Anti-piracy | xltronic messageboard
 
You are not logged in!

F.A.Q
Log in

Register
  
 
  
 
Now online (1)
big
...and 269 guests

Last 5 registered
Oplandisks
nothingstar
N_loop
yipe
foxtrotromeo

Browse members...
  
 
Members 8025
Messages 2614157
Today 2
Topics 127544
  
 
Messageboard index
Anti-piracy
 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-06-26 02:00 [#00757433]
Points: 23533 Status: Moderator | Show recordbag



Just caught the arse end of an article on the news this
morning, so I may well have got the wrong idea, but I
think I heard them say as of today a joint effort by
the large record lables will become active. Rather than
targetting P2P/server side of file sharing, they will be
logging the individuals (presumably by IP address) who DL
music and they will be suing those individuals. I imagine
they'll hope that after a few 100 people it'll scare
everyone into stopping doing it.


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-06-26 02:02 [#00757434]
Points: 23533 Status: Moderator | Show recordbag



On a side note, I think if P2P was ever actually stopped
entirely (dunno how) record sales would drop a great deal in
more "underground" genres like IDM.


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2003-06-26 02:12 [#00757439]
Points: 16065 Status: Regular



fuck.. this is so stupid...

i hope they aint gonna nail soulseek as well... kazaa users
seem to be their primary targets..

the cunts screwed someone i know over, he had sattelite
internet and downloaded movies on kazaa like he was eating
crackers... 10000 ¤ fee or something...

cunts


 

offline pOgO from behind your belly button fluff on 2003-06-26 02:13 [#00757442]
Points: 12687 Status: Lurker



yeah !

I heard that companies will be able to sue individuals for
downloading their music =os


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-26 02:17 [#00757446]
Points: 8472 Status: Regular | Followup to pOgO: #00757442



make your own :D


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-06-26 02:20 [#00757447]
Points: 23533 Status: Moderator | Show recordbag



Even if a method which people can't get around is
implemented, peopel will just mail each other mp3 CDs/dvds
in real life rather than via the web...


 

offline pOgO from behind your belly button fluff on 2003-06-26 02:20 [#00757448]
Points: 12687 Status: Lurker



hehe

I'll tell you all it's on slsk and then sue tha lot of ya !

MWA HA HA HA HA


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-26 02:21 [#00757449]
Points: 8472 Status: Regular | Followup to Ceri JC: #00757447



or use private ftps.


 

offline joakimlinden from Skövde (Sweden) on 2003-06-26 02:29 [#00757452]
Points: 462 Status: Regular



Big corporations are, in their structure and their practice
- but not in the public image, very much like totalitarian
states.

The workers (the public/workers, dependant on the
corporation/state for their wellbeing) are ruled by a
doctrine or agenda set forth by individuals in an hierarchy
where, in the end, one person can decide what everyone else
must do.

You, as a worker, are not allowed to say what you like about
the corporation - unless it fits in with the agenda or
doctrine. Failing to comply can lead to the loss of your job
or repositioning (in totalitarian states this is ofcourse
execution or you're sent away to a laborcamp).

Big corporations like Disney, McDonalds and our dear record
industry can, with help from numerous lobbyists and other
financial means like blackmail, gagging people with lawsuits
and what not, in practice change laws to their favor.

This is sidestepping the public, which in the end are the
ones that have elected the people that are now changing
these laws on behalf of companies that have no bussiness
messing around in lawmaking or any other area governed by
publicly elected officials.

I bet that if you asked everyone to vote on issues like this
you'd get an overwhelming number of votes saying that things
are ok as they are. But I can't know that for certain...

Damn...I had something to say, but I lost track right from
the start I think.


 

offline bill_hicks from my city is amazing it is calle on 2003-06-26 02:30 [#00757453]
Points: 4286 Status: Lurker



It's an unforceable law. Every time i use kazaa there's
about 4 million users online. The chances of getting caught
and prosecuted are about the same as the chance of winning
the lottery. And i don't do the lottery.


 

offline mimi on 2003-06-26 02:33 [#00757454]
Points: 5721 Status: Regular



just imagine how it would feel to be one of those 100 people
though -- sucks to be them!


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-06-26 02:37 [#00757456]
Points: 23533 Status: Moderator | Followup to mylittlesister: #00757449 | Show recordbag



Only takes them to start offering $10 rewards for every IP
addy of an offender for "Bounty Hunters" to start
befriending people to catch the 100 or so users of an FTP :/


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-06-26 02:39 [#00757457]
Points: 23533 Status: Moderator | Followup to Ceri JC: #00757456 | Show recordbag



*of an offender that leads to a successful prosecution.


 

offline joakimlinden from Skövde (Sweden) on 2003-06-26 02:41 [#00757459]
Points: 462 Status: Regular



Vive la Resistance!


 

offline danbrusca from Derbyshire (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-26 02:43 [#00757460]
Points: 4570 Status: Lurker



I think you'll see a growth in closed networks between
friends or online communities. For example, 10 or 20 people
from this board could get together to share their stuff on a
network not accessible by the rest of the world.

Such a group could co-ordinate their CD purchases so that
one person bought a particular CD and shared it with the
group.


 

offline joakimlinden from Skövde (Sweden) on 2003-06-26 02:51 [#00757464]
Points: 462 Status: Regular | Followup to danbrusca: #00757460



I think "Hotline" has been much like that for a long time.
But there are one, or sometimes two, servers that hosts
Avant Garde, Electronic, Fieldrecordings, Classical, Early
Electronic and so on... But they have a limited bandwidth
and therefore the slots are often full.



 

offline aneurySm from Ypsilanti (United States) on 2003-06-26 03:15 [#00757467]
Points: 1701 Status: Lurker



I think the last thing they wanna do is piss off a bunch of
hackers. But I bet that won't really happen unless they
went after IRC. The only thing people get busted for on IRC
is fraud and chlidporn. If record companies would have
slowly dropped their prices from when CD's first popped on
the scene like they promised they wouldn't be hurting so bad
now. People only buy that Clear Channel distrobuting crap
for those singles. Poor bastards should back acts that
filla blum,paosjd f940-

I;m fucked.... I;m gonna stop balblbing beofer me start...;


 

offline merg from The New New York (Berlin) (Germany) on 2003-06-26 03:58 [#00757486]
Points: 1708 Status: Regular



Sorry, didn't see this thread when I posted my link thing
:-( (I'll get me coat)


 

offline Jedi Chris on 2003-06-26 04:54 [#00757511]
Points: 11496 Status: Lurker



Everyone here is fucked then!! :D


 

offline surrounded from it won't be hard anymore to li on 2003-06-26 04:55 [#00757514]
Points: 3787 Status: Regular | Followup to Jedi Chris: #00757511



i'm not ;-)


 

offline WeaklingChild from Glasgow (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-26 04:56 [#00757515]
Points: 3354 Status: Lurker



theres an article on www.nme.com


 

offline Jedi Chris on 2003-06-26 04:57 [#00757516]
Points: 11496 Status: Lurker | Followup to surrounded: #00757514



There is always the exception to the rule......you can come
along with me and visit the others in prison then! Hehehe


 

offline surrounded from it won't be hard anymore to li on 2003-06-26 04:58 [#00757517]
Points: 3787 Status: Regular | Followup to Jedi Chris: #00757516



:-D

hehe, yes we can bake them a cake and hide a saw in it.


 

offline surrounded from it won't be hard anymore to li on 2003-06-26 05:00 [#00757518]
Points: 3787 Status: Regular | Followup to surrounded: #00757517



Eh, ofcourse i mean one of these, not the selected
ambient works ;-)


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-06-26 05:11 [#00757522]
Points: 23533 Status: Moderator | Followup to surrounded: #00757518 | Show recordbag



You could bake a cake and hide an mp3 cd of SAW 2 in it-
that'd be funny :)


 

offline Jedi Chris on 2003-06-26 05:20 [#00757531]
Points: 11496 Status: Lurker | Followup to surrounded: #00757517



I was thinking along the lines of a cake with a rocket
launcher inside! :P



 

offline surrounded from it won't be hard anymore to li on 2003-06-26 05:24 [#00757534]
Points: 3787 Status: Regular | Followup to Jedi Chris: #00757531



lol, oh that's subtle! No-one will ever know :-p


 

offline thelema from Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) on 2003-06-26 05:28 [#00757538]
Points: 41 Status: Regular



It is time that this was taken to the courts so that the
protestors can have their say in mass, so that laws can be
challenged


 

offline _user from rostov-on-don (Russia) on 2003-06-26 05:28 [#00757539]
Points: 1260 Status: Regular | Followup to Ceri JC: #00757433



yeah......i've heard something 'bout this....


 

offline nacmat on 2003-06-26 05:28 [#00757540]
Points: 31271 Status: Lurker



fuck them... we will never stop sharing... never!

not till they drop the prizes like 60%


 

offline surrounded from it won't be hard anymore to li on 2003-06-26 05:30 [#00757544]
Points: 3787 Status: Regular



"we will never stop sharing... never!"

Not even if you get caught and have to pay 150.000 dollars?!




 

offline nacmat on 2003-06-26 05:35 [#00757550]
Points: 31271 Status: Lurker | Followup to surrounded: #00757544



another way of sharing will appear...I am sure

first they went with napster then it was audiogalaxy... but
it always a new way of sharing...

(I am for mp3 sharing... cos after all I always end up
buying the cds I am interested in)


 

offline Jedi Chris on 2003-06-26 05:35 [#00757552]
Points: 11496 Status: Lurker | Followup to surrounded: #00757544



Add him to the list surrounded.....we'll have to set out a
lot earlier on visiting days...to get around all the inmates


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-06-26 06:30 [#00757583]
Points: 23472 Status: Lurker



sue me forr what, clicking a button that says download.
i'm not the muthafucka that put it therre, so fuck them,
they can sue me.
i'm skint anyway. stupid tarrts.


 

offline aneurySm from Ypsilanti (United States) on 2003-06-26 10:28 [#00757959]
Points: 1701 Status: Lurker



59 million Americans swap files
how many pot smokers are there
they'll never legalize file trading because the american
dollar is made of hemp


 

offline X-tomatic from ze war room on 2003-06-26 11:17 [#00758036]
Points: 2901 Status: Lurker | Followup to joakimlinden: #00757452



I'm with you all the way joakimlinden.
I can't even believe there are persons outside of the
corporate criminals who actually agree on the shit that
those big corporations pull on us all the time.
Calling MP3 sharing theft and serious criminal activity
while the real criminals are the corporations. MP3 will not
destroy the world, but the totalitarian rule of the
corporations will. They forcefeed their rules down our
throat and if you don't like it you get sued for amounts of
money they know you don't have anyway. I see the ones who
will get sued over this as martyrs for personal freedom. The
fascist corporations are getting more cheeky and bold by the
year and more aggressive in their approach, it's quite scary
to see some scenario's of bleak future's come to pass in
reality. I wouldn't be surprised if there'd be a
thought-police anytime soon.
"hey what's that you were thinking there?"
"that's a criminal offense buddy, I'm taking you in!"


 

offline aneurySm from Ypsilanti (United States) on 2003-06-26 11:23 [#00758048]
Points: 1701 Status: Lurker



if I could download an album for $5 - any album - I bet I'd
have alot more mp3s


 

offline surrounded from it won't be hard anymore to li on 2003-06-26 11:27 [#00758054]
Points: 3787 Status: Regular



"They forcefeed their rules down our throat"

Hey it's not like they force you to buy their
product. They just offer music on compact discs, and if you
like what they've got to offer you can buy it.

If you don't like the product -> don't buy it.
If you think the prices are too high -> don't buy it.

But you can't go around pretending that filesharing isn't
theft.


 

offline danbrusca from Derbyshire (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-26 11:35 [#00758068]
Points: 4570 Status: Lurker | Followup to aneurySm: #00758048



There's the problem. I think the RIAA companies would
happily let you download an album at a fairly low price, but
they don't want you downloading mp3s because they just
escape onto P2P again.

I think we need to get over our aversion to DRM technology.
I think the industry is aiming for a pay-per-download or
monthly subscription based model for online music
distribution *but* they're held back by the lack of adequate
DRM. Why make all your content available when someone is
just going to convert it to mp3 and stick it on Kazaa?

As soon as content can be delivered to the end-user in a
format that won't allow it to end up on P2P then I reckon
we'll start seeing some pretty good offerings by the record
companies.


 

offline aneurySm from Ypsilanti (United States) on 2003-06-26 11:42 [#00758074]
Points: 1701 Status: Lurker



I think the illusion that people own music is retarded. In
Jamaica they have no copyright laws. Metallica fucking
sucks since the 1980's.


 

offline danbrusca from Derbyshire (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-26 11:46 [#00758076]
Points: 4570 Status: Lurker | Followup to aneurySm: #00758074



So presumably you extend that to any other form of creative
endeavour?


 

offline aneurySm from Ypsilanti (United States) on 2003-06-26 11:58 [#00758084]
Points: 1701 Status: Lurker



I suppose. I think it's different when it is an individual
item like a painting. But something/anything that can be
duplicated is well faregame. Musics origins had not much to
do with monetary demands as far as I can gather. The monks
who developed notation were doing it in an effort to better
understand God through music.


 

offline aneurySm from Ypsilanti (United States) on 2003-06-26 11:58 [#00758085]
Points: 1701 Status: Lurker



yeah, so don't steal an object
but digital space is a meta-reality, that is, it's not
tangible


 

offline X-tomatic from ze war room on 2003-06-26 12:05 [#00758088]
Points: 2901 Status: Lurker | Followup to surrounded: #00758054



I c you just don't understand what real criminal activity is
then. And it sure isn't the petty theft that is downloading
MP3's.
Besides that, I was talking about rules they make and laws
they can change to their benefit with their corporate
pressure and influence. Judges can be bribed and
threatened.
It's like when some hotshot actor or football stare
drunkendrives some poor git to death or rapes a girl, and
gets negligable punishment (or no punishment at all even!)
because of special treatment and circumstances(well he
is this big huge star you know,he does play very good
soccer/plays in nice movies!), while a nameless person such
as you and me would get 25 to life over it.
It's all about recognizing the real criminals, and they
don't always look like bums, sometimes, and this may come as
a total shock to you I know this sounds crazy but, sometimes
they wear suits and a ties,have money bulging out of their
pockets,look really well groomed and use comprehensive
language.


 

offline surrounded from it won't be hard anymore to li on 2003-06-26 12:08 [#00758090]
Points: 3787 Status: Regular



"and this may come as a total shock to you I know this
sounds crazy but, sometimes they wear suits and a ties,have
money bulging out of their pockets,look really well groomed
and use comprehensive language.
"

What? No... you must be mitaken!! Everybody knows someone
wearing a suit can never be a criminal! :-p


 

offline surrounded from it won't be hard anymore to li on 2003-06-26 12:11 [#00758092]
Points: 3787 Status: Regular



But basically what i'm trying to say is: i don't care if
they are criminals. They (the music-industry) could
be the most horrible human beings on the planet... but that
still doesn't make it right to steal from them.

Downloading and sharing (illegal) mp3's is against the law.
You just can't get around that.


 

offline aneurySm from Ypsilanti (United States) on 2003-06-26 12:12 [#00758093]
Points: 1701 Status: Lurker



Wow. I read Wired and AdBusters. I read. Sometimes when I
read there are these spaces between the lines. They tell me
to marmer people like you describe. But I was once taught
that reality is what you believe. So I ignore those people
unless I can interact with them at a common level. Yes,
this is quite like the 9/11 setup... they have their control
over our emotions. I cry myself to sleep and I hate
corporate america.


 

offline Inverted Whale from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2003-06-26 12:15 [#00758097]
Points: 3301 Status: Lurker | Followup to surrounded: #00758092



Stealing implies theft (in the legal sense) and copyright
violation is not theft.

It's just a word, but it's annoying to hear the same mistake
over and over again.


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-06-26 12:16 [#00758098]
Points: 10965 Status: Regular



it's bullshit, all these artists talking about not making
enough money. Missy Elliot has a bed made out of a fucking
ferarri. not a replica, a real ferarri. Britany Spears
sends her private jet accross country JUST TO GET COFFEE. If
you watch a show like MTV CRIBS it becomes painfully obvious
that these people have completely lost touch with what music
making is about. They say they 'work hard' and deserve to
be paid. i say they ARE getting paid. They are getting
paid WAY TOO MUCH. I hope people keep stealing their music,
and big record companies can't afford to produce these
'artists.' Then maybe money won't be the only thing driving
people to make music. and music in general well become
better.



 

offline surrounded from it won't be hard anymore to li on 2003-06-26 12:19 [#00758102]
Points: 3787 Status: Regular



"copyright violation is not theft. "

copyright violation is just another word for theft, designed
to make the copyright violators feel better about
themselves. Knowing they are not really thieves, just
copyright violators.



 


Messageboard index