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We Are Being Watched (Dont Download Illegal Movies/Music)

Good info but not the whole story.

For years now, the RIAA has been winning cases against individuals for large sums of money - staggering amounts. Nonetheless, many have continued downloading thinking that they haven't been watched or won't get caught.

The video says that no personal information is being collected.

That's not strictly true.

The company in question is contacting ISPs to have them send you the warning and your confirm your account, apart from them. The video explains that.

What the video doesn't explain is that information is then used as a basis for a court order to get your identity and haul you into court.

So - here's the only news here: they've automated and streamlined what they've been doing so they can do more of it.

Think they don't have the money to take you to court or the courts don't have time?

Sure.

So, many freshmen entering college receive a letter after they've been there a few months from the RIAA - you have been caught in the following copyright infringements, would you like to settle with us out of court for thousands of dollars or would you like to mount a legal defense against this.

They've been stepping up their game and they've never stopped and this isn't the start.

If you've been pirating media and think that no one has a file on you, then you're playing Russian Roulette.

Just a word to the wise. ;)
 
Skyroket said:
Soft keys go away when needed. Like in videos, games(i guess), pictures. They don't really bother me. I kinda hated illuminated Soft keys on galaxy s2. Nexus softkeys is much nicer.
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EarlyMon said:
I hope I'm wrong, but I'm seeing the :rolleyes: smiley as you're downloading illegally.

MPAA Wants Megaupload User Data Retained for Lawsuits -- Updated | Threat Level | Wired.com

Just one example.

And our site rules basically forbid promoting or encouraging any sort of copyright infringement. ;)
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Im always smiling :p
 
EarlyMon said:
I hope I'm wrong, but I'm seeing the :rolleyes: smiley as you're downloading illegally.

MPAA Wants Megaupload User Data Retained for Lawsuits -- Updated | Threat Level | Wired.com

Just one example.

And our site rules basically forbid promoting or encouraging any sort of copyright infringement. ;)
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I'm often downloading English language movies myself, sometimes for educational purposes, because the legal online movie services seem to be United States only....not promoting or encouraging...just saying. ;) :rolleyes:
 
The democratic countries are cooperating more and more on respecting each other's copyright laws as electronic media often crosses borders.

China doesn't participate in that, as you know, and a lot of copied media can be found from the west side of the Pacific Rim and inward.

Recently proposed draconian laws to control our internet borders were shot down, but their supporters will be back.

We live in interesting times. ;) :)
 
I wish Amazon would let me buy movies from them but I'm not from the US so even if I wanted to give them my money, they wouldn't take it. I figured how to buy from their mp3 store though.
 
BigCiX said:
Alot of websites are based outside to U.S. Is that their way of around piracy?
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It's their way to avoid prosecution. Even so, we extradited someone from the UK this year using our laws and the UK supported it.

The SOPA/PIPA proposed legislation was an attempt to for us to enforce the internet at our borders and influence foreign nations. We've not heard the last of that.
 
BigCiX said:
Alot of websites are based outside to U.S. Is that their way of around piracy?
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MegaUpload was in Hong Kong....but their servers were in the US.
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I am downloading a pirate movie. Hope it is a good one.

I think 200,000 lawsuits before Christmas would go a long ways towards slowing things down. Until people find a way to avoid being tracked.

I always use WiFi warm spots and highly secure bit torrent clients I buy from a man with a scar in a van in an alley after midnight, preferably, it will be a dark and stormy night. They ain't getting me.

I wear a different hat and sometimes, a fake beard.

Of course my credit is ruined because someone snuck in through an open port and stole my ID.
 
There are always ways and means, some are easier than others, some are more risky than others. Personally I won't touch torrents. As with anything illegal, if you do it, be prepared to pay the price.
 
EarlyMon said:
We live in interesting times. ;) :)
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Interesting choice of words. "May you live in interesting times" is said to be an old Chinese curse. I took a look and apparently, it is a curse derived from an old Chinese proverb.

No cursing on the forums! Smiley :D
 
The RIAA etc don't need access to the particular site

they setup honeypot trackers etc for torrents so you go downloading your connecting to their tracker and they lift from that your ip address

then its a quick mail to your ISP to get your Personal details
 
Torrents on what.cd are thoroughly checked through upon upload. I wonder how visible the honeypot trackers are.
- My friend is on what.cd and I don't know all of the details but it does sound very secure.
 
I haven't downloaded anything illegal in years because they started a big hype about how they were going to be busting a lot of people for doing so..

Is it only me that finds the punishments to out weigh the crime by quite a bit? If you put a dvd in it tells you that illegal distribution of the movie is punishable by a fine up to $250,000 USD. I just don't see justice in awarding a multi-million dollar (perhaps billion) company that much for a movie, you are most likely going to put that person in debt for most of if not all of his or her life. That is just plain and simple greed the way I see it

I really would like to see the copyright laws to be examined... I would actually just like to see everyone to just stop suing everyone, whether it be corporation to corporation, corporation to individual, individual to individual... Everything is just a mess with the whole system in my opinion
 
pbf98 said:
I haven't downloaded anything illegal in years because they started a big hype about how they were going to be busting a lot of people for doing so..

Is it only me that finds the punishments to out weigh the crime by quite a bit? If you put a dvd in it tells you that illegal distribution of the movie is punishable by a fine up to $250,000 USD. I just don't see justice in awarding a multi-million dollar (perhaps billion) company that much for a movie, you are most likely going to put that person in debt for most of if not all of his or her life. That is just plain and simple greed the way I see it

I really would like to see the copyright laws to be examined... I would actually just like to see everyone to just stop suing everyone, whether it be corporation to corporation, corporation to individual, individual to individual... Everything is just a mess with the whole system in my opinion
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I agree with you.

It's a two way street though.

I often hear and read online from those advocating piracy that they'll teach the music industry that their prices are too high, and the products therefore undesirable, by stealing the music.

You don't steal something undesirable.

Bad logic all around, but the awards come from the juries in the end.

Criminal penalties are simply intended as a deterrent. When the penalty is too low or too high, I think that many simply dismiss it.
 
Yea, this all may be well in good, but there are a lot of people who don't care about all that because they are simply poor. They could be sued, but have nothing to lose, so why would they stop.
The same goes for people who jack their neighbors wifi connection and download that way.
Simply put, they may be stepping up their enforcement game, but it's not really having the affect they hoped for.
 
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