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15-09-2011, 03:25 PM | #22 | ||
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All he needs to know is how to get it... whois is your friend.
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16-09-2011, 06:48 AM | #23 | ||
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And the FRENCH!!
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16-09-2011, 09:06 PM | #24 | ||
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Let's look at this sober and with out any hysteria:
E.S.A. HAS acted up on Abandonia... TWICE, and we're still here. We conformed and they where HAPPY with the actions we took. I was one of the three that was here when the letter arrived (Kosta and Tom Henrik was the others). The legal department was actually most helpful, extended the deadline and helped us digging out who owned what rights now. They are humans also, and trust me on this, it's easier for them to just send a letter and ask us to conform, then going to court to have a specific provider block out a specific IP. The servers are NOT located in thew USA. To see a good example of this, http://thepiratebay.org/ - Started out as a swedish site. Pissed off most of the worldwide entertainment industry, was attempted to get knocked off the net, but it's still up and running. Now THEY cost a lot of money in lost incomes, and will be subject to the ESA to shut out of the US of A. Abandonia conforms to the Digital Millenium Act, and is thereby a bit more "off the radar".
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28-10-2011, 07:27 AM | #25 | ||
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US seems to be insistent on inflicting this particular brand of madness on their citizens.
After: http://act.demandprogress.org/letter..._jvGQ&rd=1&t=2 Quote:
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28-10-2011, 04:37 PM | #26 | ||
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They will simply chase the big sites out of the US. Canada may be chilly, but guess what: it's free, and the cops don't shoot you for Looking At Them In A Funny Way.
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28-10-2011, 06:47 PM | #27 | ||
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"Cobbled together from half-born bills..." LOL. They will never give up until they slip it past the voters, one country after another.
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01-11-2011, 04:23 AM | #28 | ||
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So, now its been raised in Congress after being rename "SOPA". It's basically the same bill only with even more overbroad wording, plus they slipped in parts of the Streaming Criminalization Bill S.978 Quote:
They want mass IP Blocking + Search Result Censoring powers to use on offshore Websites by all US ISP & Search Providers. Also the power to issue injunctions to US Payment Processing Companies (PayPal, etc...), to stop all money going to those sites. Edit: 02/11/11 Apparently, websites that offer ways or tools to bypass blocks are also to be blocked off... Websites in the USA are already vulnerable to being seized under current laws (see Operation In Our Sites). However these new powers would also no doubt be used against domestic sites as well... Edited on 02/11/11 This may turn out bigger then I thought... Considering the "Shoot first, ask questions later" attitude of the Copyright Industry, they could well try to make Internet in the USA into their own private Intranet... Last edited by Red Fortress; 02-11-2011 at 06:44 AM. |
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29-11-2011, 12:29 AM | #29 | ||
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GOG Comments on the bill, as well as piracy in general.
http://www.destructoid.com/good-old-...s-216348.phtml If you dont want to read, here's the most interesting tidbit Quote:
I hope you people who mass-pirate the hell out of everything take a good look at yourself. Because of people like you were all in this fine mess. |
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29-11-2011, 02:48 AM | #30 | ||
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This bill is also American only, if the server or advertiser is not in America they can barely be touched by this. Not to mention that advertisers can always play the "We didn't know what the site hosted." card and get off scott free. That is even if this bill passes. Let's not forget every game downloaded from this site is piracy, we have this nice term Adandonware and morals about what we host but none of that is legal. So before you get all pirates are evil, you are one too at least to the people who are pushing this bill. |
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