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| Thread ID: 96945 | 2009-01-29 21:35:00 | Have ISPs already started blocking illegal downloaders? | AMD3ALL3THE3WAY3 (116) | PC World Chat |
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| 743104 | 2009-01-30 11:06:00 | Sam2727 The thing I don't get is that the episodes are broadcast free on tv and about a month later they are broadcast here yet it is still considered illegal to watch something that you can watch for free anyway. Well on TV you pay for the show when you watch the ads, therefore fairly indirectly you pay the people that made and own the content. But on a torrent we.....er...um I mean you dont take an action that results in revenue flowing to the owner/creators. Also just the very fact that they own something gives them rights. As Homer Simpson says "If you dont watch the ads, its like your stealing TV"!! |
RusEvo (3572) | ||
| 743105 | 2009-01-30 11:52:00 | I personally pay 99% no attention to TV ads. So frankly they're not profiting anything from me when they shove those ads in my face. | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 743106 | 2009-01-30 19:48:00 | I personally pay 99% no attention to TV ads. So frankly they're not profiting anything from me when they shove those ads in my face. Lots of people don't, in fact its a good time to "have a break" make a cuppa, etc. BUT the whole point is the ads are still there, doesn't matter if you watch them or not. If you have sky etc, and you want to watch one of their movies you pay for it - hence no ads. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 743107 | 2009-01-30 20:24:00 | Although the internet was meant to be open, it was only ever going to be a matter of time before restrictions were put in place . If history teaches us anything in a "democracy" laws are put in place by those that have the power . Usually to suit their own financial greed . Until the population in general get sick of putting up with too much **** they will moan and put up with it . The current “ Have a fine for everything “ policy that in now in place in New Zealand and growing every month . is a classic example . It real easy to stop “Just make the organizations take you to court and prove their case . This would result in: A: The people issuing the tickets spending their time in court (and not issuing fines) . B: A clogged up court system that would not work . But what will happen is that everyone will moan on and do nothing . You can expect more and more restrictions to be placed on the internet as business takes control and want to protect their profits . |
woc (13210) | ||
| 743108 | 2009-01-30 20:33:00 | The current “ Have a fine for everything “ policy that in now in place in New Zealand and growing every month . is a classic example . Maybe a little exagerated? |
the_bogan (9949) | ||
| 743109 | 2009-01-30 21:39:00 | One article I was just reading in the latest AUST PCUSER mag - is an Aust ISP being sued for not doing anything about stopping possible file sharing. One of many articles (apcmag.com) ( short one) - will be interesting to see what the out come finally is. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 743110 | 2009-01-30 22:19:00 | Lots of people don't, in fact its a good time to "have a break" make a cuppa, etc. BUT the whole point is the ads are still there, doesn't matter if you watch them or not. If you have sky etc, and you want to watch one of their movies you pay for it - hence no ads. That's an awful lot of cups of tea and personally, my bladder can't take it. Maybe that's why the frequency of ads increases near the end of a movie because you are busting to go having tanked yourself up on tea and coffee during the early ad breaks. As for Sky, well one of the reasons I don't get Sky is because they hound you with adverts despite the fact you pay for a subscription. Rupert Murdoch can stick Sky up his ****. |
johnnyfrango (14148) | ||
| 743111 | 2009-01-31 02:29:00 | God, someone shoot these politicians!!!:mad: Then we'd be just as bad as the Americans :P My original worry was that loads of little kids (like myself) would go around the streets with there laptops downloading on unsecured(and secured for that matter) WiFi . I think a lot of unsuspecting non-techies might be getting some nasty surprises . Kinda makes you wanna go back to 10/100 . And whats gonna happen to all the large internet plans . . . If people aren't downloading torrents WTF are you suppose to do with 50 gigs a month???:confused: |
AMD3ALL3THE3WAY3 (116) | ||
| 743112 | 2009-01-31 02:33:00 | Then we'd be just as bad as the Americans :P My original worry was that loads of little kids (like myself) would go around the streets with there laptops downloading on unsecured(and secured for that matter) WiFi . I think a lot of unsuspecting non-techies might be getting some nasty surprises . Kinda makes you wanna go back to 10/100 . And whats gonna happen to all the large internet plans . . . If people aren't downloading torrents WTF are you suppose to do with 50 gigs a month???:confused: There are legitimate downloads which could use up the data (although obviously not as common as torrents/P2P) - for example, MSDN/Technet subscribers could be downloading large ISOs off Microsoft's servers, people trialling different Linux distributions, trialware and so on . |
somebody (208) | ||
| 743113 | 2009-01-31 03:55:00 | www.tdr.org.nz, perhaps? Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
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