Comments on: Hollywood goes after students http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4527 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4527/comment-page-1#comment-12389 Reader's Write Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:10:22 +0000 #comment-12389 A great point IMHO. As children we were encouraged to share our toys and snacks with friends and family, encouraged to form relationships and meet new friends. Maybe it's not the filesharer's who should be punished here, after all, they are only following guidance instilled in them from an early age. In truth, it is our parents who should face the wrath of the media cartels. It was their callous and flagrant disregard for copyright infringement which has bred a counter-culture of dissafected youths who want nothing more than to share the pleasure of listening to their favourite songs or watching a halfway decent movie with their mates without each having to pay an arm and a leg for the privelidge. Back when VHS was king, i remember reading about the occasional bust of pirate video sellers. These people were invariably painted as vicious thugs with links to organized crime and drug cartels. Who deserved to be locked up indefinitely for peddling cheap, poor quality rip-offs. I remember the TV ad's with the dodgy bloke at a market stall, refusing to refund a woman who bought a copy of Bambi last week which turned out to be a blank tape. This seems almost justifiable to me. No one likes to get ripped off, and very few people like to think they may be subsidizing criminal enterprise (why more people dont count the likes of the RIAA, et all as criminal escapes me, but that's a different story). Now these cartels have had to take the dangerous step of demonizing the common man. It's all seems a bit 1984 to me! Just think, the person sitting next to you on the train could be a subversive file-sharer, bent on the destruction of all that is right and good. If you suspect someone of gratuitous filesharing and dont report them, then you to are just as evil and twisted as they are. You deserve to be punished for allowing this to go unchecked. Fear everyone, including yourself. The crack down on filesharing goes hand in hand with the 'War on Terror' and the 'War on Drugs'. Inducing a state of fear and loathing in the population. Another vector of attack for their psychological manipulation. It will become apparent that this latest 'War on...' theme will be as innefectual as the others, otherwise it serves no function. The 'War on Drugs' has been raging for years with billions of dollars spent on funding with absolutely no negative effects to the trade in illegal drugs, indeed it's higher than ever. This is because the government needs it's demons to keep the general populace cowed and fearful. The 'War on Terror' is fast proving to have similar success. Now we have a new demon to be wary of, the online insurgents. Spreading virii and malware wherever they go. Stealing passwords and bank account details, the scourge of the internet. Bonfire of the Vanities anyone? A great point IMHO. As children we were encouraged to share our toys and snacks with friends and family, encouraged to form relationships and meet new friends. Maybe it’s not the filesharer’s who should be punished here, after all, they are only following guidance instilled in them from an early age. In truth, it is our parents who should face the wrath of the media cartels. It was their callous and flagrant disregard for copyright infringement which has bred a counter-culture of dissafected youths who want nothing more than to share the pleasure of listening to their favourite songs or watching a halfway decent movie with their mates without each having to pay an arm and a leg for the privelidge.

Back when VHS was king, i remember reading about the occasional bust of pirate video sellers. These people were invariably painted as vicious thugs with links to organized crime and drug cartels. Who deserved to be locked up indefinitely for peddling cheap, poor quality rip-offs. I remember the TV ad’s with the dodgy bloke at a market stall, refusing to refund a woman who bought a copy of Bambi last week which turned out to be a blank tape. This seems almost justifiable to me. No one likes to get ripped off, and very few people like to think they may be subsidizing criminal enterprise (why more people dont count the likes of the RIAA, et all as criminal escapes me, but that’s a different story).

Now these cartels have had to take the dangerous step of demonizing the common man. It’s all seems a bit 1984 to me! Just think, the person sitting next to you on the train could be a subversive file-sharer, bent on the destruction of all that is right and good. If you suspect someone of gratuitous filesharing and dont report them, then you to are just as evil and twisted as they are. You deserve to be punished for allowing this to go unchecked. Fear everyone, including yourself. The crack down on filesharing goes hand in hand with the ‘War on Terror’ and the ‘War on Drugs’. Inducing a state of fear and loathing in the population. Another vector of attack for their psychological manipulation. It will become apparent that this latest ‘War on…’ theme will be as innefectual as the others, otherwise it serves no function. The ‘War on Drugs’ has been raging for years with billions of dollars spent on funding with absolutely no negative effects to the trade in illegal drugs, indeed it’s higher than ever. This is because the government needs it’s demons to keep the general populace cowed and fearful. The ‘War on Terror’ is fast proving to have similar success. Now we have a new demon to be wary of, the online insurgents. Spreading virii and malware wherever they go. Stealing passwords and bank account details, the scourge of the internet. Bonfire of the Vanities anyone?

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4527/comment-page-1#comment-12341 Reader's Write Sat, 16 Apr 2005 01:18:52 +0000 #comment-12341 I'll bet that the Indie artists of the world would accept the business that comes from anyone that's willing to download and share. http://www.angelfire.com/indie/artists4good/index2.html I’ll bet that the Indie artists of the world would accept the business that comes from anyone that’s willing to download and share.

http://www.angelfire.com/indie/artists4good/index2.html

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4527/comment-page-1#comment-12298 Reader's Write Thu, 14 Apr 2005 23:47:49 +0000 #comment-12298 From now on, lets not encurage kids to share their things... lets just see how they turn out then! Oh wait... that will just make them as bad as the greedy RIAA and MPAA! From now on, lets not encurage kids to share their things… lets just see how they turn out then!
Oh wait… that will just make them as bad as the greedy RIAA and MPAA!

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