Originally posted by NotAllThere
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Ok. Fortunately I live in a country where (at the moment) we have a certain amount of freedom.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostOk. Fortunately I live in a country where (at the moment) we have a certain amount of freedom.Last edited by doodab; 19 March 2010, 15:13.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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In Switzerland it is legal to download illegal copies. Hosting the copies, or making them is not legal. I'm not particular concerned about protecting hosters or copiers. What I am concerned about is the erosion of our civil liberties caused by the efforts of inept legislators to manage "piracy".
fwiw, I don't download illegal stuff. ( I probably have the only licensed copy of winzip in the world ).Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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I'd agree the attempts to tackle the issue so far have been heavy handed, but It's not clear to me that civil liberties are being eroded.
On the one hand, file sharers are ignoring and attempting to erode the rights of copyright holders, who in turn are simply defending their existing rights.
On the other hand, people are concerned about an erosion of the right to privacy. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance and all that, and we need to subject any regulations to scrutiny.
Ultimately the legislation being put forward needs to bring the internet in line with other communications mediums (and the real world), and that does mean an end to absolute freedom to do whatever we choose with total anonymity.
Anonymity is not the same thing as privacy, and it's never been a civil right as far as I am aware, but a lot of people don't seem to perceive the difference.Last edited by doodab; 20 March 2010, 10:15.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View PostSo, if I swear on oath that I had done factory reset on the router and simply forgotten to switch the security back on, how could that be challenged by probability? Serious question, BTW.
Whether they would be bothered to do this is another matter.
But the important point to remember is the "proof beyond reasonable doubt" applies to criminal cases.
If civil cases, it's not uncommon for the judge to look you in the eye, come to the conclusion you are a lying scroat and find against you.Comment
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Thanks, I'm a dumb engineer not an IT expert and I have teenage kids at home. I'm not in the habit of downloading torrents but I can easily foresee a situation where the kids could reset the router without me knowing. That would be my defence!Public Service Posting by the BBC - Bloggs Bulls**t Corp.
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Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View PostThanks, I'm a dumb engineer not an IT expert and I have teenage kids at home. I'm not in the habit of downloading torrents but I can easily foresee a situation where the kids could reset the router without me knowing. That would be my defence!
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Originally posted by DaveB View PostThey'd go for the people who's IP's showed up. They will go on the net and look for torrents and other downloads being made available. They'll grab a few files, check they are copyrighted or not and then go after the person who's IP they go them from. Doesnt matter if you were acting as a proxy for someone else, unless you kept logs and hand them over to prove it wasn;t you, you will be assumed to be the guilty party.
The worst that could happen is that you somehow breach your ISP's T&C's somehow.
However, at the moment it isn't practical or appreciated by the community to run any form of p2p through TOR. You drag the network to a grinding halt.
Originally posted by threaded View PostIt's not a defence.
HTHLast edited by Incognito; 20 March 2010, 14:40."I hope Celtic realise that, if their team is good enough, they will win. If they're not good enough, they'll not win - and they can't look at anybody else, whether it is referees or any other influence." - Walter Smith
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