Illegal downloaders face internet ban

[Sam Slater]

I just thought...........banning the illegal downloaders means less people care about their internet speeds!

2mbps here we come baby! !laugh!

Seriously though, TV companies like Ch4 and now the BBC are at least giving the opportunity for people like me to watch missed programmes. The technology we have at our disposal today should mean that something you missed on Wednesday, should be available for you to watch at another time - if you've already paid for it.

I know a lot of illegal downloading isn't just people wanting to get stuff for free.

Lots of Americans I know download British TV programmes because they see clips on youtube and cannot get access via their own TV stations. For instance, BBC America refused to show the gameshow QI. They watch it via download, or youtube instead. We paid for that gameshow via our licence fee, and they're watching it for free. It's not that they wanted to get something for nothing -though some obviously may do- but it was just something unavailable to them. They couldn't even purchase the series on DVD until a petition was set-up on the QI website to get the first series onto dvd and make it available in America.

Yes, it's only entertainment, but it's partly information; and with information comes knowledge.....which should be as openly available to all, as possible.

I think it's great that the internet allowed me to read Orwell's essays. I went out and purchased 3 of his books because those essays got me interested. I may not have done otherwise. I recently read up a little on Che Guevara -quite by accident actually, while searching for Trotsky- which got me to spend an extra ?11.21, from Amazon, on 'A Revolutionary Life'.

A more knowledgeable world is a more understanding, less ignorant world. Surely this is good?

[Trumpton]

one eyed jack wrote:

> obscene material (squishing)

I never realised this was deemed "obscene"?

[Jacques]

Ask the question, why is it being downloaded illegally in the first place?

Secondly does this not constitute a price fixing cartel?

Thirdly define 'suspect'. In this context you are guilty. How is that compatible with EU and UK Law.

More unenforceable NuLabour bollocks.

[Trumpton]

So could this spell the end of YouTube and other associated sites?

[Sam Slater]

Nah, they'll just charge youtube a fee (don't they already to some degree?) and youtube will get it back via advertising.

[Officer Dibble]

"More unenforceable NuLabour bollocks."

Jacques, NuLabour are nibbling away at your freedoms bit by stealthy bit. You can't say this, you can't do that. I was reading somewhere that they have introducing more new laws, rules, and regulations (and installed the accompanying bureaucrats) than any other government in history. But get this - there will never be a time when there are enough rules and regulations. Bureaucracies feed upon themselves, and in doing do impose an ever-constricting straight jack of regulation on the individual. I'm sure you can see where all this is heading. The only question is - will it be a 'Brave New World' or a revisit of '1984'?

If you think the writing is on the wall for freedom and individuality then maybe it's time to increase the amplitude of your dissent?




Officer Dibble





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[Jacques]

Officer Dibble wrote:


> If you think the writing is on the wall for freedom and
> individuality then maybe it's time to increase the amplitude of
> your dissent?

Already have Ossifer and continue to do so.