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• On the post: Irish Gov't Trying To Sneak Through Massive Copyright Law Changes Via Questionable Legal Process

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2011 @ 08:53am

  Re: Denial by the Minister

  We'll have to wait and see then.

• On the post: The Privatization Of Public Data Sets A Bad Precedent

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2011 @ 05:24am

  Re:

  "Just because data is in the open doesn't mean you can just scrape it and make it your own."
  
  err... but ....err CrimeReports.com are taking data that is out in the open and making it theirs, they may be getting the openly available data by cutting deals with police forces directly but the data is still out there. So which side are you on, because your arguement from this side of the screen doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

• On the post: Record Labels Planning Yet Another Way To Try To Get You To Rebuy Music You Already 'Bought'

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2011 @ 04:33pm

  Re: Re: Lets do a very un-scientific survey here

  Remember this site is about business models, good, bad, new and old... the fact that the recording industry probably see this as some new innovative business model is what interests the people that come here to read about, the "other" people just come here because they've run out of material to wank off to.

• On the post: Record Labels Planning Yet Another Way To Try To Get You To Rebuy Music You Already 'Bought'

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2011 @ 04:08pm

  Re: Lets do a very un-scientific survey here

  1. On the equipment I use to listen to music probably not.
  2. Having "upgraded" from vinyl to tape to CD and then spending time downloading FLAC versions of my original purchases the answer is most definately No!

• On the post: Record Labels Planning Yet Another Way To Try To Get You To Rebuy Music You Already 'Bought'

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2011 @ 02:54pm

  Re:

  In this country we'd call you a wanker.
  
  Enjoy!

• On the post: Record Labels Planning Yet Another Way To Try To Get You To Rebuy Music You Already 'Bought'

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2011 @ 02:49pm

  Re: F-them

  yes, I paid for them on vinyl, tape and finally CD, I ain't paying again thats for sure.

• On the post: Case Study: How TED Learned That 'Giving It Away' Increased Both Popularity And Revenue

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2011 @ 02:23pm

  I'd love to go to TED, just need to scrape up the money to be able to go, till then I guess I just keep watching the videos and be inspired!

• On the post: Record Labels Planning Yet Another Way To Try To Get You To Rebuy Music You Already 'Bought'

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2011 @ 02:12pm

  Re:

  Yes, what they are saying is that they will increase the bitrate from 16 to 24 which will increase the quality of the audio. All our FLAC rips are 16-bit, I spent years downloading FLAC versions of all the albums I own, and as Hephaestus so aptly points out in the first comment I listen to them on all the devices he mentions, we haven't owned a proper stereo for over 5 years! So I for one won't be paying to upgrade, I already own them and most have been paid for twice seeing as I upgraded from tapes to CD already!

• On the post: The Return Of COICA; Because Censorship Is Cool Again

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2011 @ 04:09pm

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  It's by Google, on Google, you do understand URLs don't you? They are to blame. It is a specific page whose only purpose is to search for torrents on torrent sites (like Torrent-Finder), you know torrents? for bittorrent, you know the sharing thing that over 80% is infringing? and here we have the largest search engine in the world facilitating that infringement, with its own purpose built torrent search engine and the links to have it on your own page! PLEASE... will someone not think of the children! It's known throughout the world that people sho share the latest Justin Beiber CD via bittorrent are also the same people who support terrorism through the paedophile subscriptions!! Why oh why won't someone get ICE to seize the Google domain!

• On the post: The Return Of COICA; Because Censorship Is Cool Again

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2011 @ 12:51pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Can you provide figures? what percentage is illegal? Can you please multiple sources so we can get a statistical analysis. Thankyou.

• On the post: The Return Of COICA; Because Censorship Is Cool Again

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2011 @ 12:45pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  A point I've tried to make, Google even have a page specifically for torrent searches, they even give you links to embed it into other sites... does any of the "but...but... bittorrent = bad" people respond? No, because they can't, by having that specific page using their own logic Google must be guilty of inducing copyright infringment along the same lines of torrent-finder!

• On the post: Once Again, Why Homeland Security's Domain Name Seizures Are Almost Certainly Not Legal

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2011 @ 11:59am

  Re: Re:

  but..but... they aren't an average_joe!

• On the post: Once Again, Why Homeland Security's Domain Name Seizures Are Almost Certainly Not Legal

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2011 @ 11:37am

  Re: Re:

  Superb.

• On the post: Once Again, Why Homeland Security's Domain Name Seizures Are Almost Certainly Not Legal

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2011 @ 11:29am

  how do you mark a whole post as "Insightful"?

• On the post: The Return Of COICA; Because Censorship Is Cool Again

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2011 @ 11:17am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  You don't have to flood it mate, the nice people at Google have written the code to search sites for torrents, created a page for it and even give you the links to add it to your website... hows that for inducing infringment?

• On the post: The Return Of COICA; Because Censorship Is Cool Again

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2011 @ 11:10am

  Re: Re: Re:

  So if Google had a specific page geared up solely to search for torrents, even if those torrents are on other sites, then it would be as guilty as Torrent-Finder?
  
  Something like this?
  
  hxxp://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=003849996876419856805:erhhdbygrma
  
  (change hxxp to http)

• On the post: The Return Of COICA; Because Censorship Is Cool Again

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2011 @ 11:07am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Google has an actual page for torrent searching....
  
  http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=003849996876419856805:erhhdbygrma
  
  Is it liable now?

• On the post: The Return Of COICA; Because Censorship Is Cool Again

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2011 @ 11:02am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Google has an actual page for torrent searching....
  
  http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=003849996876419856805:erhhdbygrma
  
  Is is liable now?

• On the post: France The Latest Country To Approve Internet Censorship

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2011 @ 05:20am

  lol, we really need to get some tech savy people in Government, these idiots haven't a clue!

• On the post: Did The Record Labels Kill The Golden Goose In Music Video Games?

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 10 Feb, 2011 @ 08:19am

  Re:

  hey he's only commenting on what Activision are reported to have said in the Wired article, if it wasn't having an impact on their ability to produce products why would they say it did?
  
  I wonder how much many they paid in licensing compared to research and development/innovation?

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