Comments on: France to adopt “three strikes” law for illegal downloaders http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/06/18/france-to-adopt-three-strikes-law-for-illegal-downloaders/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:46:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Bill Green http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/06/18/france-to-adopt-three-strikes-law-for-illegal-downloaders/#comment-151603 Bill Green Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:19:47 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2963#comment-151603 Thank you for your very exacting information. This article rocks and I will be subscribing after this comment! Thank you for your very exacting information. This article rocks and I will be subscribing after this comment!

]]> By: Mickey Blue Eyes http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/06/18/france-to-adopt-three-strikes-law-for-illegal-downloaders/#comment-83450 Mickey Blue Eyes Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:05:54 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2963#comment-83450 Clearly, the Frogs have once again shown that they are intellectual imbeciles. But we really shouldn't be surprised at their strong arm tactics. This is a country that regulates whether a food item, e.g, wine and cheese, can be called what it is depending on *where* it is made. This is a country that trademarks clothing designs to prevent less expensive variations being made available to the people. This is a country that makes pretentious art films yet considers Jerry Lewis a genius and a demi-deity. Clearly, the Frogs have once again shown that they are intellectual imbeciles. But we really shouldn’t be surprised at their strong arm tactics. This is a country that regulates whether a food item, e.g, wine and cheese, can be called what it is depending on *where* it is made. This is a country that trademarks clothing designs to prevent less expensive variations being made available to the people. This is a country that makes pretentious art films yet considers Jerry Lewis a genius and a demi-deity.

]]> By: Sheamus http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/06/18/france-to-adopt-three-strikes-law-for-illegal-downloaders/#comment-82181 Sheamus Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:10:04 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=2963#comment-82181 I find it interesting that this has come out pretty much exactly the same time Kid Rock has said people should just <a href="http://torrentfreak.com/kid-rock-dont-just-steal-music-steal-everything-080618/" rel="nofollow">take whatever they want</a>, basically to 'punish' the greedy music industry. Either way, it's yet another example of idle threats made by largely powerless corporations (and in this case, a government). The logistics of going after the end users have never made sense - see the war on drugs for more clues on this - and all that happens is you increasingly alienate people to the point where it becomes a huge game that both sides are trying to win. Assuming that there's any facts at all in this story and it's not just hot air, then if you get a few prosecutions all that will happen is some bright spark will figure out a very convenient and easy way for people to mask their torrent/P2P downloads so that they cannot be traced. That's coming, anyway, you can guarantee it. And then what? All logic points to targeting the massive <b>uploaders</b>. Even though he does great things, bringing down somebody like aXXo, and anyone else who steps up after him (which again would be an inevitability), would send out for more of a message than prosecuting some poor sap who got caught downloading an episode of <i>Scrubs</i>, the first and only time he ever went to a torrent site. My personal opinion is, as usual, all this stuff has absolutely zero substance to it. I think the industry is powerless to stop this but they'll continue to say they're not to scare off those few people who buy into it. I find it interesting that this has come out pretty much exactly the same time Kid Rock has said people should just take whatever they want, basically to ‘punish’ the greedy music industry.

Either way, it’s yet another example of idle threats made by largely powerless corporations (and in this case, a government). The logistics of going after the end users have never made sense – see the war on drugs for more clues on this – and all that happens is you increasingly alienate people to the point where it becomes a huge game that both sides are trying to win. Assuming that there’s any facts at all in this story and it’s not just hot air, then if you get a few prosecutions all that will happen is some bright spark will figure out a very convenient and easy way for people to mask their torrent/P2P downloads so that they cannot be traced. That’s coming, anyway, you can guarantee it. And then what?

All logic points to targeting the massive uploaders. Even though he does great things, bringing down somebody like aXXo, and anyone else who steps up after him (which again would be an inevitability), would send out for more of a message than prosecuting some poor sap who got caught downloading an episode of Scrubs, the first and only time he ever went to a torrent site.

My personal opinion is, as usual, all this stuff has absolutely zero substance to it. I think the industry is powerless to stop this but they’ll continue to say they’re not to scare off those few people who buy into it.

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