2012-01-24, 13:34 | Link #561 | |
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And then for every licensed anime, there are like5 that go unlicensed that I like to watch. Last edited by TigerII; 2012-01-24 at 16:56. |
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2012-01-24, 18:48 | Link #562 | |
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Some news about Poles against ACTA:
Poles protest ACTA online and on the streets And here's some info about pages attacked by the hackers from Anonymous (from here) Quote:
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2012-01-24, 18:57 | Link #563 |
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Solidarity with our Polish brothers and sisters.
Unfortunately I can't really do much. Mind, I actually knew -- and was rather perturbed -- by ACTA long before SOPA/PIPA even existed. The negotiations took some years, and a series of "rounds" of discussions, with disturbingly little public input. Among the greatest supporters of the treaty were, naturally, the USA and Japan, two first-world powers with strong intellectual copyright "investments." I thought it was half-dead for a while when the Mexican senate unanimously raised a middle finger to the whole proceedings ("damned Americans") and the EU Parliament basically said it wasn't at all fond of any of this. But apparently the push is stronger than ever, especially now that the Internet has awakened and dared to fight back. So fight on, Poland. |
2012-01-24, 19:03 | Link #565 |
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Shame it won't do anything. Corporations will win this fight in the end. So far it is mainly American media ones, but I would assume Japanese corporations will partner with American ones eventually.
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2012-01-24, 19:26 | Link #566 |
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DON'T jinx it, dammit. And heck like I'd follow US Laws. I ain't a citizen of the US and the internet isn't the US. So the US Congress and Hollywood can just kiss my proud Filipino ass. I'll pirate Bourne Legacy the day it comes out.
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2012-01-24, 21:52 | Link #568 | |
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2012-01-25, 01:17 | Link #571 | |
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Now, I think I've made it more than clear that I'm a radical, black-hearted, black-bearded, cigar-smoking terror of the seven seas scullery scum with questionable understanding on the sacred and divinely ordained Natural Right of intellectual property. And pro-Google. Aarr.
But sometimes things in the real world do get a bit complicated. Like this proposed legislation over in fairyland Europa. No, it's not ACTA. The attitude driving this legislation is entirely different. We've seen its like before back when the European Union was making all sorts of ruckus with Microsoft. Excerpts: Quote:
Many netizens (sigh, "netizens," I hate the jargon of the blogosphe-... oh #^%$) would instinctively support this privacy legislation or at least its overall intent, while their -- our -- corporate allies in the Battle of the 18th would actually oppose it on similar grounds as with their noble struggle against SOPA/PIPA -- dreadful inconvenience to their business -- though not with similar rhetoric. They can't exactly say "Don't Censor the Internet" for this one and rally the great masses to revolution against, err, privacy. So what are your thoughts? (As for my opinion, I just find it all a bit of lulz). |
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2012-01-25, 01:32 | Link #572 |
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Europe, early on, has told business in Europe that the right of the individual to control their privacy outweighs a business's desire to make a profit. This is more of that concern. The US, sadly, sided with business over their citizens. The Fourth Amendment applies to governments... but not to corporations mining data and then losing it to Identity thieves.
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2012-01-27, 03:49 | Link #573 | |
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So, basically the EU is looking at 2 pieces of legislation that kinda contradict each other.
At least having that kind of legislation even proposed here (never mind even passing committee) would be fucking amazing. Quote:
The future of the internet; -Corporations force government passes tracking and takedown laws -Takes down major sites -Anonymous get tons of pro hackers, takes down entire government servers, wiping them out -Revolution starts -World governments collapse -In 2 centuries we will call this the "Great Idiot War" Problem is, while this whole thing seems completely outrageous (as it should be), this actually looks like the direction we are going in. Damn
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2012-01-28, 07:16 | Link #574 |
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Here's an interesting Infographic pertaining the long history of media, censorship, etc.
http://matadornetwork.com/change/inf...ng-about-sopa/
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