Well, I've had them open a plastic bag I put my shampoo in (specifically so it would NOT get everywhere) and place the shampoo back in the suitcase on the opposite end. Needless to say I had to rinse all of my very well scrubbed clothes and skiing gear when I got to the hotel. I was not the least bit pleased.
"Is profit being made directly by facilitating infringement."
I suppose you could make the argument that it is, but only if you also accept that Google is the worst of the worst when it comes to profiting from facilitating infringement.
If you'd read the subpoenas, you'd know that it was two radar-fart level federal employees that supposedly "look[ed] at the totality of the circumstances" and came up with the "exact definition" of criminal copyright infringement (through some severely flawed reasoning and a huge lack of technological savvy).
Duct tape holds the explosives in place. Though if you gave Archimedes a big enough lever... he might be able to slap some sense into the local TAM clones.
The p2p DNS is going to blind side these cretins. The developing technology and concomitant discussion are open and free (right in front of them), yet they're still attempting to utilize the current infrastructure to direct communication as they see fit. It would be nice to see their faces when they ask "why is this website still online?" and the answer is "we don't control the internet (anymore)."
Perhaps they're embarrassed the only relevant information they have is a manual with "place the human in the emitter chamber for 20 to 30 seconds or until given cancer, serve with an invasive pat down and a dignity sapping, condescending manner."
This guy should be on the look out for the pile of bad reviews he just asked for. Childishly limiting the actions of others tends to backfire, spectacularly in many cases.
This guy should be on the look out for the pile of bad reviews he just asked for. Childishly limiting the actions of others tends to backfire, spectacularly in many cases.
"taking action against sites that are breaking US law as "censorship""
The servers are in Spain. Last I checked Spain isn't one of the 50 states and rojadirecta was declared legal in Spain. The only action that should have legitimately taken place is more crying by MAFIAA execs over the shrinking relevance of their empire. They sound more and more like Julia Roberts every time they complain: "I have money! I have money! Somebody pay attention to me!"
"Something nice to mentally whack off to, but absolutely meaningless."
You just described MAFIAA stats. :-)
"the definition of "censorship" is very slippery here"
This intrigues me. I will have to get back to you on this later. I haven't the time for that kind of real conversation just yet.
There are two conclusions I can draw from what you've said:
1) You believe rojadirecta.com was as bad or worse than child porn, and therefore deserved to have any and all content contained therein to be excised from the internet without regard for collateral content loss.
2) You believe child porn is innocuous and should be pervasively spread throughout the internet.
Of course these are merely reflections of my opinion of your stated opinion as neither is an intellectually honest statement, similar to the callous lack of perception presented by your first statement.
And to answer your question: "Is there any real difference?"
Yes.
The Dilbert reference just made making it through this long day worthwhile. Down with the pointy hair'd ones!
"elite core of bumbling idiots"
The next wave of international warfare could be brought on by the preemptive use of these fools on countries we want to fail. Hold on a sec... Egypt makes a lot more sense now.
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That day can't come soon enough. The big question will be who does the leak, Anonymous or some arrestable middleman.
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I suppose you could make the argument that it is, but only if you also accept that Google is the worst of the worst when it comes to profiting from facilitating infringement.
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Ok, that was a bit much sarcasm.
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... that sounds way too much like a college fraternity.
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Dumbass. :-D
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NO, figure out legality issue later/
(damn you regex!!!)
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COPYRIGHTINFRINGEMENT-Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!! *KABOOM*
(Dateline-esque poignant question: How many more innocent copyrights have to be infringed by pirate terrorists?)
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Internet Justice
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The servers are in Spain. Last I checked Spain isn't one of the 50 states and rojadirecta was declared legal in Spain. The only action that should have legitimately taken place is more crying by MAFIAA execs over the shrinking relevance of their empire. They sound more and more like Julia Roberts every time they complain: "I have money! I have money! Somebody pay attention to me!"
"Something nice to mentally whack off to, but absolutely meaningless."
You just described MAFIAA stats. :-)
"the definition of "censorship" is very slippery here"
This intrigues me. I will have to get back to you on this later. I haven't the time for that kind of real conversation just yet.
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1) You believe rojadirecta.com was as bad or worse than child porn, and therefore deserved to have any and all content contained therein to be excised from the internet without regard for collateral content loss.
2) You believe child porn is innocuous and should be pervasively spread throughout the internet.
Of course these are merely reflections of my opinion of your stated opinion as neither is an intellectually honest statement, similar to the callous lack of perception presented by your first statement.
And to answer your question: "Is there any real difference?"
Yes.
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"elite core of bumbling idiots"
The next wave of international warfare could be brought on by the preemptive use of these fools on countries we want to fail. Hold on a sec... Egypt makes a lot more sense now.
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BUTCOPYRIGHTINFRINGEMENT
:-P
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No, like rojadirecta.com. Child porn they just email to people and then arrest them for receiving it.
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