Update on Jon
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Hello everyone
Jon has developed post-op complications and he is not doing very well right now. We hope his situation will improve in the next couple of days. I will keep you posted.
For the moment, if any of you have interesting links or any other RELEVANT information you think fellow readers might like to know about, please post them under this story as comments.
I will be checking Jon’s regular email for now if you wish to contact us through that.
It would really help Jon to know p2pnet readers have rallied behind him to carry on and to keep this site functioning in a polite and productive manner.
Thank you all
Liz and Emma
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April 7th, 2011 at 4:04 pm
:’( I don’t know about the rest of the readers, but I feel sad.
Please tell him we said he has to pull though and get stronger.
April 7th, 2011 at 4:19 pm
I am sorry.
You and your family will be in my thoughts and I hope Jon feels better soon.
April 7th, 2011 at 4:24 pm
Liz, Emma, and Jon…
There isn’t much anyone can say that hasn’t been said already here
or through emails.
You all should know and always remember that we’ve been behind you in every
fight, and this doesn’t change how much we appreciate what Jon and you all do
and how you do it.
We’re with you all the way, for sure. Suffice it to say, all our prayers and hopes
for Jon’s speedy recovery are with you all the time. You can certainly count on us
to do what we can to keep p2pnet going.
I think we were all just waiting to hear from you first our concern for Jonis what’s been foremost
in our minds. We’re still here. You’ve not been abandoned, and neither has p2pnet.
You can count on us.
Take care of yourselves, and please give Jon our warmest regards. We’re here and waiting
for his triumphant return.
catflap
April 7th, 2011 at 4:43 pm
So sorry to hear about Jons problem. We were always happy to watch his site and watch Jon fighting the good fight! Please let him know I will keep him uplifted in prayer!
April 7th, 2011 at 4:52 pm
Relentless Facebook Self-Promoters are Narcissists
A study confirms what Facebook friends of narcissists already knew (and don’t ‘like’).
hxxp://www.pcworld.com/article/224519/
Who could see this one coming? That is, besides anyone with a Facebook account.
New research concludes that college students who use Facebook and other technology platforms to proclaim their awesomeness — rather than, you know, connecting with their inferiors other human beings — exhibit classic signs of narcissism.
Flagler College psychology professor Meghan Saculla and Western Kentucky University psychology professor W. Pitt Derryberry will present their findings at an educational research conference that begins on Friday in New Orleans.
The researchers observed how 279 students used Electronic Media and Communication Devices (EMCDs) to post content to popular social networking sites, and then followed up with surveys to determine students’ self-perceptions. The goal of the study was to determine links between technology use, narcissism and the development of moral judgment.
From ars technica’s Jacqui Cheng:
The researchers’ main finding confirmed their previous suspicions: students who used technology and social media tools specifically to promote themselves and attempt to gain popularity tended to come off as narcissistic. Those students also tended to self-report as narcissistic, showing a correlation between perception and self-reporting.
“[M]ales reported that they are more likely than females to use Facebook/MySpace as a vehicle for popularity, to use cell phones as a means of creating a medial identity, to isolate themselves with these technological devices, and to use Facebook/MySpace and cell phones for exhibitionistic display,” reads the paper. “[T]hough females tend to use EMCDs more often than males, the attitudes of males regarding their EMCD usage appear to be more detrimental for social functioning.”
Two quick points here:
* They use MySpace as a “vehicle for popularity”? Really? Were they also wearing raccoon coats and doing the Jitterbug?
* “The attitudes of males regarding their EMCD usage appear to be more detrimental for social functioning.” Translation: College guys can be real jerks. Technology or no technology, it’s reassuring to know that some things never change.
Saculla and Derryberry acknowledge the limitations of their research, including a larger sample of female students and a limited socioeconomic demographic.
The professors also emphasize they’re not suggesting that using electronic devices and social networking automatically makes you (or transforms you into) a narcissist. The self-love comes first. The social networking and EMCDs are tools for making the rest of the world love the narcissists as much as the narcissists love themselves. Which, if you know any narcissists, actually is fairly impossible.
April 7th, 2011 at 5:18 pm
Just checking to see if this comment box works
Cheers
Liz
April 7th, 2011 at 5:57 pm
Hey Liz and Emma.
Give my regards to Jon and told him that he is very important to us. Our prayers are for his quick recovery.
I am going to look for more stuff to post. Hopefully people will notice and start posting as well.
Cheer!
April 7th, 2011 at 6:02 pm
Nothing rel;evant to post; but when you’ll have a chance, please let Jon know that Serguei wishes him the best of luck and hopes for his full and speedy recovery!
Best wishes (and I mean it!) -
Oso.
April 7th, 2011 at 6:06 pm
My of my best wishes, thoughts, and prayers are with Jon! Thanks Liz and Emma.
April 7th, 2011 at 6:10 pm
A French representative want to pass a law against Anonymous.
The UMP MP Muriel Marland-Militello will file a bill aimed at strengthening penalties for cyber attacks against public institutions, to extend them to DDOS attacks, and suspend the access of users who are involved in these attacks . The Anonymous are directly targeted.
It is doubtful that such a law will have any effect since anonymous is an international phenomena and only it French component can be reached.
Moreover anonymous could in response to such a law start using Ddosing tools who preserve the anonymity of the attacker. Too make thing worst for the public institution it turn out that such tools are also much more powerful than the LOIC canon.
http://www.numerama.com/magazine/18492-une-loi-pour-suspendre-l-acces-des-anonymous-en-cas-d-attaque-ddos.html
April 7th, 2011 at 6:11 pm
Republicans in the House of Representatives introduce a bill to roll back the new Net Neutrality law.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=13316414
Seems like all that campaign contribution money is paying off for the ISPs!
April 7th, 2011 at 6:19 pm
Joel Tenenbaum appeals to a federal court his $670,500 fine for sharing 30 $1 dollar songs.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215485/Federal_court_to_review_67_500_music_piracy_fine?taxonomyId=144
Cara Duckworth, am RIAA spokeswoman, expressed confidence in the RIAA’s position. “After hearing all the facts of a case, juries are given the authority to send a strong message if they so choose when they find the illegal activity to be particularly egregious and harmful,” she said.
“That’s what they did here,” she said, adding that the jury’s decision mirrors Congress’ intent to prevent egregious copyright infringement.
April 7th, 2011 at 6:26 pm
Rebecca Black in copyright dispute with “Friday” producer Ark Music Factory
http://www.okmagazine.com/2011/04/rebecca-black-suing-friday-producers/
Welcome to the music business!
April 7th, 2011 at 6:32 pm
I’ll do what I can…
R
April 7th, 2011 at 6:51 pm
MPAA attempts to shut down potential revenue stream, sues Internet movie company Zediva.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704587004576243292661804516.html
I hear they are thinking about asking for 75 trillion in damages!
April 7th, 2011 at 7:33 pm
I fear for the worst but I,m hopeful for the best, my thoughts are with Jons family at this time : (
It seems the UK police are finding nominet (The UK domain name registrar) easy prey to unofficial take down requests ..
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110406/02525813799/uk-domain-seizures-nominet-admits-its-helped-police-seize-3000-sites.shtml
Dodgy solicitor Andrew Crossley will soon come face to face with some justice after masterminding a speculative invoicing scheme aimed at fileshares that accused the innocent and netted him a tidy sum…
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/93012/acs-law-attorney-faces-disciplinary-hearing-june-3rd/
Interent heavyweights weight in to oppose French data retention law…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12983734
April 7th, 2011 at 7:47 pm
Do get better…
April 7th, 2011 at 9:41 pm
get well soon, Jon.
April 7th, 2011 at 9:48 pm
Hopes he gets better. Our prayers are with him.
April 7th, 2011 at 10:19 pm
GO JON! You can get through this mate! My thoughts are with you
April 8th, 2011 at 12:30 am
Please do let us know how he is and let Jon know that we are all pulling and/or praying for his speedy recovery. The internet needs him.
April 8th, 2011 at 5:27 am
[...] Sadly Jon had complications from his surgery this week and according to a post from his wife and daughter, Liz and Emma, he’s not doing very well right now. They’ve posted up a request which can be found here. [...]
April 8th, 2011 at 6:32 am
I’m surprised no one has yet answered your newest thread.
People are rooting for Jon, not only here but elsewhere on the net.
Best Wishes to P2Pnet’s Jon Newton
http://torrentfreak.com/best-wishes-to-p2pnets-jon-newton-110408/
Thank you for updating us on the ongoings. I know it can’t be easy for you Liz and Emma.
Hang in there, have faith that things get better.
April 8th, 2011 at 6:33 am
Get well soon Jon!
I’ve a recent article here: http://digitalproductions.co.uk/index.php?id=276
April 8th, 2011 at 8:48 am
Get well soon Jon! Article below
Yahoo! held Liable for Contributing to Copyright Infringement
The Court of Rome holds search engine giant Yahoo! liable for assisting copyright infringement of hit Iranian movie “About Elly”
Yahoo! Italia was dealt a blow this week after the Court of Rome ruled it was liable for contributing to copyright infringement. The ruling surrounds the award winning Iranian movie “About Elly” which appeared on numerous streaming websites and P2P file sharing networks illegally.
The court said Yahoo! italia was liable because it recieved notification from PFA – (the italian distributor of the movie) that it’s search index was linking to websites and services which allowed users to easily find and watch unauthorised copies of the movie. PFA also claimed that the unauthorised links were appearing higher in search results that the films official website thus making users more likely to visit an unauthorised site.
Yahoo! italia did not respond to the PFAs takedown request and as a result ended up in the Court of Rome. PFA asked the court to;
1.Order Yahoo! italia to remove the infringing links.
2.issue an injunction to prevent further infringement activities.
3.order Yahoo! italia to pay €1,000 ($) for each minute and €10,000 ( $) for each day of delay in complying with the order.
4.Provide for publication of the order.
A little over the top maybe?
The order focused on Articles 14-17 of the E-commerce Decree (70/2003) of which information societies intermediaries, access providers, caching providers and hosting providers are not liable for infringement if they have no knowledge of or control over the infringing data.
However, the court ruled that the search giant was well aware of the infringing links, but chose to ignore them. For that reason the court ordered the removal of all infringing links effective immediatly. Unfortunatly for Yahoo!, the court did not disclose the URLs in question which is sure to cause a headache.
Speaking after the ruling Yahoo! italia said it would be appealing the decision.
The big question on everyone’s lips is how this will effect future rulings in other countries and for search engines in general. One thing is for sure, it would be near impossible for search engines to locate and remove any items alleged to be infringing of copyright.
http://www.unitethecows.com/content/372-yahoo-held-liable-contirbuting-movie-copyright-infringement.html
April 8th, 2011 at 9:28 am
Best wishes Jon – hope you make a full recovery.
Chris
April 8th, 2011 at 9:42 am
we’re all cheering for you Jon, Get Well Soon, and will see you back posting again soon
April 8th, 2011 at 11:01 am
http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/201114/7017/Anonymous-Operation-Sony-is-a-double-edged-sword?page=1
April 8th, 2011 at 12:08 pm
Good luck Jon.
We are all behind you and your family.
If you need ….. don’t be to proud to ask. you hear ?
We all can pull together to give you the help you want , within reason .. of course…
but you already know that ( within reason part ) as you are a very reasonable man.
Get well soon.
from:
Just a random U.K. Annon.
April 8th, 2011 at 12:39 pm
hang in there Jon we need you
April 8th, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Prayers and best wishes.
April 8th, 2011 at 5:01 pm
Best wishes Jon. we miss you, buddy
April 8th, 2011 at 7:27 pm
Get well soon, Jon.
April 8th, 2011 at 8:48 pm
I’ve not been following p2pnet previously, but Enigmax @ TF has posted a link to this page. Now that I’m aware of it, I hope we can soon see you back in better health and ready to continue your good work.
Best of luck to you, Mr Newton – you get well soon, sir.
April 8th, 2011 at 10:27 pm
Thinking of you 3, and hoping for the best!
April 9th, 2011 at 12:21 am
I had complications from surgery once. The doctor didn’t expect me to live and told my wife as much. Yet, here I am a decade later, alive and still kicking. I just wanted to say that you will pull through this. The hard part will soon be behind you and you’ll be back reporting on p2p issues before you know it, and your followers will certainly be happy to have you back at the helm. If it wasn’t for p2pnet, I’m not sure I’d truthfully know what was going on in Canada in terms of the latest copywrong schemes. Not many people out there are willing to do what you do, and what you do as a Canadian, for Canadians, is definitely both important and necessary. Take care of yourself and get well soon! Your country needs you!
April 9th, 2011 at 1:30 am
Arcade Fire vs. Stephen Harper? Award-winning band calls Conservative policies ‘destructive’ and urges Canadians to vote
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Arcade+Fire+Stephen+Harper/4583740/story.html
On their blog at arcadefire.com, Montreal-based Arcade Fire is urging Canadians to vote — just not for the Conservative Party.
The blog entry offers three web links for “anyone unfamiliar with Mr. Harper’s work.” One links to a CBC story about Harper calling the Kyoto environmental accord “socialist” and “job-killing” when Harper was opposition leader; another links to a website critical of the development — which Harper has defended —_of Alberta’s oilsands; and a Democracy Now! article about mass arrests and alleged abuse of civil liberties at the G20 summit held last summer in Toronto.
Get well Jon so you can tongue lash Harper before the vote
April 9th, 2011 at 2:21 am
Dear Jon,
I sincerely hope you get well soon, buddy. Having never commented or wrote to you before, to express just how important your work is, I feel ashamed. However, I’m quite optimistic that everything will get back to it’s natural rhythm in no time at all. After all, you’re about as dedicated a soldier as they come. Soldiers never give up!!
Liz, my heart goes out to you in this stressful time. I believe a wise man once said.. ‘Behind every great man, is an even greater woman.’
Emma, your father is a great man, he loves you, his country & his fellow countrymen. You should be proud of him, he does what most men can’t. He stands up for what he believes, praises the right and exposes the wrong.
I read this post when there were but 271 page views, the news has had a quite different impact on me, than what i would been tended to believe it would. It might just now be sinking in, I guess. Anyways, I have been following for years. Will be for many more.
P.S. In the world of online news, Jon, you are my Lloyd Robertson.
Sincerely,
Optimistic Reader
April 9th, 2011 at 3:36 am
My prayers and with Jon and his family.
April 9th, 2011 at 4:11 am
my cousin is a heart surgeon, i wish he could help you, if u were in greece that could be arranged, anyway, best of wishes for quick recovery and hang on in there
April 9th, 2011 at 7:46 am
Best of luck Jon, i hope you get better soon.
April 9th, 2011 at 8:28 am
Sorry to hear the bad news, Really hope you get well soon Jon
April 9th, 2011 at 10:50 am
Best wishes for Jon and for his family, my thoughts are with you.
Some news he would have probably commented: “Big Content” Is Strangling American Innovation : http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/03/big_content_is_strangling_amer.html
A random anon from France.
April 9th, 2011 at 10:18 pm
Get well soon Jon. Been too long already.
Liz, any updates on how Jon’s doing?
April 9th, 2011 at 11:48 pm
Very sorry to learn the bad news, wishing for the best
April 10th, 2011 at 2:42 am
this may help, i suffer from Congestive Heart Failure and some blockage but i stead of under going surgery I decide to turn to Dr.Schulze
my heart is much better, and i feel better. Too Formule’s i use from him is (Heart,Cayenne Tincture) It Works well, My thought and Prayer are with jon and his family. Hope i helped some.
April 10th, 2011 at 4:24 am
Who is behind Crooks, content manipulation, information suppression, throttling, usage based billing, obscenely high internet prices, double billing and rest of poor status of our internet. One of the hints is: http://www.rabble.ca/news/2011/03/ubb-fight-starts-simple-message-sell-bell
You can check links 30 deep and you will find the same players: Bell, Rogers, Verizon, Telus, Cogeco and all major ISPs [internet service provider] as well as the richest of the rich in Canada, USA and UK. These Billionaires own just about every major business, bar none. I say Billionaires only because that’s what their accounting books show. Reality is they own much more and collect much more as well.
Anyone that high up who scams the public is playing Art of War and controls legal and illegal markets. They may be behind many layers of so called legal protection but they sure do dabble in them, and extensively. They use legal means to give themselves loopholes to perpetrate extortion and fraud while saying it’s perfectly OK to do so.
Legal meaning Admiralty Law, Law of the seas and shipping. This requires your consent, as in an agreement or contract of some short, and they have many ways to scam you by such tactics. It starts off with advertizing, false advertizing and goes on to media manipulation, misinformation, secrecy of their operations, favors for their affiliates and host of other methods.
Friends in almost all developed countries report their internet and access to information is greatly better: 100 MBps connections or better, much higher upload speeds, TV & internet & phone & cell phones & movies & music for equivalent of about 40 dollars per month, much better transparency, much better support. They laugh when told of the draconian business practices taking place in Canada, USA and UK. They laugh at us for not putting the filthy rich, ISPs, government and businesses feet to the fire.
Solutions:
- boycott these ripoff businesses and all other companies they own
- support your local small ISPs until those ripoff big ones bend to our will or fall
- don’t pay your bills via cheque or credit card, pay in cash only
- force Bell to accept payment at there outlets
- complain and make complaints again them at every turn
- charge them for your lost time and any time you have to deal with them [usual rate is 500 per hour and up]
- take them to Common Law Court [with jury of your peers] for any infractions
- don’t settle for deals where they pay you off to keep quiet
- study there Unlawful system and find cracks and hidden remedy
- get together in groups and find Lawful ways to charge them
- you have the right to start your own ISP, have fiber installed to your home and share it, and pay for it with your personal account as an essential service
- Canadians paid for Infrastructure and own it. NOT Bell Rogers Telus and others … they are only caretakers of it, poor ones at that. Demand cheaper prices or there disbandment.
If we don’t then you will see highest internet speeds of 4 MBps download and 0.5 upload, everything censored, prices skyrocket and many sitting in those jails Harper just singed off on.
Anyone wants more details then ask.
April 10th, 2011 at 5:44 am
Jon, you and your family are in my prayers. I’m praying for a speedy recovery. You have done so much to fight this corrupt system!
April 10th, 2011 at 10:33 am
Liz,
What is the latest news? Is he stabilized yet?
April 10th, 2011 at 12:07 pm
I don’t know if this will help, but I will keep you all in my thoughts and keep checking every day. Jon get well soon and I hope you and your family get the very best results from this operation.
April 10th, 2011 at 5:38 pm
So sorry to hear of Jons’ condition. I wish him a speedy recovery and my thoughts are with him and his family.
Get well soon Jon.
April 10th, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Sorry to hear about Jon.
I hope he gets better soon!
xxx
April 11th, 2011 at 1:52 pm
Hi every one
Jon is making great strides every day and Emma and I are optimistic.
In fact, he suffered a stroke after the operation and that is what we are dealing with. He is due to have four to six weeks of neurological rehab.
You all know Jon to have a tremendous will power and I think that has not been affected. He is starting show his sense of humour again and he was demanding coffee and his beloved hot sauce. The coffee, Emma and I administered to him via a spray bottle because he wasn’t supposed to have thin liquids in the first few days.
I don’t think it will be too many days before he will post something here, either on his own or via us.
Thank you all for your good wishes and thanks to those who have posted some content. It does Jon good to hear that his readers are helping carry the site.
Liz
April 11th, 2011 at 7:25 pm
WHAT ?! .. if that’s a joke it’s not funny
coffee is an accelerator, aggravates the whole system and speeds up heart unnecessarily, just like speed or cocaine
hot sauce puts system into overdrive to counter it’s affects
you want him dead sooner than later then you keep letting him have ‘em
April 11th, 2011 at 7:53 pm
Jon: Stay strong. Work hard and recover fully. Our thoughts are with you.
lrl
April 11th, 2011 at 9:16 pm
@ Reader’s Write @ 7:25:
The coffee may have been decaff, and do you honestly think that Liz & Emma would do anything to harm Jon? I don’t think so.
Liz:
That is good news indeed!!
April 13th, 2011 at 6:52 pm
p2pnet – the only open canadian forum defense is prohibited, where answers are not allowed, debates stifled, information manipulated …
oh wait a second … exactly like harper’s tyrannical kingdom … must be part of [redacted]… all over the world now and for last 500 years … your days are numbered
_____________________________________________
Note from Devil’s Advocate:
@Angel:
The rest of this comment has been redacted, out of respect for Jon and his family, and the only reason anything is appearing here at all is to deliver you a message.
You obviously are on some deranged mission against the Newtons that nobody else here seems to be sharing. You obviously don’t actually read what’s on this site, or you’d know it’s neither Jon nor Liz who are deleting your sorry statements, which are really nothing but a waste of network resources.
And, since nobody’s stupid enough to believe that the comments you keep trying to post could possibly deserve the display energy, I’ve written you off as a k00k.
You’ll get no further audience from this site.
All entries from you in the future will just go to Dave Null.
April 15th, 2011 at 1:38 am
get well !!
April 15th, 2011 at 11:46 pm
Hey Jon, get well soon. I’m sad to find out that you had a stroke but, as I’m sure you already know, recovering from a stroke is far more likely if medical attention is available shortly after it happens. I’m glad your family is there to support you.
May 12th, 2011 at 7:10 pm
I duno about john but I wish him all th best. Please also call broadband. go v or ftc . gov and tell them that the internet needs to be upgraded in Deanville Texa s . Top speed here is 32KB/sec and minuimuim by ftc standards to be broadband is 5mb/sec. Please help!!!