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pure_protoss
152 Posts
the day internet will be completely regulated and where it will be completely restricted! | ||
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Terranist
United States2496 Posts
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Serpico
4285 Posts
On January 23 2012 10:46 Jibba wrote: The Internet has never been free. You're losing access to the toys that no one cared about before. The mature response is "it was good while it lasted." And of the people complaining about quality of content and distribution, how many of you pay for th HBO shows you watch? The internet is the most free form of sharing things we have and I'd rather not see it eventually get turned into what TV packages are. Media will get segregated into tiers and package deals sooner or later because people think they can make money off it Paying for facebook/cnn/wikipedia might be part of a contract with your ISP in 20 years.. And the way the government is going at piracy right now is completely fruitless anyways. | ||
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DeltruS
Canada2214 Posts
Just wait, soon the US will make a huge firewall like China, to block any website they want to, even if they change their hosting location. | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On January 23 2012 10:50 Serpico wrote: The internet is the most free form of sharing things we have and I'd rather not see it eventually get turned into what TV packages are. Media will get segregated into tiers and package deals sooner or later because people think they can make money off it Paying for facebook/cnn/wikipedia might be part of a contract with your ISP in 20 years.. And the way the government is going at piracy right now is completely fruitless anyways. I don't think it is fruitless. It will never eliminate it completely but if there's pressures and risks, people will begin purchasing more and more as they get older and get jobs. That's what I've done. | ||
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Kurr
Canada2338 Posts
On January 23 2012 10:54 Jibba wrote: I don't think it is fruitless. It will never eliminate it completely but if there's pressures and risks, people will begin purchasing more and more as they get older and get jobs. That's what I've done. That happens either way. My brother doesn't pirate anything anymore because he has a real job and a stable income. The same is true for most of the people I know 25+. What Serpico said is the future. You think you pay a lot for your internet right now? Wait until you pay even more for a service that is severely restricted and you need to pay more for every time you check information up, for every file or video you access, etc. Do you honestly think they WON'T abuse their power once they put their laws into place? | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
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Keyboard Warrior
United States1178 Posts
I am sure as we are reading this "freedom fighters" are finding ways to make information free. | ||
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Kurr
Canada2338 Posts
On January 23 2012 11:02 Jibba wrote: New laws and shutting down illegal, lying file sharing sites is completely different. I'm 100% against SOPA and PIPA, but I have no problem with MU getting what was coming. Even if I watch shows there, I don't feel entitled to them if the site goes down. Nor do I. It's a minor inconvenience. But for the people in charge, it's related. It's the same "fight" for them. Shutting down file sharing sites is one part, but if they could, starting tomorrow both SOPA and PIPA and other similar bills would enter in effect. | ||
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NuKedUFirst
Canada3139 Posts
On January 23 2012 11:02 Jibba wrote: New laws and shutting down illegal, lying file sharing sites is completely different. I'm 100% against SOPA and PIPA, but I have no problem with MU getting what was coming. Even if I watch shows there, I don't feel entitled to them if the site goes down. But wouldn't you rather stuff free? Like.. I spent 50$ on music the other day.. I coulda donated it to cancer research had the music been free.. I think don't feel the internet should be censored. | ||
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CatNzHat
United States1599 Posts
Basically, the FBI can scare a few people, and piss a ton of other people off. The amount of people who are scared by this is a lot smaller than the number of people who are pissed off. We all know what happens when you piss off the interwebs, they'll do whatever it takes to get it's way. | ||
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Bigtony
United States1606 Posts
On January 23 2012 11:04 NuKedUFirst wrote: But wouldn't you rather stuff free? Like.. I spent 50$ on music the other day.. I coulda donated it to cancer research had the music been free.. I think don't feel the internet should be censored. You could have just donated it to cancer out of the goodness of your heart... why should music be free? someone put effort into making it. | ||
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NuKedUFirst
Canada3139 Posts
On January 23 2012 11:06 Bigtony wrote: You could have just donated it to cancer out of the goodness of your heart... why should music be free? someone put effort into making it. I never said it "should be" I said I would rather it free. It's the record labels making most of the cash off of the CDs regardless. I have bills to pay, etc. I can't throw away money. but say if I had extra money with nothing to purchase (music in this example) then I would be more willing to donate, etc. | ||
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Zeke50100
United States2220 Posts
On January 23 2012 11:07 NuKedUFirst wrote: I never said it "should be" I said I would rather it free. It's the record labels making most of the cash off of the CDs regardless. I have bills to pay, etc. I can't throw away money. but say if I had extra money with nothing to purchase (music in this example) then I would be more willing to donate, etc. You could just go without music. There's no rule out there that says you absolutely need everything you want. You're not entitled to having the music at all, much less cheaper music. Relevant comic: http://xkcd.com/871/ | ||
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sluggaslamoo
Australia4494 Posts
On January 23 2012 07:04 sc4k wrote: I have to say, there is being a lot of fuss made about SOPA and PIPA because of free speech, but I think 99% of the opposition is people who download files/ stream files for the purpose of evading copyright and avoiding having to pay. So much moral highgrounding but when it comes down to it people just want to keep their free lunch. What about my daily dose of korean race queens! | ||
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BlackJack
United States10574 Posts
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Serpico
4285 Posts
On January 23 2012 11:02 Jibba wrote: New laws and shutting down illegal, lying file sharing sites is completely different. I'm 100% against SOPA and PIPA, but I have no problem with MU getting what was coming. Even if I watch shows there, I don't feel entitled to them if the site goes down. If the owners of MU were trying to sell pirated material for money that is COMPLETELY wrong and unacceptable. For instance in china they sell bootleg CDs which takes real cash away from artists because people feel like they've bought something and done their deed in paying for a product when in reality they got screwed (or they know anyways). I HATE people that pirate and sell that product for their own gain, it's like plagiarism of the worst kind because you take profit for yourself you had no right to. If you want to pirate stuff, fine, but dont take away a real sale by selling that copy to someone else. It means that person will NEVER buy a legit copy 99.9999% of the time. Sorry, had to rant. I draw a fine line between pirating and selling bootlegged copies. | ||
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WOPR
Canada145 Posts
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On January 23 2012 11:10 Zeke50100 wrote: You could just go without music. There's no rule out there that says you absolutely need everything you want. You're not entitled to having the music at all, much less cheaper music. Relevant comic: http://xkcd.com/871/ Not to mention Pandora and YouTube. | ||
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Deleted User 108965
1096 Posts
On January 23 2012 11:12 BlackJack wrote: Looks like a ton of mediafire links are down. Was looking for a song and kept getting a "this file has been deleted" from every mediafire link and I usually never see that message from mediafire. it's seemed to me that mf is usually pretty diligent about taking down links to more popular copyrighted material, but thats just my experience | ||
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