2). IIRC then I have read that the British copyright at the moment did not even give you the right to make a copy of your purchased CD’s for private use only

but without having read the actual(!) UK copyright law, I doubt that “anything” is legal that is not explicitely allowed by the MAFIAA.

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kdsde

Comments in the story:

1. People who download pirate copies of films are being told that they are currently not at risk from prosecution.

Great!

2. Eddy Leviten, Fact’s (Federation Against Copyright Theft) head of communication, said:“Although this is where the law stands at this point, the public must be aware that in the future it may change. Therefore consumers must start as they mean to go on and not partake in any illegal buying or downloading of pirate material.”

This is where I get lost. Downloading is legal but because the law may change in the future you should not download?

No wonder everywhere everyone is confused about downloading.

“But it doesn’t have to be like that. We’re reasonable people. All the cartels have to do is learn, in this modern day and age, to be reasonable as well.”

Great article. The above comment is the only part I disagree with. Actually, it does have to be like that. If I see a rabid, vicious animal drowning in a lake I’m not going to extend a hand to pull it out, I’m going to step on it’s head and make sure it dies. The same goes for the RIAA/MPAA. THe RIAA/MPAA could “change it’s attitude” and start acting nice, I would not believe it for a second. You can be sure that when they are patting you in the back there is always a knife in hand.

Some people need to write or be critical withour revealing themselves for private reason we shall never know. We need to respect that privacy.

When, however, attacks are made anonymously and without revealing where they come from (job, experience, education, who pays, etc) they are rather worthless, for a number of reasons, to all but those that accept “facts” regardless of the logic or the credentials.

I for one take only medical or legal or engineering, or accounting advise ir information as good, from anyone, let alone an individual I know nothing about.

I personally cannot take seriously anthing said in this posting by this “expert” in journalism or matters of free speech.

In fairness, I invite the writer to identify him or hersel so that the words can be better interpreted for meaning. Of special interest are the experience or background journalism and free speech.

Rafael Venegas
http://www.gvenegas.com

Attributed articles on p2pnet that aren’t written by me are re-published with the permission of the authors, who frequently tell me about items on their sites in the first place.

Even if something is published here having already been published under a CC license somewhere else, I’ve previously asked for direct permission for a re-run.

And I encourage people to p2pnet stuff because the whole idea is to get the message out.

P2p is Power to the People like it’s never been before.

Cheers!

They do the same and take agency news from AP!

That’s why all the mayor outlets reported the santangelo II thingy; RIAA gave the courtpapers to an AP reporter!

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kdsde

“I go to Cnet and Slyck when I want to see the work of a journo.”

What a laff! Slyck is just links to other sites and CNET is a corporate rag that tries to look like a real site.

COry

Why don’t you go rage where you claim to like to be. We don’t you. You have nothing to offer short of that rage, puffball.

- How do you know that?
are you working for the CRIA(A) and have you wiretapped his line so you can tell he is not sharing anything with the programms he use?
– who is the “we” and the us in this sentence? And if you count yourself as one of “we”, are you already aware that those that are responsible as the “original”-source of most of the stuff that is shared don’t even get nailed by the RIAA because they don’t use sharing technology that produces a plaintext visible IPtrace?

“Or not enough of a man and a journo to amit that you share?”

- So you must be a much more cowardly woman then, because I can’t see your full Name, court paper serving address at the end of your Post and the admitting that you are infringing copyrights of those that don’t like that and make you pay hard for that behaviour !
- And where has Slyck’s Thomas Mennecke “man and journo” publicly admitted that he shares so that makes him “enough of a man and a journo”? Article URL please!

“You are also not a journalist, just a ranter.”

- looking at your anonymous post I would say you are suffering from this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection

“How long before you pull this comment down Jon Newton?”

- Since you got very agitated while writing your rant and then double posting it, it is very likely that it will take not much longer till one of them gets deleted!

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(And since I have nothing more with real value to loose (except my life) I am -in contrast to you- not a coward, so I don’t write anonymous!) [Because there are so many idiots and psychopaths on the net, I will not sign this post with courtpaper servable address, but with a pseudonym I regularyly use!
In case you are smart enough to argue that this is not better then writing without any statement of authorship at all like you “real man” did;
But because I am an active Infringer (”a man” but not a “journo”) I would be willing to tell the nailing RIAA who I am when they send me a PM with a .htaccess secured page on their server where I can signup my real name and courtpaperserving address. (Let’s see how it feels to be a (stupid) Martyr for my believe that the net is nothing more then the local library but only with much more choice)

Truly yours
kdsde ( http://thepiratebay.org/user/kdsde )

You are really self delusional now. You are not one of us. You leech off of us. You would have nothing to do if “we” stopped getting nailed by the RIAA. Amazing how you never mention that what you encourage us to do is probably illegal in most places. Why don’t you stand up, tell the RIAA how many songs you and that home schooled kid of yours have downloaded and tell them to come and get you? Or are you to scared to share? Or not enough of a man and a journo to amit that you share?

You are also not a journalist, just a ranter. When did you ever verify the accuracy of what you are telling your readers from the safety of the backwoods of Canada supported by leeching off donors and lawyers desperate to keep their names on the web.

and best of all, now you tell us that you have been a on the dole from Michael Weiss, Morpheus and Pablo Soto and Blubster - the only people who bother to advertize on your rag. How long would a real journalist keep his job keeping that secret?

I go to Cnet and Slyck when I want to see the work of a journo. When I want to see a has been, who seems never to have actually succeeded at anything (especially being a journo) I check out your (or should I say Michaiel Weiss and Pablo’s?) P2Pnet site

How long before you pull this comment down Jon Newton?

You know what? I also know there is a silent majority. One that has opinions and doesn’t say them. In the end, that silent majority will one day speak with its full force and the cartels will get the message in a way that can not be mistaken, ignored, nor plundered to be meant as anything other than what it means.

Until that day, I will continue to do my part. That is to say, not to buy, rent, nor help advertise, their products. I wish them just what they want, not a soul wanting to pirate their products. I also in the process hope that not a soul wants to ever hear them again either. May they get just what they are asking for. I truly hope the public turns away from these corrupt corporations and never wishes to hear, see, nor pay for any of their products again.

very well put Jon, all credit to you for posting such a good article.