Ireland Realizes The Dangers Of Current... >>
<< Thoughts On The Google IPO Filing
 tdicon 

Surprises

by Mike Masnick

Fri, Apr 30th 2004 1:58am





File Sharing Helps Terrorists

from the and,-oh-yeah,-that-copyright-thing dept

A few months ago, some entertainment industry folks floated the idea that file sharing "helped terrorists" because certain groups that were suspected of funding terrorist operations had ties to counterfeiting gangs. That was quite a stretch, but now the US Army is pointing out that file sharing might actually help terrorists if it's done by soldiers out in the field. It appears that American soldiers, far away from home, are trying to download the latest music via file sharing networks. Unfortunately, in some of these areas, bandwidth is a lot more scarce, and having it eaten up by people downloading the latest songs isn't helping matters. At the end, they also mention that, oh yeah, there's that whole copyright infringement thing - but the bandwidth issue is much more important.

4 Comments | Leave a Comment

If you liked this post, you may also be interested in...

Reader Comments (rss)

(Flattened / Threaded)

  1.  
    identicon
    Anonymous Coward, Apr 30th, 2004 @ 7:06am

    No Subject Given

    If you download music, the terrorist have already won.
    Maybe it's just me, but I'm getting a little tired of everyone / everything bad being likened to terrorist. Last night a guy was comparing the "war against cancer" to the "war on terror", claiming that every day as many people die of cancer as died in the collapse of one world trade center tower.

     

    [ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]

  2.  
    identicon
    OOooo, Apr 30th, 2004 @ 7:28am

    Re: No Subject Given

    If you question the war on terror, the terrorists have won!

    Yes, I'd say the "war on terror" blank check book to justify "X" via the "war on terror" is running out of checks.....

     

    [ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]

  3.  
    identicon
    AMetamorphosis, Apr 30th, 2004 @ 8:07am

    Buzz words & catch phrases


    Yeah , blame the terrorist ...

    AND ...

    if you need a socially accepted excuse for banning anything, just say:

    " It's for the children "

     

    [ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]

  4.  
    identicon
    NOBODY, Apr 30th, 2004 @ 8:23am

    No Subject Given

    I wonder how much longer it's going to take before we start equating anyone who disagrees with us to being a terrorist. Kind of like we did with communists during the cold war. You know, that guy, he doesn't agree with my horrible right wing agenda. He's must be a communist, and therefore must be stopped to protect us god fearing americans...

    It's only a matter of time.

     

    [ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]


Add Your Comment

Have a Techdirt Account? Sign in now. Want one? Register here
Get Techdirt’s Daily Email
Save me a cookie
  • Note: A CRLF will be replaced by a break tag (<br>), all other allowable HTML will remain intact
  • Allowed HTML Tags: <b> <i> <a> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <hr> <tt>
Ireland Realizes The Dangers Of Current... >>
<< Thoughts On The Google IPO Filing
 tdicon 
Follow Techdirt
Flattr rss rss
A word from our Sponsors...
Sponsored Resource
Essential Reading
Techdirt Reading List
Techdirt Insider Chat

A word from our Sponsors...
Recent Stories

Thursday

11:20pm: Yet Another Anti-Patent Troll Bill Introduced In Congress (3)
8:19pm: District Attorney And Major TV Network Sued Over Stupid Reality Show (6)
5:00pm: DailyDirt: Tuition Debt Is For Chumps? (15)
4:01pm: Adam Savage On Why Copyright And Trademark Holders Need To Get Over Their Obsession With 'Control' (17)
3:01pm: Partisanship Over Spying On Journalists Is Stupid: Spying On Journalists Is Bad, Period (22)
2:00pm: Magic Hat Brewery Sues West Sixth Brewing, Claiming 6 Looks Too Much Like 9 (37)
1:01pm: Filmmaker Behind The Pirate Bay Documentary Says Bogus DMCA Takedowns Take Away His Free Speech (82)
12:04pm: Vermont Declares War On Patent Trolls; Passes New Law And Sues Notorious Patent Troll (7)
11:05am: Prenda Lawyer Says Georgia Court Should Ignore Judge Wright's Order Because... Look! Hackers! (39)
10:01am: Chicago School System On FOIA Requests: Stonewalling, Obfuscation, & Paper-Shredding (22)
More arrow
A word from our Sponsors...

Close

Email This