Hey, when I flag my own comment in this aging thread, is that the only way I can bring your notice to it, or is it just a pain in the arse, or both?

Oh, how young and foolish I was!  

Be careful what you wish for, I guess?

We might be waiting a while.

http://www.jaduncan.com/2012/08/since-surfthechannel.html

They claim they can not offer things to consumers when consumers want them, and this is partially true.  They have created a worldwide web of rules and collection agencies that defeat even their own attempts to promote their own works, how else can one explain a major studio or label lacking the world wide rights to their own product and having to use geoblocking?

Rather than embrace the new ideas what everyone else has, they instead cling to the fantasy land where nothing has to change and they can keep doing business as they always have.  From the group who called the VCR the Boston Strangler and when their court fights failed, and people had VCRs they were making money hand over fist.  It was a new Renaissance for their industry.  They fight every step forward, and the sick part is they have now purchased enough influence that they feel perfectly okay pursuing rules to destroy global networks simply because someone MIGHT be able to use them for wrong doing in their eyes.

They buy influence and scream about all of the money they are losing, but somehow the fact they are having some of the best years in a long time is just a fluke.  They get everyone else to spend money to protect their “rights” and pay less than most people do in taxes at the same time.  They talk about how important an industry they are, yet I do not see us buying copies of The Dark Knight to fight disease in the developing world.

The Governments are corrupt, the people are trapped in a system designed to only appear to offer choice and control.  The real power and control is held by those who have money and buy the influence, making sure that everyone else bears the burdens.  How much more will it take before we remember we out number them, and we can with a single voice say NO MORE and make them tremble.

Was he sentenced for uploading, or was he sentenced for linking?

Since the judge didn’t seem to know the difference, I’d say that question is moot.

The snuggling up to a kiddy-porn merchant angle does indeed seem to have been regrettably left out of the picture… dude most definitely deserves a re-trial.

Killing a man can move people to action, breaking a man and crushing him to show your power to all around you helps keep the citizens in line, knowing they could be next.  Set to be broken one at a time because people will refuse to speak up, expecting others to do so in their stead…  until there is no one left to speak up for them.

That or I’m just a nut with a catchy avatar… you decide.

Could the EFF help?

It seems to be a hotbed of corruption where private organizations operate as government institutions and control the justice system.

You don’t say.

My money goes to independent artists only.

Hereby pledging not to let these utter fucking scumbags ever see another cent of mine.

The RSPCA charity has a habit of bringing private prosecutions against animal abusers.