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March 05 2012
“— The Return of Peer-To-Peer | La Quadrature du NetBack in 2009, Arbor Networks, a company specializing in network management, announced that the peer-to-peer model of file sharing, wherein each client acts as a server, was in decline. Users were turning more and more towards streaming.[...]
For some, like Maxime Rouquet or La Quadrature du Net, the fight against piracy will push users towards securing their connection more and more, something which can have disastrous effects on the network.
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“And of course, nothing will be donated to the artists,” adds Benjamin Bayart. “With peer-to-peer, everyone wins. Nobody earns or loses money. In general, people are looking for something that they have simply not found elsewhere, or can’t afford. Those people who have money and are not spending it are a minority.”
He concludes:If you try to block peer-to-peer, what will people do? They wouldn’t be able to find that latest episode of Dexter that they were looking for. Result: people will stop watching the series. It’s exactly the same not broadcasting a song over the radio: you’re losing out on an audience. The only way to ensure that people don’t download any more, would be to suppress their interest in culture
February 01 2012
“ But what enrages us to our inner core is that the system, the empire, the governments, are still allowed to try to boss you and us around with one law crazier than the other. Do you think they will stop with SOPA/ACTA/PIPA? They will not. Because you won't stop sharing those files. Because we will not stay down. Because no one can turn back time. Together, we are the iron that hardens with each strike. ”— The Pirate Bay - Year of the storm
January 26 2012
“— EU countries – including Ireland and Poland – sign ACTA treaty - New Media - New Media | siliconrepublic.com - Ireland's Technology News ServiceEither way, the treaty was signed today by European nations, including Belgium, the UK, Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Bulgaria, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
The signing took place at a ceremony at Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The treaty has already been signed by Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore and the US
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January 23 2012
“— Does Online Piracy Hurt The Economy? A Look At The Numbers - ForbesThis makes sense. I suspect a great deal of piracy stems from either people who already spend their budget on entertainment goods and simply can’t afford more – and thus would have no additional economic benefit sans their piracy – or from people who don’t have access to those goods online without resorting to piracy.
In other words, as these pirates earn more they’re going to be more likely to spend it on the goods they now pirate, and as content creators find ways to monetize their content online more people will switch to legal streaming as opposed to downloads.
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January 21 2012
“— My thoughts on S.O.P.A. — Paulo Coelho's BlogAnd how do I feel about this? As an author, I should be defending ‘intellectual property’, but I’m not.
Pirates of the world, unite and pirate everything I’ve ever written!
The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever. First, because all anyone ever does is recycle the same four themes: a love story between two people, a love triangle, the struggle for power, and the story of a journey. Second, because all writers want what they write to be read, whether in a newspaper, blog, pamphlet, or on a wall.
The more often we hear a song on the radio, the keener we are to buy the CD. It’s the same with literature.
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January 19 2012
“ The reason they are always complainting about "pirates" today is simple. We've done what they did. We circumvented the rules they created and created our own. We crushed their monopoly by giving people something more efficient. We allow people to have direct communication between eachother, circumventing the profitable middle man, that in some cases take over 107% of the profits (yes, you pay to work for them). It's all based on the fact that we're competition. We've proven that their existance in their current form is no longer needed. We're just better than they are. And the funny part is that our rules are very similar to the founding ideas of the USA. We fight for freedom of speech. We see all people as equal. We believe that the public, not the elite, should rule the nation. We believe that laws should be created to serve the public, not the rich corporations. ”— http://static.thepiratebay.org/legal/sopa.txt
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January 18 2012
January 06 2012
“ More to the point, as the GAO observes, just because the movie and record industries lose a certain amount of money from online piracy in the United States doesn’t mean the economy as a whole suffers by that exact same amount — particularly if the money that would have been spent on those pirated movies and albums just ends up getting spent elsewhere. ”— SOPA: How much does online piracy really cost the economy? - The Washington Post
areyoubored
January 04 2012
“ (Anti-Sharing)— 2011: November - February Political Notes - Richard StallmanThe incoming right-wing government has put the anti-sharing censorship Ley Sinde info effect.
This law was enacted by the previous "socialist" government.
The fact that the politicians use propaganda terms such as "intellectual property" and "piracy" to talk about it shows their hearts are in the wrong place.
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January 03 2012
January 02 2012
“— Google Declares Progress Against Piracy as it Seeks Media PartnersGoogle has made two changes to its search results pages aimed to discourage piracy and promote original content when published by its rightful owners. Rich Music Snippets help highlight legit audio content, while changes they made to Autocomplete have blacklisted a number of piracy-related search terms, so as not to appear to openly encourage copyright infringement.
They've also begun to more actively enforce their long-standing prohibition against AdSense users displaying Google's ads on pages that offer pirated content.
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December 25 2011
“— Cash is trash: Big American Brother gives hints on how to spot citizen terrorists — RTAnd that’s really what this boils down to: a war on privacy. A potential terrorist, argue the US security agencies, is much easier to track if he uses a credit card. Credit card use provides Big Brother instant access to the buyer's contact information, purchase history – and, if need be, the ability to cut off his financial supply in an instant. (...)
Don’t want to live on credit? Potential terrorist. Nervous? Potential terrorist. Don’t want to be disturbed? Potential terrorist.
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December 04 2011
December 01 2011
“— Feds Seize 130+ Domain Names in Mass Crackdown | TorrentFreak“Intellectual property crimes are not victimless,” said US Attorney General Eric Holder at the time.
“The theft of ideas and the sale of counterfeit goods threaten economic opportunities and financial stability, suppress innovation and destroy jobs. The Justice Department, with the help of our law enforcement partners, is changing the perception that these crimes are risk-free with enforcement actions like the one announced today,” Holder added.
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“— Cybercrime Police Shut Down Five File-Sharing Sites | TorrentFreakA 49-year-old man, known online under the pseudonym “Tex Willer”, was allegedly the operator of the series of sites including ItalianShare, MusicShare, FilmShare and ItalianSexy. All were hosted in Las Vegas and are currently down.
Together they reportedly had in excess of 136,000 subscribers and carried 31,600 links to movies, music, TV shows, software, games and pornography indexed on BitTorrent, cyberlockers and eDonkey networks.
As is common in such investigations, emphasis is being placed on the fact that the sites made music, movies and games available before their commercial release.
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April 19 2010
“ “I hate all these big, silly rock stars who moan – at least they’re fuckin’ downloading your music, you cunt, and paying attention, know what I mean? You should fuckin’ appreciate that – what are you moaning about? You’ve got fuckin’ five big houses, so shut up,” ”— Liam Gallagher Hates Rock Stars Moaning about Piracy | TorrentFreak
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