for as long as internet use is seemingly anonymous. The recording industries just need to adjust their sights, and sell their media online, at a fair and reasonable cost, instead of at the price the dopeyest or wealthiest are prepared to pay. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 752864 | 2009-03-04 09:24:00 | I'd like to remind people that there is a levy added to all blank CDs based on the assumption that (unknown figure) percent of purchasers are using those CDs to hold pirated music. Your CD purchase dollars have been going to the recording industry regardless of what you have used your media for. It's a case of guilt even BEFORE aquisition Would you mind giving us a source for that? I'm pretty sure that we don't have such a levy here, although is has been contemplated. They do have a levy like this in Canada, among a few other places. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 752865 | 2009-03-04 19:25:00 | Would you mind giving us a source for that? I'm pretty sure that we don't have such a levy here, although is has been contemplated. They do have a levy like this in Canada, among a few other places. AFAIK, the levy only applies to those blanks that say they are for burning music onto. Not general blank discs. Lots of music shops have them for sale and they are stupidly expensive compared to your average spindle of discs. No idea if the quality is any different. That said, I can't find anything on Wikipedia regarding it, so the audio blanks are just stupidly expensive :) |
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