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Old 25-05-2012, 10:23   #646
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Re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)

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

People are permitted alternative opinions; that they are different does NOT make them wrong.
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Old 25-05-2012, 10:29   #647
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Glad you can now admit your biased view is getting the better of you
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 )

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Old 25-05-2012, 10:35   #648
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Not biased at all. Just didn't edit the quoted text down to the bit I was referring to.
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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Old 25-05-2012, 10:44   #649
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"Please comply with the law/regulations" is not 'draconian'
is this not a little draconian?
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Old 25-05-2012, 11:17   #650
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I'd call that stupid more than anything else

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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.
And how is what I have said "pro" anything?
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Old 25-05-2012, 11:59   #652
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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
Likewise.
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The topic does seem to have gotten rather lost.Perhaps if we stick to it we might get less stressed and avoid saying things we really shouldn't.


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Old 25-05-2012, 16:30   #655
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Re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)

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.

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“takes existing network content and modifies it in a manner than is unauthorized and illegal. We believe this is a clear violation of copyright law and we intend to stop it.”
I wonder how long before making a cuppa during the adverts will be seen as a copyright violation.
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Old 25-05-2012, 17:10   #657
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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.
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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Getting heartily sick of people taking veiled potshots at each other. The team will be fracking, most severely, the very next off topic post. No further warnings will be issued.
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Yea I've read plenty of horror stories about the TV license team and their bully boy tactics
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]

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

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But the PRS seem like a more volatile group than even the BBC License team, which is, well, scary.
Again, one or two "read it on the internet" stories does not make it the norm.
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Re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)

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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.
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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