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Federal Court to shutdown the Kazaa file sharing network within days
'MUSIC industry lawyers will ask the Federal Court to shutdown the Kazaa file sharing network within days, Australian Recording Industry Association chief executive Stephen Peach said.'
I don't believe the can shut them all down. File sharing has been deemed legal..as far as I know. It's the sharing of copyrighted material that's illegal. If Kazaa gets shut down it is because they blatantly advertise sharing copyrighted stuff...they don't even deny it. Hell, they're kind of arrogant about it. Plenty of other networks that are much better than Kazaa..and have a lot less adware.
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They can shut down whatever they want. If you have any problems, contact the Principality of Sealand.
Sealand was a disused Gun Tower 6 miles off the British Coast. Sealand was founded on the principle that any group of people dissatisfied with the oppressive laws and restrictions of existing nation states may declare independence in any place not claimed to be under the jurisdiction of another sovereign entity. The location chosen was Roughs Tower, an island fortress created in World War II by Britain and subsequently abandoned to the jurisdiction of the High Seas.
The independence of Sealand was upheld in a 1968 British court decision where the judge held that Roughs Tower stood in international waters and did not fall under the legal jurisdiction of the United Kingdom. This gave birth to Sealand's national motto of E Mare Libertas, or "From the Sea, Freedom".
Sealand looks like this
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Sealand has encased into its concrete towers a massive AC system that cools down its hundreds of servers, running under HavenCo and I think the name explains it all.
Problem Solved.
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True. I've always hated people downloading anything through illegal means. It's just ripping off the artist at hand. I think downloading music illegally is only acceptable if you haven't heard a song you may be interested in. If your not throw it away, if you are then you should buy it.
For movies I don't think there is any acceptable method to acquire it illegal, because you pay to watch it. Whereas a song you may play a million times over you probably will only watch a movie 3 or 4 times if you like it that much.
If you want to download, just pay for the damn thing. Tightasses.
Well it will be very hard to stop people to get entertainment for free.
I still go to the cinema here and there (like only 4 times this year)
I have like 30 or so DVD's. (proper DVDS)
Its been since foreever since i downloaded a movie
However music is a different story. I wan to hear a new song then i get bored of it and its gone in less then a week.
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Dude, downloading is ethically worng and illegal. Why? because it is stealing. It may not feel like it since you're not going into a store to do so but it is. Everytime a person buys an album the artist/"excecs" get paid. It's how they make a living.
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