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marketsurfer
Registered: Apr 2002
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07-29-12 10:35 PM
Quote from piezoe:
I suspect that the real problem is that these up-download services like Kim dot com are shielding the real perpetrators of copyright infringement from prosecution by making it very difficult if not impossible to identify those who have illegally shared copyrighted material.
If you don't know, and can't find out, who illegally shared your copyrighted material, how is it possible to prosecute them? I think that is very likely what lies at the bottom of this issue.
Megaupload provided open access to any copyright owner to remove their material--- yet very few did.
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piezoe
Registered: Jan 2006
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07-29-12 11:48 PM
Quote from marketsurfer:
Megaupload provided open access to any copyright owner to remove their material--- yet very few did.
My concern was not so much whether the illicit material could be removed by the copyright holder, but more whether or not the copyright holder could at their option prosecute the offender. Obviously, if they can't identify who the offender is, they can't prosecute.
dcvtss says that this New Zealand file sharing site does not maintain anonymity, so those who are doing something illegal can be tracked down and prosecuted. So why is the FBI going after this guy? What law has he broken? We only have one side at this point, but it isn't clear he has broken any law from what we know so far. Frankly, this whole business of the FBI chasing after this guy in New Zealand is a little disturbing.
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oldtime
Registered: Jun 2011
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07-29-12 11:54 PM
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dcvtss says that this New Zealand file sharing site does not maintain anonymity so those who are doing something illegal can be tracked down and prosecuted. So why is the FBI going after this guy? What law has he broken? We only have one side at this point, but it isn't clear he has broken any law from what we know so far. Frankly, this whole business of the FBI chasing after this guy in New Zealand is a little disturbing.
FBI are the soldiers of the Mafia? whoops, I mean USA,
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oldtime
Registered: Jun 2011
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07-30-12 12:08 AM
they find one guy who can't be bribed or turned, and make him their spokesman
If you smoke pot (like I do) the DEA aint no big deal, we are use to the cat and mouse game
but when the FBI shows up, there is no legal defense
if they are going to do with the internet what they did to pot, it is going to be a dark day for a while
but you gotta like it
an underground internet
that could be fun
the mafia had their soldiers, the USA has their FBI
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piezoe
Registered: Jan 2006
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07-30-12 03:12 PM
I'm not sure what that means, but I like you. If we lived in the same town we'd share a beer together, and I'd find out.
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