Comments on: Busted http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/ Fri, 16 May 2008 02:45:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Netmom http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-11 Netmom Thu, 11 May 2006 18:42:44 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-11 LiteOn/ILO makes a nice HDD+DVD recorder... it's not free, but the quality is better. It works like TiVo, but without the monthly service charge. They haven't made it illegal YET, but the day is coming. See the Electronic Freedom Foundation's [URL=http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/?f=unintended_consequences.html] article[/URL] on the DMCA's unintended consequences. LiteOn/ILO makes a nice HDD+DVD recorder… it’s not free, but the quality is better. It works like TiVo, but without the monthly service charge.

They haven’t made it illegal YET, but the day is coming. See the Electronic Freedom Foundation’s [URL=http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/?f=unintended_consequences.html] article[/URL] on the DMCA’s unintended consequences.

]]> By: Stephan http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-12 Stephan Thu, 11 May 2006 20:35:07 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-12 I am wondering how they caught you. Were they a seed of the torrent or something? I am wondering how they caught you. Were they a seed of the torrent or something?

]]> By: daco http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-13 daco Thu, 11 May 2006 21:24:29 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-13 What is really funny is that over the past year my wife has purchased dozens and dozens of movie dvd's on ebay. She still hasn't paid over 9 bucks for any of them. I wonder what your little speeding ticket is gonna run? Sorry...that didn't sound very sympathetic did it? What is really funny is that over the past year my wife has purchased dozens and dozens of movie dvd’s on ebay. She still hasn’t paid over 9 bucks for any of them.
I wonder what your little speeding ticket is gonna run?
Sorry…that didn’t sound very sympathetic did it?

]]> By: GoldenAppleCorp http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-14 GoldenAppleCorp Fri, 12 May 2006 02:37:15 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-14 Since at this stage of the debacle it's not a charge, just a cease and desist, it probably won't "run" anything, daco. When you're on a budget as tight as ours, even $9 for a dvd is pricey. Since at this stage of the debacle it’s not a charge, just a cease and desist, it probably won’t “run” anything, daco.
When you’re on a budget as tight as ours, even $9 for a dvd is pricey.

]]> By: Ericka Erwin http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-15 Ericka Erwin Fri, 12 May 2006 03:28:24 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-15 Ooooouch. Makes you feel all violated, don't it? Then scared. Then worried. Then dismissive. Then sorta angry. Then defiant and angry. Been there, done the Cease and Desist shuffle with Herb Newton Nissan, baby ;) Ooooouch.

Makes you feel all violated, don’t it? Then scared. Then worried. Then dismissive. Then sorta angry. Then defiant and angry.

Been there, done the Cease and Desist shuffle with Herb Newton Nissan, baby ;)

]]> By: Atomictumor http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-16 Atomictumor Fri, 12 May 2006 09:25:39 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-16 Netmom: Last I heard, the broadcast flag being snuck into some sort of appropriations bill (like the REAL ID act) is going to kill off those kind of HDD recorders. Heck, Intel is coming out with an enhancement to future processors that'd write the friggin DRM into the CPU itself. I've always been an AMD man, myself, tho... Stephan: Yeah, they were sitting on the other side of the torrent. Bittorrents are handy in that they're fast, and easy to use, but a 5 yr old can find all of the IP addresses you're connected to. Daco: GAC's right, we consult advisors before spending entertainment money. She's also right in that this is most likely to be a done deal, as the MPAA isn't currently suing suckers like me, they're going after either the people uploading gigs and gigs of stuff (and not just a Michel Gondry movie), and they haven't been suing individuals like the RIAA has, apparently because they're not interested in completely trashing their public image like the RIAA has. Netmom: Last I heard, the broadcast flag being snuck into some sort of appropriations bill (like the REAL ID act) is going to kill off those kind of HDD recorders. Heck, Intel is coming out with an enhancement to future processors that’d write the friggin DRM into the CPU itself. I’ve always been an AMD man, myself, tho…

Stephan: Yeah, they were sitting on the other side of the torrent. Bittorrents are handy in that they’re fast, and easy to use, but a 5 yr old can find all of the IP addresses you’re connected to.

Daco: GAC’s right, we consult advisors before spending entertainment money. She’s also right in that this is most likely to be a done deal, as the MPAA isn’t currently suing suckers like me, they’re going after either the people uploading gigs and gigs of stuff (and not just a Michel Gondry movie), and they haven’t been suing individuals like the RIAA has, apparently because they’re not interested in completely trashing their public image like the RIAA has.

]]> By: daco http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-19 daco Sat, 13 May 2006 00:37:27 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-19 AT did you and GAC spend 9 bucks on admission and beers at the TMBG gig last night? If you did then you probably spent what my better half spends on a dvd movie on ebay. Sorry pal...still no sympathy for those that try to steal the property that others produce. AT did you and GAC spend 9 bucks on admission and beers at the TMBG gig last night? If you did then you probably spent what my better half spends on a dvd movie on ebay.
Sorry pal…still no sympathy for those that try to steal the property that others produce.

]]> By: GoldenAppleCorp http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-20 GoldenAppleCorp Sat, 13 May 2006 14:38:06 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-20 Well, daco, since it was Sundown, there was no admission, and we actually didn't drink any beers there. If I wanted your sympathy, I'd ask for it. Since I didn't, you can kiss my grits. Well, daco, since it was Sundown, there was no admission, and we actually didn’t drink any beers there.
If I wanted your sympathy, I’d ask for it. Since I didn’t, you can kiss my grits.

]]> By: Atomictumor http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-21 Atomictumor Sat, 13 May 2006 14:52:06 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-21 Daco, is this the Oak Ridge Forums, where you can blather on in every thread you go to about how nascar and the forum administraton sucks? No. If you had something to say about peer to peer downloading, you should have had the marbles to say it in that post. Furthermore, Daco, is it stealing? Would I have bought the DVD? No. So, nobody's losing money on the deal. Ponder that, mon ami, in the black and white world you inhabit. Daco, is this the Oak Ridge Forums, where you can blather on in every thread you go to about how nascar and the forum administraton sucks? No. If you had something to say about peer to peer downloading, you should have had the marbles to say it in that post.
Furthermore, Daco, is it stealing? Would I have bought the DVD? No. So, nobody’s losing money on the deal. Ponder that, mon ami, in the black and white world you inhabit.

]]> By: Machine http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-65 Machine Sat, 20 May 2006 17:25:43 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-65 I've received a similar notification from Comcast. What steps have you taken to resolve the problem? And how successful have they been? I'm also curious: is this the kind of situation that gets taken to court? Or will they drop the case if steps are taken to resolve the matter? I’ve received a similar notification from Comcast. What steps have you taken to resolve the problem? And how successful have they been?

I’m also curious: is this the kind of situation that gets taken to court? Or will they drop the case if steps are taken to resolve the matter?

]]> By: Atomictumor http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-66 Atomictumor Sat, 20 May 2006 21:09:28 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-66 Well, we've done dick all. The letter that we got was pretty much a "We know what you did, you naughty boy, and don't do it again." We've not heard back from them since, but we've also not downloaded any movies since then, either. No cases of movie piracy have been to court yet, either. Well, we’ve done dick all. The letter that we got was pretty much a “We know what you did, you naughty boy, and don’t do it again.” We’ve not heard back from them since, but we’ve also not downloaded any movies since then, either. No cases of movie piracy have been to court yet, either.

]]> By: Atomictumor » Blog Archive » Piratebay.org raided, three men arrrested http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-170 Atomictumor » Blog Archive » Piratebay.org raided, three men arrrested Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:07:21 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-170 [...] What about me? Well, after my little brush with Johnny Comcast and the C&D Blues, I’ve been laying low on the downloading movies front. Instead, I’ve been renting em, ripping em, and copying em to DVD. [...] […] What about me? Well, after my little brush with Johnny Comcast and the C&D Blues, I’ve been laying low on the downloading movies front. Instead, I’ve been renting em, ripping em, and copying em to DVD. […]

]]> By: Joel http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-173 Joel Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:42:49 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/05/11/busted/#comment-173 "Instead, I’ve been renting em, ripping em, and copying em to DVD." Oy. WWDD? (What would daco do?) “Instead, I’ve been renting em, ripping em, and copying em to DVD.”

Oy. WWDD?

(What would daco do?)

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