• Wiki founder backs piracy accused
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-18577003#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa[/url]
I don't see why the guy's in trouble, he wasn't doing it for money, so therefore the companies that produce the films/tv programs aren't losing out on any money? Seriously if a teenager like me can work this shit out surely the government can too
[QUOTE=Dead Madman;36480250]I don't see why the guy's in trouble, he wasn't doing it for money, so therefore the companies that produce the films/tv programs aren't losing out on any money? Seriously if a teenager like me can work this shit out surely the government can too[/QUOTE] It should be fairly obvious cases like these aren't done for justice.
[QUOTE=Dead Madman;36480250]I don't see why the guy's in trouble, he wasn't doing it for money, so therefore the companies that produce the films/tv programs aren't losing out on any money? Seriously if a teenager like me can work this shit out surely the government can too[/QUOTE] The giants in the media industry doesn't care, and doesn't want to care either. It's much easier and "safer" for them to just throw lawsuits indiscriminately and hope it works. And usually it does. It's not just about protecting their copyrighted work from being displayed, it's a way for them to suppress creativity in general outside of their own sphere of influence.
[QUOTE=Im Crimson;36480557]The giants in the media industry doesn't care, and doesn't want to care either. It's much easier and "safer" for them to just throw lawsuits indiscriminately and hope it works. And usually it does. It's not just about protecting their copyrighted work from being displayed, it's a way for them to suppress creativity in general outside of their own sphere of influence.[/QUOTE] I don't think it's so much suppressing creativity as trying to make as much money as possible
-snip, i'm probably wrong-
[quote]TVShack website hosted links to pirated films and TV programmes.[/quote] Sue Google.
[QUOTE=Matt-;36480770]Sue Google.[/QUOTE] Oh they are trying, Google has been pressured by both private and government agencies to censor search results for years. Thank fuck Google is standing their ground, at least for now.
[QUOTE]The US authorities say the 24-year-old's TVShack website hosted [U][B]links[/B][/U] to pirated films and TV programmes.[/QUOTE] Big fucking deal.
Ban keyboards and mouses so that people can't potentially link to copyrighted material.
Extradition for copyright infringement is idiotic and needs to be banned from even being an option
[QUOTE=Matt-;36480770]Sue Google.[/QUOTE] You've got to be kidding... You realise that the industry gets a big chunk of money from adverts, right?
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