2004-11-16, 09:12 | Link #1 |
mAnIaC
Join Date: Apr 2003
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Warning Singaporeans!
I'm not sure if this have been previously posted but....oh well....I just heard from my cousin saying that in January 2005, the Singapore government will impose a new law on downloading stuffs, and their first target is bittorrent. According to information from my cousin, your ISP will be observing your internet traffic, and if you downloaded more than a few hundred megabytes a day, they will suspect you of downloading stuff illegally off the net. Due to the massive number of people downloading stuffs off the net, they'll first issue a warning to users before fining or charging them. Sadly, the government will not care whether the stuff you downloaded are licensed or not, so that's a bad news for Singapore anime fans. The news also just reported that the government will step up on their efforts to catch offenders who downloaded illegal stuffs off the net.
Oh no! How am I to survive without anime!!!!???
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2004-11-16, 09:30 | Link #2 | |
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2004-11-16, 10:19 | Link #4 | |
冤枉的小狗
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The crucial factor remains how they are going to go round detecting and gathering evidence against these perpetrators. The so-called kazaa incident is one in which no ISP were willing to do the role of detection and evidence gathering, hence no one was actually prosecuted. An unenforced law is a useless law. In any event, the news had announced the law ( which has already been passed in Parliament ) would be targeting corporations doing such activities ( mass download of copyrighted materials for illegal usage or profiteering ). Individuals would come into attention only if they have "thousands of such materials". |
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2004-11-16, 12:04 | Link #7 |
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Geeze poor Singaporeans, being wated and being suspected simply for the ammount downloaded
And for Canada being safe, thats not the case if the DMCA has anything to say about it http://www.p2pforums.com/portal.php?...4579416123f060 That sucks and if you dont like it get out there and get sigs on the petition at http://www.digital-copyright.ca/petition |
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Downloading is completely, 100%, illegal in Canada as is uploading. Most idiots seem to think that the interpetation of the law which states "keeping files in a shared directory does not display intent to distribute" means that it is perfectly okay to download stuff. Illiterate morons... Quote:
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The only download services legal in Canada are the ones where you have to pay on a per download basis. So much ignorance... |
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2004-11-16, 16:47 | Link #14 | |
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2004-11-16, 16:52 | Link #15 |
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I'm personally not fond of news that come around several corners. If there was seriously souch a law being passed, then we would have read about it from a reliable source.
Just assuming that someone is downloading illegal material based on it's bandwith consumtion is far too less secure to hold as a reason to sue someone in a country that wants to call itself a democracy. It's seems to me that this is one more of those modern horror stories that take advantage of people who aren't critic enough towards stuff they read on the internet. On a side note: Download might be legal in some countries. It's here in Switzerland. What surely is illegal everywhere is uploading and thus providing intellectual property without permission to a anonymous croud. Since P2P networks are based on the fact that you also have to share this wont help. (In Switzerland swaping copies between close friends is also legal).
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2004-11-16, 20:31 | Link #16 | ||
冤枉的小狗
Join Date: Feb 2004
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To clarify some things up from the original post about the situation in Singapore
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It also makes the illegal possession of copyrighted materials a state crime. No longer is it just a civil crime anymore. Previously, the government does not go after 'pirates'. Any investigation/arrest ( the police would do this at the behest of the civil body )/prosecution of these offenders can only be initiated by a civil body ( e.g. copyright holders, Software Business Alliance - SBA ). As the case would be a civil suit, the only penalties would be monetary compensations as damages to the affected parties ( copyright owners ). However, with the new law, as it becomes a state crime, the government is at full powers to go after the 'pirates' if they wish. The penalties for those proven guilty now include monetary fines and/or imprisonment. The arrested offenders will then also be liable for civil suits filed by the agrieved parties. Quote:
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2004-11-16, 21:37 | Link #18 |
mAnIaC
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Somewhere In This World
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Hmm....so downloading anime via bittorrent is not really counted? Better hope so....my cousin spends much more time downloading stuffs like movies and games and he's more informed about such stuffs. But seriously, I once got a warning from my ISP. That really freak me out. Luckily, that's the first and last time I got that warning.
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2004-11-16, 21:53 | Link #19 |
So Who Is On Top ?
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Imagine that they knock at your door and COPS show off.. Your life would be ruined just because you wanna watch fansubs ? That's sucks.
HEY ! I though canada is legal to download. Mr Paper. Im canadien and there's downloading music advertizing everywhere, uncluding TV commercials ! Maybe your not from the large cities of canada. Look at the IPod commercial on TV, They support downloads for the use ther produict. |
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