Top ISPs Agree to Become Copyright Cops

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Bintube. Nuff said.

jadams said:
LOL, i think she has an amazing body, but her teeth are f'ed up!
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Yeah, the giant hole in between her teeth is scary. I try to look elsewhere, but they keep zooming in, LOL!
 
reg411 said:
Bintube. Nuff said.



Yeah, the giant hole in between her teeth is scary. I try to look elsewhere, but they keep zooming in, LOL!
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Same deal as Madonna, Schwarznegger, Letterman, it makes them stand out and be unique among celebrities. Hate her all you want but Paquins's teeth are probably worth more alone then your total net income for the year. :cool:
 
Grrr...I just noticed my electricity bill went up 2.5% but the dbags lowered it 2.5% for corps/businesses. It really is becoming 1984.
 
jadams said:
I recently found usenet again after 10 years. Its not as user friendly as torrents but it sure works. It also uses 100% of my internet connection while I'm downloading. Its a small price to pay for avoiding this junk or trying to get into a private tracker.

If i look at the bandwidth graph on my pfsense router it shows a steady straight line @ 21.23Mbps as opposed to the peaks and valleys I'd get with torrents.
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Its actually much MORE user friendly than torrents IMO...check out sickbeard and couch potato.
 
Actually all this means is that if you're technically savvy enough to fool your ISP, then piracy didn't happen. This is no win for the copyright holders.
 
tomjones said:
I've downloaded several "high profile" movies and cable TV shows from torrents, no letter yet, but I use peerblock with updated list and blocking the entire US. It's no guarantee, but it has worked for me so far. If ISP's start watching I'm sure I will break down and start using usenet again.
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So blocking the entire us has to impact speeds.
 
fochkoph said:
What sucks is I'm already at the boiling point with shitty AT&T and if they pull some more bullshit I'm going to go insane. What sucks is they're the only provider in my area.
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I also have ATT and am in the same boat as you.
 
Hop-Scotch said:
But they make more, what don't you understand about that?
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No, they make less.

But they make investors feel warm & fuzzy inside. Which is basically more important than making money. Wherein lies the real problem. :rolleyes:
 
UseNet rules. Ever since my crappy Canadian cable company made their "on-demand" service force you to watch commercials, I've re-acquainted myself with my old buddy.

All you need is HTTPS access to the nzb files we all known and love and an SSL encrypted News provider and you're pretty much good to go.

We Canadians are behind the U.S. on this, but we are still on the same path.
 
Roliath said:
money
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Actually it's lawsuits. If we don't forward the notices, we get sued. Yes, I work for one of those companies listed, and yes I'm the one that forwards those messages to the end users after our lawyers send them to me, and eventually, if it does not stop I am directed to cancel service. We've actually been doing this for over 5 years now because of the NY AG and have not raised our rates because of it.
 
Sounds like cajoling the ISPs into playing content filter is cheaper than random lawsuits.

There was an article in the WSJ this morning with a little more info. So far, this system doesn't really seem to have any teeth. They quoted one RIAA clown as saying that this is geared toward "scaring straight casual pirates." And that if you are a habitual downloader they know this won't change your behavior and they will leave you alone after the 7th warning or so. Of course, they didn't rule out future lawsuits or escalation from the current system. Obviously most savvy "pirates" are no longer using bittorrent for content, so probably no huge threat to most of [H] unless the costs involved of implementing this trickle down.

The ISP's are also still working out just what to do with users who get nasty grams. They do state that they will not cancel your service; and why should they? You're a paying customer no matter how you (or your brother, roommate, etc) use the service you pay for.
 
They're going after BitTorrent sites now: http://torrentfreak.com/riaa-starts-going-after-bittorrent-sites-110708/

“We believe your service is hosting the above-referenced website on its network. This website offers direct links to files containing sound recordings for other users to download by such artists as Lady Gaga, Micheal Jackson, Coldplay, Madonna and Kanye West,” the RIAA writes in a letter to Whoisguard.com.
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Uhh...LOL.
 
demografik said:
that's my point. it's a money pit and they pass the loss onto their real customers, alienating them.
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Alienating them? Most towns have one internet provider (well, broadband provider anyways), and they'd rather pay out of the ass for them than be without. ISPs know this.

Hopefully it'll bite them in the ass in the future, like when utility and telephone companies were slapped with monopoly charges and regulations, but it's not going to happen as long as the movie and music industries have money to give to Congress.
 
Weenis said:
Oh look, hey there usenet.
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I think you broke the main rule right there, and I think that one is listed as a top target for the authorities, so no, not using that one any time soon.

Hi Hulu, hey Netflix, and hi unnamed site for motorsport streams (not NASKYRRRR...R, because that is just plain crap, ever seen those guys at a proper road course, they are slower than molasses in a sloth's arse on a winters day, along with with the Rolodex Gundam series).
 
Outamyhead said:
I think you broke the main rule right there, and I think that one is listed as a top target for the authorities, so no, not using that one any time soon.

Hi Hulu, hey Netflix, and hi unnamed site for motorsport streams (not NASKYRRRR...R, because that is just plain crap, ever seen those guys at a proper road course, they are slower than molasses in a sloth's arse on a winters day, along with with the Rolodex Gundam series).
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Target or not, they can tell you're downloading shit. And if they really wanted to they could have a person break the encryption, thus putting the person who did that into legal hot water.

Oh not to mention the fact that they have zero civil or criminal case against someone who only downloads things.
 
Azhar said:
Alienating them? Most towns have one internet provider (well, broadband provider anyways), and they'd rather pay out of the ass for them than be without. ISPs know this.

Hopefully it'll bite them in the ass in the future, like when utility and telephone companies were slapped with monopoly charges and regulations, but it's not going to happen as long as the movie and music industries have money to give to Congress.
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they may be paying but they resent it because they've been alienated. money + greed is a dangerous thing. fortunately, internet access is something that can't really be monopolized because it's relatively easy to provide. let's just hope the federal empire doesn't enact any laws to go over the ISP's head.
 
Outamyhead said:
I think you broke the main rule right there, and I think that one is listed as a top target for the authorities, so no, not using that one any time soon.

Hi Hulu, hey Netflix, and hi unnamed site for motorsport streams (not NASKYRRRR...R, because that is just plain crap, ever seen those guys at a proper road course, they are slower than molasses in a sloth's arse on a winters day, along with with the Rolodex Gundam series).
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Considering that my ISP is the one hosting the USENET filea I don't think there's a worry.
 
I'm just waiting for mesh networks to become usable and ditch my ISP entirely. Maybe crap like this will make that happen sooner.

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Hmmm.... my fios stopped workin yesterday, maybe they're implementing it right now.
 
My answer's thus far.
Windows based:
Ultrasurf: surf web anonymously ::Config Proxy if wanted
PeerBlocker: block all those pesky IP's you don't need
Usenet over VPN or SSL (Grabit) :: Config Proxy if wanted

Anyone have answers for Linux:
I use the above for linux also..
Anyone include other helpful apps?
 
As well they shouldn't.

I suddenly feel like I should start streaming 5 movies at a time. all day... every day... when my internet comes back. They did say it was a fiber break, but it's oddly suspicious timing.
 
I'm closing this before I have to get any of you idiots banned
 
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