Rubin Farr Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 no threads on this? Sounds like RIAA and MPAA have coerced ISPs in America to go along with this, for now. Sounds like they're panicking to me. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/copyright-alert-system-goes-into-effect/2013/02/26/bf2e22c0-8020-11e2-b99e-6baf4ebe42df_story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke viia Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Fucks sake. And before opening this thread, I was just reading about the International Intellectual Property Alliance's call to stop the spread of open-source software in what they have deemed 10 "high priority watch list" countries, such as Indonesia, for trying to promote the use of freely available tools. Thanks for the link, Rubin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke viia Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Lifehacker further points out that the CAS “only monitors peer-to-peer traffic from public BitTorrent trackers.” You can still get off scot-free using private BitTorrent trackers, email attachments, file lockers, or the like. Devoted freeloaders will have no problems here; if you’re a novice, the post’s author even gives you other ideas of how to get around the system. Well, that's certainly not going to stop anyone... (from http://www.technologyreview.com/view/511841/the-six-strikes-copyright-alert-system-is-toothless/) Sure seems like a lot of extra work for ISPs with barely any ability to curb piracy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 What confuses me about this is that it's not a piece of legislation but an initiative of some rights holders and ISP's? Why would an ISP cooperate with something that will just drive customers away to a provider that doesn't participate to this program. Do they just have enough faith in the broken state of the American telecommunication market? How many million dollars of creative income will be wasted on this piece of FUD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Frankie5fingers Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 so uh, nothings changed then huh. lol i wish this whole crusade against piracy would just fucking end. how blind do these people have to be to see that it still hasnt worked and most likely never will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syd syside Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 so uh, nothings changed then huh. lol i wish this whole crusade against piracy would just fucking end. how blind do these people have to be to see that it still hasnt worked and most likely never will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 What confuses me about this is that it's not a piece of legislation but an initiative of some rights holders and ISP's? Why would an ISP cooperate with something that will just drive customers away to a provider that doesn't participate to this program. some people in certain areas don't have other choices apart from those big ISP's currently cooperating with this. also, this is more about deterring the amount of people pirating rather than stopping it as a whole. currently, anyone with an internet connection can download copyright protected media. this is about changing that attitude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fiznuthian Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Fucks sake. And before opening this thread, I was just reading about the International Intellectual Property Alliance's call to stop the spread of open-source software in what they have deemed 10 "high priority watch list" countries, such as Indonesia, for trying to promote the use of freely available tools. Thanks for the link, Rubin. WHAT THE FUCK This can not be real? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murve33 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 how blind do these people have to be to see that it still hasnt worked and most likely never will. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Drugs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmanyo Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 lol @ open source link it's like they're not even trying to hide the fact that they're totally evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke viia Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Fucks sake. And before opening this thread, I was just reading about the International Intellectual Property Alliance's call to stop the spread of open-source software in what they have deemed 10 "high priority watch list" countries, such as Indonesia, for trying to promote the use of freely available tools. Thanks for the link, Rubin. WHAT THE FUCK This can not be real? It is, unfortunately, as real as shit gets. They send their reports to the United States Trade Commission every year. I have a feeling the commission buys it hook line and sinker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmanyo Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 I want this to turn into some sort of apocalyptic story where there's an evil totalitarian government and all open source programming is banned and all people violating this are killed, and there's an illegal underground open source programming movement and they have to use their crazy hacking skills to usurp the government through open source means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 I want this to turn into some sort of apocalyptic story where there's an evil totalitarian government and all open source programming is banned and all people violating this are killed, and there's an illegal underground open source programming movement and they have to use their crazy hacking skills to usurp the government through open source means. "Open your source." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RadarJammer Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 in america it looks like only these providers are participating (as far as i know) AT&T Verizon Cablevision Time Warner Cable Comcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmanyo Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 only lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 that's like everyone right? Any chance of voting with your pocketbook and picking some other ISP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RadarJammer Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 they were referred to as the big 5. I switched to Frontier, the lady who runs it said in an interview that they are "content agnostic" which I think translates into "we don't really care what you do with it" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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