The State of the Internet in England

[redroosters]

The Bank Executive

redroosters

The Bank Executive

village midget

Why is it assumed that I was doing anything illegal? That is really the point, millions of people use the internet and never infringe copyright or pirate a single byte but this bill treats everybody as a criminal.

Welcome to America.
We feel the same way....seems the legislation is worldwide because America just got a legislation passed to get regulation of the net underway.

BYE BYE NET NEUTRALITY!

They passed Cybersecurity '09? ********, I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN. Health care is a lie.

That is clearly what I heard. I heard alot about it from The Young Turks.
We need a revolution as well....

Are you ready to die for freedom? I am.

[village midget]

international interwebz revolt? *muses over what would happen to the national purse if all americans and english boycotted the internet completely for 24 hours*

[The Bank Executive]

redroosters

The Bank Executive

redroosters

The Bank Executive

village midget

Why is it assumed that I was doing anything illegal? That is really the point, millions of people use the internet and never infringe copyright or pirate a single byte but this bill treats everybody as a criminal.

Welcome to America.
We feel the same way....seems the legislation is worldwide because America just got a legislation passed to get regulation of the net underway.

BYE BYE NET NEUTRALITY!

They passed Cybersecurity '09? ********, I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN. Health care is a lie.

That is clearly what I heard. I heard alot about it from The Young Turks.
We need a revolution as well....

Are you ready to die for freedom? I am.

I noticed how TYT used to be a little Republican but since all this bullshit recently they've started to not be wanting to take s**t anymore. We've got a good few months or so before everyone starts to wake up from beauty sleep.

[village midget]

redroosters

The Bank Executive

redroosters

The Bank Executive

village midget

Why is it assumed that I was doing anything illegal? That is really the point, millions of people use the internet and never infringe copyright or pirate a single byte but this bill treats everybody as a criminal.

Welcome to America.
We feel the same way....seems the legislation is worldwide because America just got a legislation passed to get regulation of the net underway.

BYE BYE NET NEUTRALITY!

They passed Cybersecurity '09? ********, I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN. Health care is a lie.

That is clearly what I heard. I heard alot about it from The Young Turks.
We need a revolution as well....

Are you ready to die for freedom? I am.

oh, that kind of revolution. i'm in.

[redroosters]

village midget

international interwebz revolt? *muses over what would happen to the national purse if all americans and english boycotted the internet completely for 24 hours*

Our respective governments would leap with joy to have seen the last center of free speech and information abandoned.

[The Bank Executive]

village midget

international interwebz revolt? *muses over what would happen to the national purse if all americans and english boycotted the internet completely for 24 hours*

24 hour strikes mean nothing to corporations.
They can just shrug it off and continue the next day.
Take down the the corrupt government or let them take you down.

[village midget]

redroosters

village midget

international interwebz revolt? *muses over what would happen to the national purse if all americans and english boycotted the internet completely for 24 hours*

Our respective governments would leap with joy to have seen the last center of free speech and information abandoned.

gonk crying gonk

[redroosters]

village midget

redroosters

The Bank Executive

redroosters

The Bank Executive

Welcome to America.
We feel the same way....seems the legislation is worldwide because America just got a legislation passed to get regulation of the net underway.

BYE BYE NET NEUTRALITY!

They passed Cybersecurity '09? ********, I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN. Health care is a lie.

That is clearly what I heard. I heard alot about it from The Young Turks.
We need a revolution as well....

Are you ready to die for freedom? I am.

oh, that kind of revolution. i'm in.

Good. Now go get a few hundred like-minded individuals.

The Bank Executive

redroosters

The Bank Executive

redroosters

The Bank Executive

Welcome to America.
We feel the same way....seems the legislation is worldwide because America just got a legislation passed to get regulation of the net underway.

BYE BYE NET NEUTRALITY!

They passed Cybersecurity '09? ********, I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN. Health care is a lie.

That is clearly what I heard. I heard alot about it from The Young Turks.
We need a revolution as well....

Are you ready to die for freedom? I am.

I noticed how TYT used to be a little Republican but since all this bullshit recently they've started to not be wanting to take s**t anymore. We've got a good few months or so before everyone starts to wake up from beauty sleep.

Were the Republicans behind Cybersecurity '09? Because it seems like exactly the kind of thing both parties would hug and kiss over while pretending to squabble about insurance.

[redroosters]

village midget

redroosters

village midget

international interwebz revolt? *muses over what would happen to the national purse if all americans and english boycotted the internet completely for 24 hours*

Our respective governments would leap with joy to have seen the last center of free speech and information abandoned.

gonk crying gonk

Yeah.

[The Bank Executive]

redroosters

The Bank Executive

redroosters

The Bank Executive

redroosters

They passed Cybersecurity '09? ********, I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN. Health care is a lie.

That is clearly what I heard. I heard alot about it from The Young Turks.
We need a revolution as well....

Are you ready to die for freedom? I am.

I noticed how TYT used to be a little Republican but since all this bullshit recently they've started to not be wanting to take s**t anymore. We've got a good few months or so before everyone starts to wake up from beauty sleep.

Were the Republicans behind Cybersecurity '09? Because it seems like exactly the kind of thing they'd hug and kiss over while pretending to squabble about insurance.

Mostly but it seems they revised the bill with the same s**t but made it more wordier.
It pisses me off to know UK and America is getting regulated like China.
This is the only time Americans and Brits can team up to kick some a** then have tea and crumpets.

[Arkady Andreyevich]

village midget

Arkady Andreyevich

But, but...stolen music sounds better! cry

there is some investigation going on, (according to my housemate, so no sauce, but he's an intelligent straight-edged fellow) which speculates that people who pirate music are more likely to become consumers of hard copy because they try out things they woud otherwise not risk their money on, and file sharing networking leads to recommendations etc....anyway, it's not really about the piracy. it's about the fact that our internet is now tapped, and that our government can censor what is information is available to us. don't we look down on china for doing this sort of thing? didn't we take up arms against various eastern block leaders for treating their citizens like this?

I was actually joking, since purchased music is usually of a higher quality than pirated music. razz

Downloading music illegally isn't really necessary anymore, given that one can easily stream music online via sites such as Groove Shark.

Essay by Phillip Zimmerman, creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), concerning the importance of email encryption.

[redroosters]

Stuch BSc

Wait, the OP isn't even from the UK?

A good portion of the Western world has turned its back on freedom of speech, information, thought, and expression in favor of a more economically efficient McCarthian system. If he's from Australia, the States, the PRC, or Britain, this issue applies to him. If not, he's still a man after my own burning revolutionary heart.

[Stuch BSc]

redroosters

A good portion of the Western world has turned its back on freedom of speech, information, thought, and expression in favor of a more economically efficient McCarthian system. If he's from Australia, the States, the PRC, or Britain, this issue applies to him. If not, he's still a man after my own burning revolutionary heart.

Nothing to hide, nothing to fear.

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village midget

Basically the government are now forcing our ISPs to monitor and report each of our individual households' internet use. Like phone tapping. Like the KGB.

They already monitor internet use. How much you download is analysed for billing purposes. If you go over the 'cap' they charge you more. I'm not sure but I think there's also a set amount of browsing you can do as well. Of course this would be harder to top the cap.

At present, the real way to get busted for copyright is to upload material that infringes copyright. Making it available for the rest of the internet is considered a worse offense. Similar to how you're more likely to get busted for dealing drugs than just 'having them', and in the case of the latter the charges are less severe.