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Using Opera and Safari here with ad-block extentions and there are no delays on ads on you tube....videos start right away ................

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FireFox + HTTPS Everywhere + Ghostery = :D

VPN + FireFox + HTTPS Everywhere + Ghostery = :D ;) :erm: :angel:


The result of TPB blocked in the UK

• 12 Million more vists in the first couple of days
• 15,000 proxy sites put up specifically for TPB
• A new IP address, do they have to go back to the courts to get these banned?

The last point is worth keeping an eye on. What if the courts give the BPI a method of adding any IP address or domain name they choose?



Youngsters these days* nothing but a bunch of lazy layabouts and they want all their stuff for free.**



Crazy, crazy and just downright bizarre. This is also interesting, they're trying to sell you something so ...



Matt Stone and Trey Parker*** talking about George Clooney 'pirating' South Park. Surely George Clooney of all people would know that 'piracy' would mean they lose income by his actions. Surely going to a video reproduction studio and having 700 copies made would be a criminal offence which under the current climate would mean either George Clooney would still be in prison or he'd be penniless and on the streets maybe even penniless and in prison.



* If you don't have time to watch all of it have a listen to what he says at around 15:30, it gives an insight into what politicians think when they hear the word internet.

** I hope people realise that's meant to be sarcastic.

*** If you have time read the whole article

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I don't know why you think that was sarcastic. It was 100% accurate; though it may not be confined to "young people". You only need to look at the fuss surrounding TPB to prove the point.

If people didn't "want all their stuff for free" then TPB wouldn't be so popular; and neither would BT (and certain binary newsgroups for that matter.)

Yes, I know, it's not all "illegal" stuff, but I'm willing to bet the vast majority is :)

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Cinderella - the story was first published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé in 1697

Sleeping Beauty - first published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé in 1697

Snow White - is a fairy tale known from many countries in Europe, the best known version being the German one collected by the Brothers Grimm in 1812

The Little Mermaid - written by by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen in 1837

The Princess and the Frog - Grimms Fairy Tales

Pocahontas - Captain John Smith 1706.

Rapunzel/Tangled - The Grimm Brothers' story is an adaptation of the fairy tale Persinette by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force originally published in 1698.


Then Disney claimed copyright over them and extended copyright so no one else can build on what they have done. Isn't it funny how it's legal for corporations to steal from the public domain yet when they feel it's their work being stolen they need to have laws changed to prevent it happening even if it means walking all over our civil liberties.

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You appear to be confusing the copyright of the Disney productions of those stories, with general copyright.

Disney do not own the overall rights to any of the examples you cited, only their productions (and ancillary marketing/sales products).

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Pretty sure your "civil liberties" don't include the right to steal stuff :rolleyes:

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The more they try to block it the more it will be circumnavigated and that's a FACT. I don't use Torrents and i don't use the TPB, but i will do anything i can to ensure we have a non censored internet.

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AAISP agree with you http://aaisp.net.uk/news-censorship.html :)

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My dog just raised his head from his crotch, stopped making a slurping noise and barked out instructions for me to post this.

He also barked that it was funny how someone seems unable to understand when a person is being extradited to a foreign country to face charges under their legal system, even though they have not broken any laws in their home country, they still don't see it as an issue of civil liberties.

Just like every man it seems I've got a clever dog ;)

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AVG now seem to own the copyright on this Rick Astley video. Anyone get the feeling this is getting silly?

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LMAO.

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You can imagine some copyright lawyer running up to you in the street and hitting you with a claim for money because you were singing a song his client owns :LOL:

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Sure it was your dog? :D

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These people want to charge garages, restaurants etc. for having a radio playing in the background. They've actually taken people to court for doing it.

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I know them, My wife's work place received a visit from there henchmen and she said it was like watching the bailiffs on TV

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PRS make me laugh. I get what they're trying to do - ensuring artists get appropriate royalties. But did you know, in short the law says that if you're playing music that another party can hear - for example a shop owner having the radio on that a customer can hear - then that person ought to pay for a licence? So taking that one step further, if you have music on in your car and someone walking past can hear it, technically the PRS guys can take you to court if you do not have a licence for it.

And going on my previous experience with the PRS, it would not surprise me if they tried a test case.

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This is the sort of attitude they have and give them time and they will eventually try this on in court

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So, about TPB rather than the whys and wherefores of copyright and enforcement... :)

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As far as TPB goes

TPB have won and the copyright owners have failed spectacularly. They have driven more traffic to the site and they have created a situation where blocking it is now impossible. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

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As just about every household pays for a license that funds the BBC and the BBC pays the PRS for playing the music surely you can play your radio as loud as you like because anyone that hears it most likely pays for a license anyway?

Perhaps the PRS should go about it another way and get a law passed that if you don't live in a household that pays for a TV license then you have to wear ear-buds to stop you listening to music that may be playing in your vicinity.

As to TPB the cat and mouse games are far from over.

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So do they turn up to those residents around a music festival site or open air concerts and demand money with menaces?

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Well they tried this until they realised they had a PR fiasco on there hands

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/200...34566619.shtml

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Well they tried this until they realised they had a PR fiasco on there hands

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/200...34566619.shtml

http://forum.techradar.com/showthread.php?t=23115

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I'd say the blocking TPB idea will turn out to be a similar fiasco.

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I absolutely agree. But that does not include access to illegal content.

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Yes. Because it counts as 'public performance', for which you need a licence.

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See above comment.

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:rolleyes:

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No, because the music festival should be licensed.

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See my comments about how petty they can (and most likely will) be.

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The PRS sound a lot like the BBC TV licensing team (Or bullies)

Draconian style measures to intimidate and threaten people, should be illegal.

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However the residents in the surrounding area will not have purchased a ticket..BUT they are listening to the music inadvertently..

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The licence for the festival will be a public performance remit and will cover those attending and in the surrounding areas.

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Thank you Russ.:)

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No, they really don't/aren't :rolleyes:
"Please comply with the law/regulations" is not 'draconian' :(

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@CarlW

You don't happen, by any chance, to work for the fincance department of a local authority do you?

Cheers

Grim

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If anything they are slightly worse. A guy I used to work with ran a Big Band club at the local university and the PRS goons were always coming to concerts and trying to get on stage so they could see if any of the sheet music was photocopied and to make sure they didn't play any copyrighted songs.

Occasionally while tuning up they would demand payment because some random notes sounded a bit like some song, and had to be ejected from the venue. They still hung around outside trying to listen in though.

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Its easy, If the rights owners act like thugs and thieves which some of them DO then you can only expect the people they target to do the same back.

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No. :confused:

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Who are paid to do a jog. No real reason to insult them :rolleyes: But at least it shows your bias in the subject.

Only your word for this so can't comment.

Well, if they'd paid to be able to (and could prove it) they won't have had a problem.

I'm sorry but I just do not believe you.

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...which just shows your bias.

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I am so glad i don't get to read his drivel all the time unlike you.

You have my sympathy :)

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OK, just wondered, but with any luck you've helped me win the office prize for asking a random person (you) a pre-defined obscure question (do you work in local government finance) in an imaginative way (in a forum).

Cheers

Grim

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cant remember if i posted this but have a laugh if i didnt or you missed it

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworst...on-in-damages/

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No, it really doesn't. People can say anything with no proof on the internet and that just sounds preposterously unlikely.

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And yet they still find the time to comment on it :confused: :rolleyes: Says more about them than it does about me :)

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Glad I could help. :shrug:

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Seriously - it does. You just can't see it.

You have as much a bias in this as anyone else. The only difference is yours leans in a different direction - but a bias all the same. The sooner you accept it the sooner you'll be able to move on.

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We all have biases/prejudices - it's just whether we recognise them, and try to counter them by having reasoned discourse, rather than spouting emotive polemic or diatribe.

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Sorry. Let me clarify. I'm sure they do do random inspections. I'm just not sure they are conducted with the hyperbole you used to describe it.

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And I think that people should similarly avoid hyperbole :)

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If you could show me where I've discussed random inspections I'll be happy to engage you.

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Sorry. Wasn't you. That was cook1984. But the comments sprung from that post :)

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Glad you can now admit your biased view is getting the better of you :tu:

People are permitted alternative opinions; that they are different does NOT make them wrong.

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Not biased at all. Just didn't edit the quoted text down to the bit I was referring to.

(I get "told off" for editing quotes too much but if I don't, this is what happens :))

And I never said otherwise.

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You still can't see it! You accuse of others of having an anti-PRS bias yet you fail to see your own pro-bias.

Not saying there's anything wrong with having a bias. But I see little value in denial.

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is this not a little draconian?

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I'd call that stupid more than anything else :)

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And how is what I have said "pro" anything? :confused:

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:banghead:

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Likewise. :)

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Mmm, the ignore feature, best invention for a forum, especially where Mr C is concerned.

Yea I've read plenty of horror stories about the TV license team and their bully boy tactics

Mind you, I'm one of those who is opposed to the license fee full stop, heh

But the PRS seem like a more volatile group than even the BBC License team, which is, well, scary.

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This is interesting.

I wonder how long before making a cuppa during the adverts will be seen as a copyright violation. :rolleyes:

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Nice not-having-any-basis-in-reality straw-man argument there...

You normally make some very good points about civil liberties and inappropriate copyright management - that wasn't one of them.;)

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No. You've read about a few, isolated cases that were so bad they made "news". Whilst they are bad there is no evidence to suggest that they are the norm.[/quote]

You're also against Parks, Libraries, Schools and the NHS then, I assume? We all have to pay for those even if we don't use them; which is the same principle as the LF. (Then again, that's OT for this thread so I'll leave it there.)

Again, one or two "read it on the internet" stories does not make it the norm.

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I got an interesting story about the bbc and am now thinking of stopping my licence but of course I would have to d/c my VM stb etc.

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Now I'm curious :)
Because of this "interesting story"? Probably not worth cancelling over I would think; but each to their own.

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No you wouldn't. As long as there was no TV connected to the STB, you could leave the stb connected to the cable. You only need a licence to watch or record live TV.

Although, disconnecting it would make it easier to claim you weren't watching TV.

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If you continue pay for television services then you would be prosecuted by the TV Licensing Authority because as far as they are concerned you intend to use the box for it true purpose.

To prevent the possibility of prosecution you would have to have your television service disconnected by Virgin Media.

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Any more news on when BT are going to implement a block ,i can't find any updates so maybe they are going to do the sensible thing and ignore it :shrug:

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I think BT must have a pair and have decided there not going to bother, Its a waste of there money anyway as the block does not work.

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good for them, it is nice to see a company that takes pride in their service to customers and stands up for what they believe in. Love the QR code btw :)

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Were TPB supposed to be taking their servers down Sirius? I appreciate that the block is a joke but I was under the impression that they were ordered by the court to dismantle the site.

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Well lets face it, The block does not work and in fact from what i have seen all it has done is

A. Driven more users to the site

B. Highlighted the site to those who may not have known about it

C. Educated people in the alternative file sharing sites

D. Shown people how to use a VPN which makes it harder for them to be found by the rights owners in the first place

EPIC FAIL springs to mind

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Shame there wasn't room for "location" in it :)

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Either that or they should get into really big trouble for defying a legally-binding court order.

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I can fix that ;)

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Much better...

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Thanks ;)

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There is no current court order forcing BT to block TPB. They don't risk anything by not blocking the site.

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That is very clever - you'll have to send me a PM on how to do it :)

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TPB still isn't blocked here (BT) - but I don't ever use it any more. I don't think it should be blocked anyway.

I did give serious thought to ditching the TV License as I use the various on demand services like iPlayer (Not live obviously ;)) and netflix.

But at only £6.06 a month I don't mind paying as I use a lot of other BBC stuff and even if I was paying full price I'd probably stay too.

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Will phone you m8

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Much Appreciated :)

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Yes there is ,they where ordered to block it along with the other major providers.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...ock-pirate-bay

as yet BT and 02 have not complied

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Thanks for posting that and confirming my point, marty :)

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04...locking_order/

So as I said there is no current court order forcing BT to block TPB.

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BT are subject to the order the same as everyone else they have asked for more time to comply with the order .If there wasn't a court order with their name on it why would they need extra time to comply ?.My own personal feeling is that BT have managed to convince the judge that they have or are developing a more effective way of blocking such sites and the extra time to implement it ,don't forget that it is not the first time BT have been ordered to block sites

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I guess it's semantics. I said there was no current court order forcing them to block TPB and there isn't because they were granted time to respond to the order. My main point in the original post was that they are risking nothing by not blocking TPB because right now they don't have to.

Are you by any chance related to carlwaring because you seem to have the same knack of failing to understand simple English.

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There is a court order. Just because they have been granted more time to comply with it, doesn't mean the order doesn't exist.

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Re-read my original post.

Yes there is a court order but it doesn't currently force BT to block TPB so they risk nothing by not doing so.

If there was a court order currently in force then they would be in breach of it and in trouble. They aren't so there isn't.

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It's nothing to do with semantics .There is a court order and BT are included in that order ,it is current and eventually they will have to comply ,it's not difficult to understand

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seriously dude ,read what you saying ,if the order wasn't in place then virgin wouldn't be blocking tpb .The only reason they aren't complying is because the judge gave them permission to take longer to implement the ban .

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There is no court order which currently forces BT to block TPB. If there were they'd be blocking it. Surely that's not too difficult to understand either?

They may well block it later and I don't dispute that. What I do dispute is that they are risking anything by not blocking the site currently.

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This should make what I posted earlier clearer. Hopefully it is a little simpler for people to understand. I do hope people read it and not just try and post some remarks they perceive as clever ;)

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That suit is stupid.

However, if the broadcasters don't get any money from advertising, how will they fund the programme-making?

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I'm confused. How does the DISHNetworks vs Verizon/Comcast and all the others lawsuit have any bearing on how things are in the UK?

The UK does not follow US law, nor does the US judicial system have any jurdistriction over the UK.

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Except when they extradite someone...

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BT has previously fought against a bunch of other similar legislation as well, including the DEA and various related faff. VM were involved too at one point IIRC.

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TPB already had their servers taken down by the police, they just put them back up again.

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There are many other sites with similar content that I'd miss more than TPB, and many sites that are no longer with us that I miss now.

Must admit I don't use TPB, usenet seems to supply me with everything I need.

Cheers

Grim

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That's there problem not the maker of this device. As for it breaking copyright it just shows how little it takes for the rights owners to see a paycheck and shout SUE.

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Which they seem to be able to do any time they wish to :rolleyes:

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And you are far safer ;)

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Because once they get their precedent in one country it ripples through. Do you really not think that if this gets upheld in the US it won't become 'law' in other countries? But the real point is that these people see just about everything as breaking copyright law (hence my joke about making a cuppa during adverts)

Tell that to Richard O'Dwyer.


This is another good example of copyright law stifling innovation.

As to how content creators get paid for the TV they produce that has always been a problem with new technology and it's up to them to figure it out not get laws changed to protect the business model they alredy have.

Perhaps they should start by looking at wages. Did Charlie Sheen really need to be paid $1,000,000 per episode of Two and a Half Men (TAAHM)? At it's peak, a 30 second advert during an episode of TAAHM would cost advertisers $650,000. So, 8 minutes of adverts during each episode we are talking around $10,000.000. And before I get the obligatory that's the exception let's not forget Hugh Laurie gets $700,000 per episode of House. So Hugh Laurie earned $123,000,000 ( $123 million ) dollars for 8 years work. The sad truth is, it's more than a real person who theoretically actually had the skills of Dr. Gregory House would earn in his/her lifetime and probably a few other lifetimes.

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My original post (#657) was posted at 16:42 yesterday and that post at 20:32. Perhaps you should have gone all bold on that post and pointed them to my ORIGINAL post about it ;)

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Ive amended the title of this now.

Just so anyone is clear, the rule hasnt changed, but after 700 posts, Im sure everyone has got the message by now, no need for a ridiculously long title.

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They dont unless they get a tv tax like the bbc or subs like sky.

With the advent of things like IPTV and easy recording via DVR then I think tv advertising has only a downward trend although it will always stay but just be less valuable because the rewards will dwindle.

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This lot are taking this lot to court for copyright infringement. What did they do you ask, they linked to an article about them. As linking is fundamental to the world wide web and would drive traffic to the site being linked to I would say if this became common place the web would simply cease to be.

Meanwhile in other news TPB has simply starting using one of their other IP addresses, apparently they have hundreds. It's pretty obvious that the people who pass these laws not only have no idea how the web works but have also never played whack-a-mole.