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| Re: Bittorrent and File Sharing [message #317567 is a reply to message #317564] |
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| trooprm02 wrote on Sun, 17 February 2008 13:47 |
funny how when people are proven wrong they resort to personal insults, you guys must be cool in real life! lmfao
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The thing is, I have yet to be proven wrong. All you've done is repeatedly say that TPB currently prohibits child porn and it's one of the few things they WILL moderator for. However, you haven't proven that this has always been their policy. I'm waiting...
To make it easier for you, I'll just prove you wrong right now.
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Whether child pornography was to be found on The Pirate Bay or not, it was their official policy not to remove any content that has been labeled correctly, even if it is child porn. As they said in their contact page (added somewhere near 19.2.2007):
we do not remove any content, what-so-ever, if it is not wrongly labeled. Seriously, NO content will be removed. Whatever it is. Do not even write to us about it.
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whoa.
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| Re: Bittorrent and File Sharing [message #318311 is a reply to message #317006] |
Thu, 21 February 2008 11:46 |
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Goztow
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Same idiocy as with taxes on empty cd's: let's tax everyone, that even though only few actually do download music illegally.
You can find me in The KOSs2 (TK2) discord while I'm playing. Feel free to come and say hi! TK2 discord
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| Re: Bittorrent and File Sharing [message #318312 is a reply to message #318311] |
Thu, 21 February 2008 12:01 |
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| Goztow wrote on Thu, 21 February 2008 12:46 |
Same idiocy as with taxes on empty cd's: let's tax everyone, that even though only few actually do download music illegally.
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One other option my country is considering is upping the taxes on mp3 players. Some estimates say a 60-80 GB iPod would have have a $75 dollar tax.
Personally, I think the best way to do this, is to tax the heaviest users OF bandwidth. For example, anyone who downloads 120GB+ should get taxed at a higher level than someone like myself.
One problem however... is that how much of that 120+ is going just to music, and how much is being used for videos, or programs?
Still, $60 a year in taxes to cover music downloads is a friggin' bargain. Just yesterday, I spent $165 on 10 CD's. Although I'd likely still buy CD's, I'd happily download music just to see if it's worth the purchase or not.
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| Aircraftkiller wrote on Fri, 10 January 2014 16:56 |
The only game where everyone competes to be an e-janitor.
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| Re: Bittorrent and File Sharing [message #318411 is a reply to message #317006] |
Fri, 22 February 2008 00:52 |
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nikki6ixx
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Since Jan 28th, I've used less than 1GB... 
I think I just lost at the internet.
Anyhow, I was watching the news, and there may actually be some Parliamentary (Canadian) support for a user pay system where levies on bandwidth are implemented.
Estimates suggest it would bring in at least half a billion dollars annually, which would be distributed not only to the music industry, but also to other media industries. That's a decent chunk of change.
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| Aircraftkiller wrote on Fri, 10 January 2014 16:56 |
The only game where everyone competes to be an e-janitor.
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| Re: Bittorrent and File Sharing [message #318415 is a reply to message #317006] |
Fri, 22 February 2008 01:21 |
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Goztow
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So no more downloading Linux distro's and game demo's? Even bandwith doesn't work unless you start scanning content, which is against any privacy law.
Piracy has been encouraged by the music industry for long enough: asking 20 EUR for 13 songs was for long time the norm...
You can find me in The KOSs2 (TK2) discord while I'm playing. Feel free to come and say hi! TK2 discord
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