Re: [H] Speaking of cable issues...

2005-04-09 Thread warpmedia
Chris Reeves wrote: snip While I've never been into downloading movies, etc. (except what I pay for) copying what I already own to me seems fair game, and I find it somewhat ridiculous that considering how fragile vs. the cost they are that we don't have a way around that. One argument made

RE: [H] Speaking of cable issues...

2005-04-08 Thread Chris Reeves
Who's your provider? Be aware, several providers have already said they will work with groups (like MPAA) to block all bittorrent access through their networks. CW -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington Sent: Friday, April 08,

Re: [H] Speaking of cable issues...

2005-04-08 Thread Eli Allen
Ummm, I'm pretty sure Canada has copyright laws. Eli - Original Message - It's the local cable company here in Nova Scotia (Eastlink.) Since it isn't yet illegal to download movies, etc here in Canada, I don't think that's the problem. T --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by

Re: [H] Speaking of cable issues...

2005-04-08 Thread Greg Sevart
BT opens up a lot of connections to a lot of different hosts. Most likely the automatic software they use sees this and errantly assumes that it is the activity of a virus. You could try limiting the maximum peers that the BT client will connect to, like 20 or 30 or so, to prevent it from

Re: [H] Speaking of cable issues...

2005-04-08 Thread Gary VanderMolen
Ummm, I'm pretty sure Canada has copyright laws. Yes we do. But we pay a tax on all blank media that is given back to the artists that we are supposedly robbing with each blank CD/DVD we use. Cool. Where do I register as an artist and get part of the take? Gary VanderMolen

Re: [H] Speaking of cable issues...

2005-04-08 Thread Hayes Elkins
. From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Speaking of cable issues... Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 16:56:55 -0300 At 04:37 PM 08/04/2005, Eli Allen wrote: Ummm, I'm pretty sure Canada

RE: [H] Speaking of cable issues...

2005-04-08 Thread Chris Reeves
] On Behalf Of Hayes Elkins Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 5:05 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Speaking of cable issues... The problem with US laws are that they simply do not address matter-of-fact infringements. Simply put, you get caught downloading copywrighted movies or music, you