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Your ISP is soon to be a "copyright cop"
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2012, 11:26:28 PM »
Guess that means it's time for BitTorrent users to start using encryption...
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Your ISP is soon to be a "copyright cop"
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2012, 08:03:24 AM »
WARNING, Political comments following:
I'm thinking the 'silver lining' in this issue is that maybe, just maybe, we can keep the ludites in government out of this. As bad as it may seem, it could only be worse if most legislators get involved.
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THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF COUNTRIES
Those that use metric = #1 Measurement system
And the United States = The Banana system
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« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2012, 07:20:43 AM »
Another one from C-Net - "Molly Rants" on Wal-Mart and UltraViolet scheme to "free up your DVDs" for other devices....
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31322_3-57398729...e-still-stinks/
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