Major Close Down

2014-08-05 Thread Chris J Brady
Earlier this year it was TheBox.bz. A few months ago Radio Archive closed down. Now ZXCV.com (TB repacement) has gone for good. Our forbears fought in WW1 and WW2 for our freedoms to be who we want to be, to form sharing communities, and to live how we want to live. This year our freedoms gave

Re: Major Close Down

2014-08-05 Thread Chris Marriott
-Original Message- From: Chris J Brady Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 3:25 PM To: get_iplayer Subject: Major Close Down Earlier this year it was TheBox.bz. A few months ago Radio Archive closed down. Now ZXCV.com (TB repacement) has gone for >good. Our forbears fought in WW1 and WW

Re: Major Close Down

2014-08-05 Thread Jonathan H
So, let me try and get this clear in my head... Have you really just compared the deaths of millions of young men who sacrificed their lives in two world wars, to the voluntary closure of a site hosting stolen material? And on a mailing list to do with the legal internet broadcasting of license-f

Re: Major Close Down

2014-08-05 Thread Christopher Woods
Come to Libertaria and visit the money tree gardens! Green all year round... The sentiment of your email stuck in my craw. There has been no loss of freedoms. You may now be less able to infringe copyright law; you have never been free to do it. The undeniable fact: for the overwhelming majo

Re: Major Close Down

2014-08-05 Thread Peter S Kirk
On 5 Aug 2014 at 16:09, Jonathan H Jonathan H wrote: > So, let me try and get this clear in my head... > > Have you really just compared the deaths of millions of young men who > sacrificed their lives in two world wars, to the voluntary closure of > a site hosting stolen material? > > And on

Re: Major Close Down

2014-08-05 Thread Frankie Higgs
On Tue, 2014-08-05 at 16:09 +0100, Jonathan H wrote: > So, let me try and get this clear in my head... > > Have you really just compared the deaths of millions of young men who > sacrificed their lives in two world wars, to the voluntary closure of > a site hosting stolen material? Don't pretend

Re: Major Close Down

2014-08-05 Thread Nick
On Tue, 05 Aug 2014 20:59:53 +0100 Frankie Higgs wrote: > What does genuinely continue to surprise me is that people continue to > compare copyright violation to theft. Pretty much every facet of the media uses copyright in the traditional way and as such they will tend to take pro-copyright stan