Say if this evidence wax only 60% accurate then the other 40% means you cannot accuse them. It does however make you suspect the House is full of infringers. They are bound to check.
They would of course reply "we did not do it" which is the same as many other people said. The only difference was their defence was ignored and they got the large fine.
Governments using 3-strike laws do like to say that being hacked is not an excuse when a person is responsible for securing their own system. An expert hacker outranking a computer newbie is ignored and this is why hackers like to point out the hypercritical nature of this belief by hacking this Government scheme. Hadopi was compromised three times so far and one of those wax serious.
So it is a fair story. Their number came up and they are guilty with all the flaws ignored. Their denial is then laughable in an ironic... yes we knew that as well.
The Whitehouse is mostly an easy one when VP Joe Biden has been in bed with the Copyright Cartel for ages and welcomes their bullsh*t and campaign contributions.
So like with ICE's operation "Within Our Sites" it only requires good old Joe to convince the President. That aspect is usually smooth sailing for him. Money, jobs, etc.
Things are not all hopeless though. The Whitehouse may see the massive public and industry revolt, not to forget how damaging SOPA is, and their advisers may advise against it.
GoDaddy made their own bed so now it is time to lay in it.
I know some people who have taken a wait and see what they do approach so unless a big concession from GoDaddy then the 29th could see a jump in domain transfers.
Now that was a very nicely selected list of quotes. It seems that the TechDirt writers are benefiting from this holiday break and their overload of calories and carbohydrates.
My point about the King James Bible is that after it was made it was given as a monopoly to only one printer to create to ensure quality and accuracy.
Them Americans in their lawless society broke that agreement, not through owning purchased King James Bibles, but through establishing their own printers to knock off cheap counterfeit copies! And let me ask how many of those cheap copies had printing mistakes corrupting the word of God?
They could have imported official copies but no it was much easier and cheaper to sell some other people's work as their own.
Of course a monopoly is not a good thing, even if it still lives on here in the UK, but my point stands that the US has a long history of stealing other people's creations. It was not theirs to print and sell.
Now that the shoe is on the other foot then why all the fuss? It seems that American society and culture much benefited from these stolen books. You loved and embarrassed them as much as we did.
Plagiarism was common in the United States where founding documents were mostly straight copies of British and European text.
Much later on they were still at it when Charles Dickens much moaned that those damned Americans were stealing his books. What would he now say to their movies from his stolen works?
Even the King James Bible was stolen. This book took 47 scholars between 1604 and 1611 to complete the best English translation possible. Then those damned Americans stole it again through printing their own copies without even 1 cent being paid to those responsible for its construction.
Is it not ironic now that the tide as turned that they squeal and squeal and squeal like a little bitch.
Maybe people can see that these great works were all taken to be enjoyed and which have greatly enriched their receptive societies.
I decided to move my domain early to beat the Xmas holiday. I also sent an email to GoDaddy stating this move was due to their SOPA support and pointing out why they are wrong.
Up next is to convince a lot of other GoDaddy domain owners to move as well. I think GoDaddy are totally crazy to support SOPA but they have their reasons.
Senator Wyden would also know that disliking someone or their actions is not enough to take them out. If they are doing bad things then just wait until they have dug their own grave where you then only need to give the final push.
We can hope all these documents are condemning but they are unlikely to sign their death warrant. We can at minimum hope to better understand and criticise the operation of ICE and the DOJ.
Then it is on to waiting for their next glorious failure which seems quite likely due to their large lack of understanding on what they are about to seize.
I will certainly move my domain away from GoDaddy then on the 29th due to their continued support of SOPA. I find it disgusting that any Internet company would welcome a bill that has the potential to cause serious harm to the Internet.
I have been with GoDaddy for like 10 years so this would also be one seriously long move away.
I well recall that this is not the first domain seizure related letter that Senator Ron Wyden has sent out. His previous one was about RojaDirecta, general foreign policy and ICE's objectives including how they met those objectives.
We should also recall in the reply he received that all questions related to RojaDirecta had been completely ignored and most of the the other questions were simply answered with "we do not provide comments on active cases".
I would say good luck to him this time but as seen most people lack faith in ICE airing their dirty laundry without even coming close to just punishment.
This is not to say that we don't want important answers to important questions. The supreme errors made by the RIAA, how the DHS's latest college graduate employee was manipulated, and of course how they can seize this domain a whole year using ultra secret extension orders while denying due process through denying their lawyer a date before a judge to plead his client's case.
This is not open and accountable Government but a dictatorship and any Senator who believes in democracy and accountability should condemn these practices by ICE and the Injustice Department.
Well it may be OK in Serious Sam 3 if you can get that Scorpion creature trapped behind something. Not the person you want to invite to your sister's birthday party though.
An alternative idea to SOPA/PIPA has been proposed.
This idea is to turn the control of online piracy over to the International Trade Commission. Doing this would remove any one country or market trying to seize control of the Internet for their own profit objectives.
I expect we can welcome that idea. Those behind SOPA/PIPA wont be happy including the millions of dollars Hollywood invested.
Well of course they have always been scaremongers and huge liars. This is a monopoly and the monopoly protects itself while always trying to control other markets.
Let me share a revelation with you... The MPAA and RIAA love piracy when it is thanks to piracy they have the perfect excuse to seize greater control over the markets with laws like DMCA, SOPA and PIPA.
They are of course not best friends with the smelly beast next door but clearly from the MPAA's annual figures they can live quite comfortably with piracy. I doubt too many other businesses can claim expansion during the recession.
This goes a long way to explain why ICE has never touched any of the Top 10 piracy sites around. Hell I doubt they have even touched any of the Top 100. So when ICE seize a domain, to look like they are actually doing something, then this is only some minor site most have never heard of. Is this really going to stamp out piracy any? No...
The truth of the matter is reflected in the RIAA's figures when this is really a dinosaur facing extinction. They may well die because they have lost their monopoly and a free market now exists. Indie artists have no need for the RIAA when they can do it all themselves.
Here is something to scare you. The real target for SOPA/PIPA are the Indie artists. The RIAA fighting piracy benefits them little but to fight rival business in terms of non-RIAA channels will begin to force artists and sites back under the RIAA umbrella so they can take their 80% cut!
This goes to well explain Dajaz1 when this legal and free music promotion of new and unknown hip-hop and rap artists was a distribution point where the RIAA was not getting their usual 80% cut.
So only once they have seized control over large parts of the Internet will they start to seriously tackle piracy along with a lot of collateral damage. It is not hard for the MPAA/RIAA to flood a site with media they term "infringing", take the site off-line, and then impose their own control and market as part of the owner having the site restored.
Now you know what they will soon vote on. Yes they love piracy the best SOPA excuse ever.
The end game of Copyright is absolute enforcement with zero exceptions. A very scary nightmare.
Those in Congress working on SOPA need to remember that Copyright is NOT an absolute right when it is only a fair right when it comes to enforcement and the right to profit.
These fair rights must always be balanced against business rights and social rights to conduct themselves in an unmolested way.
This clearly highlights that SOPA is overstepping that line reflected in the fact that large parts of society and the industry are up in arms over this newly planned law.
Push Copyright too hard and you only hurt society and business. This is even not touching on the corporate abuse that the Copyright monopoly does.
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Guilty by Default
Say if this evidence wax only 60% accurate then the other 40% means you cannot accuse them. It does however make you suspect the House is full of infringers. They are bound to check.
They would of course reply "we did not do it" which is the same as many other people said. The only difference was their defence was ignored and they got the large fine.
Governments using 3-strike laws do like to say that being hacked is not an excuse when a person is responsible for securing their own system. An expert hacker outranking a computer newbie is ignored and this is why hackers like to point out the hypercritical nature of this belief by hacking this Government scheme. Hadopi was compromised three times so far and one of those wax serious.
So it is a fair story. Their number came up and they are guilty with all the flaws ignored. Their denial is then laughable in an ironic... yes we knew that as well.
On the post: GoDaddy Officially Has Name Removed From Judiciary's List Of SOPA Supporters
Pain
The big question now is if domain transfers away from them will now cease or if people want GoDaddy to feel the pain so they never dare do it again?
I favour the pain option myself.
On the post: Would Obama Veto SOPA? Extremely Doubtful
Whitehouse
So like with ICE's operation "Within Our Sites" it only requires good old Joe to convince the President. That aspect is usually smooth sailing for him. Money, jobs, etc.
Things are not all hopeless though. The Whitehouse may see the massive public and industry revolt, not to forget how damaging SOPA is, and their advisers may advise against it.
On the post: Graphic Artists Guild Changes Mind: Withdraws SOPA Support
PIPA
They pulled PIPA out of the Senate deep freeze when it became clear that SOPA would not pass before the New Year.
On the post: GoDaddy Says It Doesn't Support PIPA Either, As Domains Keep Transferring Away
I know some people who have taken a wait and see what they do approach so unless a big concession from GoDaddy then the 29th could see a jump in domain transfers.
On the post: GoDaddy Desperately Reaching Out To Try To Win People Back
Clearly their CEO still welcome SOPA provided someone else is in the driving seat. In other words no change.
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Brain Food
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KJ Bible
Them Americans in their lawless society broke that agreement, not through owning purchased King James Bibles, but through establishing their own printers to knock off cheap counterfeit copies! And let me ask how many of those cheap copies had printing mistakes corrupting the word of God?
They could have imported official copies but no it was much easier and cheaper to sell some other people's work as their own.
Of course a monopoly is not a good thing, even if it still lives on here in the UK, but my point stands that the US has a long history of stealing other people's creations. It was not theirs to print and sell.
Now that the shoe is on the other foot then why all the fuss? It seems that American society and culture much benefited from these stolen books. You loved and embarrassed them as much as we did.
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Much later on they were still at it when Charles Dickens much moaned that those damned Americans were stealing his books. What would he now say to their movies from his stolen works?
Even the King James Bible was stolen. This book took 47 scholars between 1604 and 1611 to complete the best English translation possible. Then those damned Americans stole it again through printing their own copies without even 1 cent being paid to those responsible for its construction.
Is it not ironic now that the tide as turned that they squeal and squeal and squeal like a little bitch.
Maybe people can see that these great works were all taken to be enjoyed and which have greatly enriched their receptive societies.
On the post: The Myth That SOPA & PIPA Will Stop Infringement By 'Educating' The Public
Nicely done but ideally reversed should SOPA fall.
On the post: Breaking: GoDaddy Drops SOPA Support
So Long, Fair Well
Well I trust they read my email which was only one of the many thousands they did receive.
On the post: SOPA Supporters Learning (Slowly) That Pissing Off Reddit Is A Bad Idea
Re: GoDaddy
Up next is to convince a lot of other GoDaddy domain owners to move as well. I think GoDaddy are totally crazy to support SOPA but they have their reasons.
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Re: Injustice
We can hope all these documents are condemning but they are unlikely to sign their death warrant. We can at minimum hope to better understand and criticise the operation of ICE and the DOJ.
Then it is on to waiting for their next glorious failure which seems quite likely due to their large lack of understanding on what they are about to seize.
On the post: SOPA Supporters Learning (Slowly) That Pissing Off Reddit Is A Bad Idea
GoDaddy
I have been with GoDaddy for like 10 years so this would also be one seriously long move away.
On the post: Senator Wyden Demands Answers About Feds' Seizure Of Dajaz1
Injustice
We should also recall in the reply he received that all questions related to RojaDirecta had been completely ignored and most of the the other questions were simply answered with "we do not provide comments on active cases".
I would say good luck to him this time but as seen most people lack faith in ICE airing their dirty laundry without even coming close to just punishment.
This is not to say that we don't want important answers to important questions. The supreme errors made by the RIAA, how the DHS's latest college graduate employee was manipulated, and of course how they can seize this domain a whole year using ultra secret extension orders while denying due process through denying their lawyer a date before a judge to plead his client's case.
This is not open and accountable Government but a dictatorship and any Senator who believes in democracy and accountability should condemn these practices by ICE and the Injustice Department.
Well good luck to him this time.
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Other Paths
This idea is to turn the control of online piracy over to the International Trade Commission. Doing this would remove any one country or market trying to seize control of the Internet for their own profit objectives.
I expect we can welcome that idea. Those behind SOPA/PIPA wont be happy including the millions of dollars Hollywood invested.
On the post: Alan Greenspan: Failed To Predict Bubble Popping... And Failed In Predicting Home Taping Would Kill Music
The Monster
Let me share a revelation with you... The MPAA and RIAA love piracy when it is thanks to piracy they have the perfect excuse to seize greater control over the markets with laws like DMCA, SOPA and PIPA.
They are of course not best friends with the smelly beast next door but clearly from the MPAA's annual figures they can live quite comfortably with piracy. I doubt too many other businesses can claim expansion during the recession.
This goes a long way to explain why ICE has never touched any of the Top 10 piracy sites around. Hell I doubt they have even touched any of the Top 100. So when ICE seize a domain, to look like they are actually doing something, then this is only some minor site most have never heard of. Is this really going to stamp out piracy any? No...
The truth of the matter is reflected in the RIAA's figures when this is really a dinosaur facing extinction. They may well die because they have lost their monopoly and a free market now exists. Indie artists have no need for the RIAA when they can do it all themselves.
Here is something to scare you. The real target for SOPA/PIPA are the Indie artists. The RIAA fighting piracy benefits them little but to fight rival business in terms of non-RIAA channels will begin to force artists and sites back under the RIAA umbrella so they can take their 80% cut!
This goes to well explain Dajaz1 when this legal and free music promotion of new and unknown hip-hop and rap artists was a distribution point where the RIAA was not getting their usual 80% cut.
So only once they have seized control over large parts of the Internet will they start to seriously tackle piracy along with a lot of collateral damage. It is not hard for the MPAA/RIAA to flood a site with media they term "infringing", take the site off-line, and then impose their own control and market as part of the owner having the site restored.
Now you know what they will soon vote on. Yes they love piracy the best SOPA excuse ever.
On the post: Small Entertainment Web Site Fears SOPA Will Cause It To Shut Down... But ICE Can Already Shut It Down
Balance
Those in Congress working on SOPA need to remember that Copyright is NOT an absolute right when it is only a fair right when it comes to enforcement and the right to profit.
These fair rights must always be balanced against business rights and social rights to conduct themselves in an unmolested way.
This clearly highlights that SOPA is overstepping that line reflected in the fact that large parts of society and the industry are up in arms over this newly planned law.
Push Copyright too hard and you only hurt society and business. This is even not touching on the corporate abuse that the Copyright monopoly does.
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