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Source: www.neowin.net/news/american-isps-agree-to-six-strikes-enforcementWhen I saw that title, I thought that maybe, just maybe, the movie/record companies finally found which buttons to push in the minds of the ISPs. However, upon reading it... this seems like no threat at all. To my understanding, here's what will happen: 1) You download something illegally. 2) The copyright holder catches you doing it and informs your ISP. 3) Your ISP lets you know that you've been busted and tells you to not do it again. 4) You lower your IQ to that of a turnip and download something illegally five more times. 5) The respective copyright holders catch you each time and inform your ISP. 6) Your ISP wags its finger at you. Yeah, that's pretty much it. Effective? Maybe. Most people would probably give up piracy if they knew somebody had caught them. The more "hardcore" pirates would probably just continue on though. I'm not sure. It's interesting, if nothing else. At lesat they didn't go for the three-strikes rule that recently passed in... New Zealand, was it? Caught downloading something three times? NO INTERNET FOR YOU! In comparison to that, this sounds pretty tame. 
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On the one hand, I find this appalling.
On the other hand, it's not going to change a fucking thing. So whatever.
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What happened to the good ol' days when no one cared if you downloaded, only if you shared? 
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Well, I suppose it is -technically- a good thing, but it also sounds like the "we're not responsible" blame shift from ISPs... in the sense that they're now protecting themselves. Woot
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I got an e-mail from EA Games via Comcast for torrenting the sims 3 and all expansion packs.
So I added a level one blocklist (i should have had one from the start, but w/e) and went right on doing what I do.
I think this system is great because it teaches us that even when we break the rules, the rules can be modified... -sarcasm-
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I'm gonna start dishing out internet beatings if people keep it up with this 4chan shit, I swear.
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I got an e-mail from EA Games via Comcast for torrenting the sims 3 and all expansion packs. So I added a level one blocklist (i should have had one from the start, but w/e) and went right on doing what I do. I think this system is great because it teaches us that even when we break the rules, the rules can be modified... -sarcasm- Which is almost a reversal of how everything is becoming stricter.
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I'm trying to figure out how I've used 9gb already this month. All I've really done is gotten on facebook... i think. 
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I'm gonna start dishing out internet beatings if people keep it up with this 4chan shit, I swear.
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I'm trying to figure out how I've used 9gb already this month. All I've really done is gotten on facebook... i think. I use around 20-25 GB per week. 9 is nothing.
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MORE INFO: www.neowin.net/news/the-six-ways-you-can-appeal-the-six-strikes-mitigation-measuresLooks like the first four strikes are nothing more than warnings, and nobody (not even the content holders) really cares about them. The fifth and six strikes are when they'll start getting serious, and that's when they'll let you appeal it. You know, I have to admit... of all the methods used to combat piracy they've tried out so far, this one seems to be the best. I'm kind of curious to see where this goes.
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I'm trying to figure out how I've used 9gb already this month. All I've really done is gotten on facebook... i think. Porn's a hell of a drug.
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Actually, this bill could be slightly disturbing. It's raised hell for some Machinima directors and any channel featuring (copyrighted) content from video games.
As I last knew, this bill was made with the music and movie industry in mind. However it isn't worded in the same way. It uses the word "copyrighted material". Therefore, with its current wording, it would be against the law to post videos to youtube that contain anything copyrighted. So, posting videos of your gameplay? Nope. Posting videos of you singing a song? Nope.
I mean, I'm not against this bill. But with the current wording...... this could be bad.
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Actually, this bill could be slightly disturbing. It's raised hell for some Machinima directors and any channel featuring (copyrighted) content from video games. As I last knew, this bill was made with the music and movie industry in mind. However it isn't worded in the same way. It uses the word "copyrighted material". Therefore, with its current wording, it would be against the law to post videos to youtube that contain anything copyrighted. So, posting videos of your gameplay? Nope. Posting videos of you singing a song? Nope. I mean, I'm not against this bill. But with the current wording...... this could be bad. You are thinking of two entirely different things. This is a "gentleman's agreement" between the ISPs and the entertainment industry. The bill you refer to is currently being passed around the Senate, I believe, and from what Nilay Patel (former Engadget writer, would have been editor-in-chief after Topolsky stepped down had he not been as pissed off with AOL as Topolsky) says, the bill really shouldn't affect machinima or game run throughs. Not only that, but Patel says that the Minecraft creator says he will put it in his user agreement that such things are completely allowed and that other companies are expected to do the same. So it could actually be good for that community. thisismynext.com/2011/07/06/senate-bill-978-youtube-video-game-lets-play-videos-illegal/
Last Edit: Jul 9, 2011 15:02:15 GMT by Josh
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