how dare they!

manipulator · Post by **manipulator** » 27 Aug 2007, 19:10

looks like more crap rollin down the hill from fallout over the "user privacy" war. guess they never heard of piggyback tho eh?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/0 ... 4&from=rss
so what is your views on the whole privacy/copyright issue?

Post by **ayu** » 27 Aug 2007, 23:43

tbh i can't say that i support that downloading pirated software should be legal since i think that the people making it should get their money. I mean it's not just the "big" starts who get lesser money even though they have a lot. It's also the "minor" people who get lesser money because people download their stuff. I can't say that i am not a pirate either...

arrh ;P

Post by **bad_brain** » 28 Aug 2007, 04:45

well, I don't play much games or stuff like that, and for most issues there is already free open source software available (especially on *nix)....BUT the point is not pro/contra piracy, it is about censorship!
this is just a start to cut the people off from information (only dumb citizens are good citizens!), and if this website is THAT illegal and criminal why don't they simply sue the owners? as long as no judge has decided this site is illegal it IS legal...so what they do is breaking their own laws because most politicians are nothing but puppets of the big corporations.
I wish they would show that much effort in wiping child porn off the net...but well, I think they don't want to cut off their own supply.

so: hooray for proxies!

Post by **Stavros** » 28 Aug 2007, 11:59

Not only does this cut off pirated software it also cuts out free programs.

Want to torrent a Linux distro? Too bad!

We have a phrase for reactions like this, "Throwing the baby out with the bathwater."

A great way to rack up on "collateral damage".