http://torrentfreak.com/g8-pushes-anti-pir...reement-080710/

This is the latest internet topic that is currently catching a lot of attention
Basically it is a new rule that the MPAA and RIAA want to implement on the internet, to police the internet.



Share your thoughts.

mabye if they didnt overprice everything on the market we wouldnt have to pirate.

Not surprised.

See you all in prison.

To be frank, those fat, hee-haw, corporate ####### aren't getting a tick of my money anyway. They've been blowing this out of proportion for years and they can go to hell.

Hehehe...

NAT, IP spoofing, Safepeer proxy list, Tor... I won't say that they won't stop me from pirating, but they're certainly not going to get me before the average person. And hey, I purchase stuff too. If (a) stuff was more reasonably priced, ( more money went to the artists rather than the record companies, and ©, international stuff were available in stores rather than just over the internet, I'd be willing to purchase a lot more.

You guys hear about the RIAA prosecuting that 12 year old a few years back, though? That kind of scares me.

Have they? I'm willing to bet everyone on here has at least something pirated on their computers right now.

The only people that fight these crimes are the recordlables themselves and we all know why.

I mean, searching through your iPod and laptops?

Online piracy is nothing short of ##### en-vogue these days. The first time you figure out that there is a site or program that allows you to violate copyright and steal media, are you worrying about how much money you're ##### crooking from a studio or label's pocket?

The answer for most is a simple HELL NO.

They're trying to scare people and make an example out of someone.


Like I've said before at least a million times, this whole thing is less about how much money is being stolen from record labels, but more about how much choice we have in what we listen to.

Let them try. In these interwebs, you can do anything without getting caught if you're smart.

Great, internet cops.

I don't see a problem with pirating. You can come at me with your 'BANDZ NAH GET MONEZ!' spiel, but honestly, I'll just call ####### and ask you to do research into how much money is actually 'lost'.

The way I see it, the RIAA and the MPAA have been overstepping their bounds for quite some time, and it needs to stop. Since when the hell have large corporations been able to tell me what to do? (Rhetorical question, for those who think that statement was serious.)

Wonderful. Just wonderful.

You know, if I remember correctly, it's roughly $15 for a CD out in my area (I haven't purchased a CD in years. With the advent of internet radio, I just run it through my PSP when I want to listen to music). These CDs hold about 16 songs, so it's a little bit less than a dollar a song.

Mind you, in the end, we are paying for a plastic, shiny disc. That is all you buy when you get a CD, a piece of shiny plastic with terrible music on it, or in some cases, good music. But mostly terrible music.

Of course, I will now giggle at the failure involved in the inevitable laws, because it's going to cost the government more to employ people to monitor the internet than it is going to save by stopping pirating.

This brings up a question though....if they're now going to crack down on Pirating in what will be an almost Nazi like manner, what will happen to YouTube? It's the largest pirating site in the world, or at least the largest non-porno pirating site.

So no more free porn?

In my area, CDs are about $20. And most of it is main stream crap I dislike. And not only that, but it's edited. And most CDs have between 10-14 songs.




It will be policed more I would imagine. Remember, it's owned by google. I doubt anyones going to try and go against them any time soon.

Youtube is NOT the largest pirating site in the world. The torrent sites easily take that spot and besides that, there were sites such as tv-links.com that gave you access to all films and there are several replacements sites for that as well.

CDs cost about €20 in the Netherlands, which is simply out of order. With that, you get 14 songs.
I remember the old days when cd's costed €15, or less and contained 18-20 songs. The reason people download in the Netherlands is because of these ridiculous prices.

In the UK new cd's cost about £10-15. This is cheaper than in the Netherlands, but considering almost all cd's in England contain 10-14 songs (mostly), this is just a rip off.

How comes that cd's get less music on them, but the prices go up? On that note, why do musicians often have a 10 minute gap between the last song and a bonus song they added? Really, as if anyone is gonna wait 10 minutes in silence, just to hear 1 song. Or is this to simply add playtime to the total playtime?