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[citris1]

Be careful, you are being watched.

[masimons]

Before I'd pay $35 to see "evidence" of wrongdoing I was claimed guilty of, I'd offer several hundred dollars to overseas programmers to hack the accusatory ISP.

[eldapeeze]

That's what happens when you let liberal run companies. They are [censored]'s.

[eldapeeze]

LOL. What the...? [censored]'s is a swear? HAHAHAHAHAHAH!

[WinTard]

masimons, on 28 February 2013 - 10:12 AM, said:

Before I'd pay $35 to see "evidence" of wrongdoing I was claimed guilty of, I'd offer several hundred dollars to overseas programmers to hack the accusatory ISP.

And I bet you won't be the only one... Anybody remembers the Sony Playstation Network (PSN) fiasco? Result was the CEO got fired! And Sony may never recover...

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Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.
~ Joseph Heller, Catch-22

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
~ Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American Social Writer

If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.
~ Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow

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[Swordsaint]

Just another big waste of money on all fronts. From the lobyists to the ISP software engineers. These stupid companies just don't understand that most of the piracy that go's on is from low-income people who wouldn't be buying their products anyways. Nothing on the internet is secure no matter what an ISP, goverment, or big media corporation tries. It's probably nearly as big a waste of time as trying to fight the War on Drugs.

[dstarfire]

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Just another big waste of money on all fronts. From the lobyists to the ISP software engineers. These stupid companies just don't understand that most of the piracy that go's on is from low-income people who wouldn't be buying their products anyways. Nothing on the internet is secure no matter what an ISP, goverment, or big media corporation tries. It's probably nearly as big a waste of time as trying to fight the War on Drugs.

I suspect the primary effect of this isn't to directly prevent illicit file sharing. It's to intimidate and deter file sharers, particularly those that don't own their internet connection (i.e. teens, students, folks still living with their parents).

What they're aiming for is to make illicit file sharing as dangerous (to the perpetrator) as more conventional crimes like theft, assault, etc. No society has been able to completely stamp those out either, but they're reasonably rare in most places.

If they can get people to treat downloading an unlicensed copy of some media the same way they think about stealing that same item from a retail store, it'll become as (in)frequent as shoplifting.

[fikuserectus]

Use a VPN. Then you don't have to worry about any of this spying.

[eoraptor2]

I already switched to a private and secured DNS to bypass my ISP forcing its branded 404 screens down my throat... so that means I probably wouldn't see any such warning's either.

of course, thanks to this, you're guilty until proved innocent, so I'm doubley guilty because I'll be default ignoring all their supposed advisories and threats of legal illegal action.

[Swordsaint]

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Just another big waste of money on all fronts. From the lobyists to the ISP software engineers. These stupid companies just don't understand that most of the piracy that go's on is from low-income people who wouldn't be buying their products anyways. Nothing on the internet is secure no matter what an ISP, goverment, or big media corporation tries. It's probably nearly as big a waste of time as trying to fight the War on Drugs. I suspect the primary effect of this isn't to directly prevent illicit file sharing. It's to intimidate and deter file sharers, particularly those that don't own their internet connection (i.e. teens, students, folks still living with their parents). What they're aiming for is to make illicit file sharing as dangerous (to the perpetrator) as more conventional crimes like theft, assault, etc. No society has been able to completely stamp those out either, but they're reasonably rare in most places. If they can get people to treat downloading an unlicensed copy of some media the same way they think about stealing that same item from a retail store, it'll become as (in)frequent as shoplifting.

The problem with your way of thinking is that "teens and students" know more about the web then adults. And shoplifting happens all the time. You just don't hear about it because it's not a felony worth reporting on the six o'clock news. And half the stuff that used to get shop lifted is just downloaded now. So as I said, "their attempts to stop piracy are a waste of time and money" ((Big media companies have already accomplished the most they will achieve in terms of detering piracy. Low in-come people have all the spare time in the world to find hacks and work arounds to shoplift and pirate what they want.)) Call it part of the circle of life.