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   Derek Reed (profile), Oct 30th, 2009 @ 9:43am

   
   

   Skeptical

   I'm skeptical of how unpopular this really is. I know I think it's insane, and others that I pay attention too think it is, but the layman is blissfully unaware as usual, perhaps?

   "Oh, he supported that 'Help Music/The Arts' bill, good for him, I'll vote for him." - Average Stupid Twat

    

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   The Infamous Joe (profile), Oct 30th, 2009 @ 9:54am

   
   

   Re: Skeptical

   Those (usually blue) words that say "incredibly unpopular" link to the data you doubt.
   
   FYI

    

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   John Doe, Oct 30th, 2009 @ 9:59am

   
   

   I think it is crazy

   I don't like the law and I don't pirate anything. To start handing over our individual rights to corporations is ludicrous. It is bad enough that governments are taking them away at ever increasing rates, but to let corporations get in on the act is crazy.

    

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   Richard (profile), Oct 30th, 2009 @ 10:02am

   
   

   Re: Skeptical

   It is really unpopular amongst those who care about it (look at the comment pages on BBC/ Daily Mail/ Daily Telegraph if you don't believe me). Those that don't care about it.... don't care about it.
   
   The question is how many people care about it enough to change their vote!

    

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   RD, Oct 30th, 2009 @ 10:02am

   
   

   Wrong question really

   While I agree with the "how will this make people buy more stuff", that is the wrong question. Or rather, the answer to that question is: it wont and kicking people off was never intended to. It's about fear, and ultimately, control. They are taking a scorched-earth approach to file sharing in the hopes that, through intimidation and generating paranoia, they hope to curtail file sharing activities. This, in their minds, will mean that the ONLY option people will then have is to purchase things. Of course, they completely ignore (as in, head-in-the-sand, fingers-in-ears la-la-la ignore) the fact that people will just then do without. Downloads are not lost sales. There is no NEED, this isnt food or gas. And the more barriers you put up between people and what they want, the more they will either do without or find alternatives that arent YOU. If you arent providing the material and experience they want, they will go ELSEWHERE. They seriously need a wake-up call about how people work, how the internet works, and how the modern world now works.

    

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   Derek Reed (profile), Oct 30th, 2009 @ 10:18am

   
   

   Re: Re: Skeptical

   That's kind of the point I'm trying to make, is the "Open Rights Group" average joe mainstream? Or are they a niche group that's heavily slanted against this sort of thing already?

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Oct 30th, 2009 @ 10:37am

   
   

   Well, clearly the solution is that the music industry will have to bribe the majority of voters.
   
   Err...take them out to dinner.

    

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   Brendan (profile), Oct 30th, 2009 @ 10:54am

   
   

   Re: Wrong question really

   Sums it up quite nicely. It's a scare tactic that won't work.
   
   People will simply:
   - pirate anyway, using encryption and private systems
   - listen to less music (would the industry consider this a success? seems a bit backwards...)

    

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   Jake, Oct 30th, 2009 @ 11:27am

   
   

   Honestly, the government that can completely disregard two million people turning out to protest against committing to the invasion of Iraq won't have much trouble shrugging off the EFF and Open Rights Group.

    

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    Anonymous Coward, Oct 30th, 2009 @ 12:07pm

    
    

    Mike, why do you hate artists? They're only trying to help. Why can't you see that? They have my vote!

     

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    SteveD (profile), Oct 30th, 2009 @ 12:17pm

    
    

    There's an election coming up soon...

    ...an election no one expects the current Government to win, regardless of what they do.
    
    Now would be the time to make unpopular decisions.

     

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    MonicaS (profile), Oct 30th, 2009 @ 12:30pm

    
    

    Give up already

    Seriously when are these people gonna get it?! We've been file sharing since, as far as I know, 1998, but probably quite a bit earlier then that. And it hasn't stopped or even slowed down. Quite the opposite, file sharing simply exploded. In the end, I don't think file sharing hurts the people we care most about, and that is the artists. As far as I know, most musicians make the bulk of their money from concerts and quite a bit less from music sales. So it not such a bad thing, so long as the pirated music leads to people wanting to see concerts. Monica S Los Angeles Computer Repair http://www.sebecomputercare.com

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Oct 30th, 2009 @ 12:31pm

    
    

    The incredible thought process of Mandelson

    All this hoopla surrounding Peter Mandelson has persuaded me to be more cognizant of UK products and imports.
    
    I definitely will be more careful to cut back on purchases of products made in the UK, which includes TV Programs, and when I see someone making a purchase of something I know originates from the UK, I will be sure to share the story of Peter Mandelson.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Oct 30th, 2009 @ 12:50pm

    
    

    "saying that it's a violation of human rights to kick people offline based on accusations, rather than due process. "
    
    Here's the rub: if the police don't want to treat it as a crime, it is exceedingly difficult to get something going through that side of the legal system, which would bring "due process". Copyright violations on the other hand operate from another set of rules, which can require very quick action that has little to do with due process.
    
    In fact, due process in real world time would be something like a lifetime permission slip for internet users, it would take so long to process (years) that by then, they are possibly no longer offending in that manner.
    
    The process to take action against copyright violators needs to be on a speed level with the speed of the violations. Real world speed here is way too slow to handle the reality.

     

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    John Fenderson (profile), Oct 30th, 2009 @ 1:19pm

    
    

    "The process to take action against copyright violators needs to be on a speed level with the speed of the violations."
    
    Screw human rights, ethics, good business sense, or justice. We can't afford those things when we've got COPYRIGHT VIOLATORS to catch!

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Oct 30th, 2009 @ 2:12pm

    
    

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    Sorry bub, but it isn't a human rights issue (the internet isn't a right, grow up).
    
    The concept is simple: Stop the crime from happening while the courts take their leisurely time figuring it out. If you don't, then it can takes years to turn off a copyright violator, effectively allowing them to continue to violate without restriction.
    
    You could say "screw copyright, screw their business, screw respect, screw the laws of the land, we got MUSIC TO SHARE!".
    
    Don't be foolish.

     

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    mike allen (profile), Oct 30th, 2009 @ 2:14pm

    
    

    Right

    SteveD is right an election due in May and no one expects the government to win not even the government. so now is the time to bring in such things like this or ID cards and anything hated by the public.
    Joe public may be unaware in general i only know of it being on the BBC technology section of their site the announcement was not on the evening news on TV nor any national radio news. a few local stations picked up on it including ours. (as you know mike)and a few broadsheet news papers i cant say about the sun or others as i dont read comics.
    the above is from memory so please feel free to correct me if i missed something.

     

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    mike allen (profile), Oct 30th, 2009 @ 2:22pm

    
    

    any Brits in Lancashire

     

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    Jake, Oct 30th, 2009 @ 2:44pm

    
    

    Re: The incredible thought process of Mandelson

    I'd just like to point out that Lord Mandelson did not get his current job as a result of winning a seat in Parliament. We took the hint about him the second time he was forced to resign from government office for accepting bribes.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Oct 30th, 2009 @ 3:48pm

    
    

    Re: Re:

    Except that...it's a civil dispute between a private business and a private citizen, not a crime.

     

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    Richard (profile), Oct 30th, 2009 @ 4:07pm

    
    

    Re: Re:

    Stop the crime from happening while the courts take their leisurely time figuring it out.
    
    And I hope you're ready to pay compensation when you inevitably get it wrong.
    
    Be realistic.
    
    Technically you cannot stop people from violating your precious copyrights. You can waste a lot of resources victimising some "guilty" and a few innocents.
    
    Given the reality of effectively infinite music storage the internet is no longer necessary for filesharing. 10-12 years ago in the early Napster days my hard drive could hold around 2% of my CD collection. Now it could hold 20x my CD collection even uncompressed! A few more years and it will hold all the music ever recorded. Technically it's no longer necessary to be discriminating about what you keep.
    
    You should remember that copyright is not a right. It's a deal with the public. If the public wants to change the deal then they can. Ultimately they call the shots.

     

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    United.Hackers.Association, Oct 30th, 2009 @ 4:22pm

    
    

    WHY YOU ALL SHOULD CARE

    i personally will make sure that any country that does this hackers inside and out get the appropriate exploits to make sure all the net in yoru countries is then effectively shut down
    
    HOW YOU going to stop that kind a shit from happening.
    Once you are accused ( from ip spoofing to mac address spoofing for wireless ) you are done.
    
    ENJOY NO INTERNET

     

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    John Fenderson (profile), Oct 30th, 2009 @ 6:57pm

    
    

    Re: Re:

    "Sorry bub, but it isn't a human rights issue"
    
    Ah, but it is, and it has little to do with the internet. It has to do with sue process.
    
    You see, at leat in the US, we have this notion that it's better to let guilty people go free than to punish the innocent. Without due process, the innocent are much more likely to be punished.
    
    That's a human rights issue.

     

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