Comments on: /b/tards and Pirates Beware

By: Betz

Betz — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:22:44 +0000

What’s really gross about this law is the seemingly complete circumvention of any remnant of judicial processes – trials, penalties, and possible incarceration – for internet users by the “Business Secretary”, Peter Mandelson.

The article goes on to explain that Mandelson basically has the right to invent whatever penalty he wants to, on almost anybody he chooses, for improper internet usage – without a shred of evidence needed.

I’m sure the UK’s ISP’s are not happy about this. The buck of responsibility of enforcing internet usage has been foisted onto them. Call me crazy, but I think that the jobs and responsibilities of “enforcing” should be placed on those whose job it is to “enforce” laws – you know, the police – and not private enterprise.

This is just bad, bad, bad …. or, in the language of internet Users …

FAIL.

By: Gsim

Gsim — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:29:52 +0000

I do what I wants on the internets. I am hiding behind 7 boxxies.

By: C.T. Behemoth

C.T. Behemoth — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:16:44 +0000

This situation is laughable.

The ‘rulers of the series of tubes’ know that they can’t win, so they just try to make it a pain in the ass. Unfortunately for them, the more they focus on policing and not embracing the new developments…the more they hasten their demise.

I’m talking to you BMG and Hollywood (and Metallica).

By: Timothy

Timothy — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:55:22 +0000

You just mentioned the place we do not speak of by name….you are playing with dark forces, mate, dark forces indeed.