Re: [newbie] MPAA goes after BitTorrent

2004-12-17 Thread Russ Kepler
On Thursday 16 December 2004 11:47 pm, Erylon Hines wrote: On Thursday 16 December 2004 12:13 pm, Russ Kepler wrote: | Sorry, but I have to call you on this one. Coffee makers make coffee by | boiling water and putting the boiling water through the coffee grounds. | The boiling point of water

Re: [newbie] MPAA goes after BitTorrent

2004-12-16 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Thursday 16 December 2004 04:49, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 16 Dec 2004 03:46, JoeHill wrote: http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,12589,1374232,00.html It was bound to happen, as it's being used for film and music sharing as well as legitimate uses. I can't see it succeeding in

Re: [newbie] MPAA goes after BitTorrent

2004-12-16 Thread paul
On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 12:52, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Thursday 16 December 2004 04:49, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 16 Dec 2004 03:46, JoeHill wrote: http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,12589,1374232,00.html It was bound to happen, as it's being used for film and music sharing as

Re: [newbie] MPAA goes after BitTorrent

2004-12-16 Thread Randall D. Hobbs
On Thursday 16 December 2004 5:58 am, Anne Wilson wrote: True - but after a little thought it was agreed that he had not acted illegally. Of course things have to be challenged in a court of law in order to set precedences - that's certainly how things work here, anyway. As for your last

Re: [newbie] MPAA goes after BitTorrent

2004-12-16 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Thursday 16 December 2004 04:49 am, Anne Wilson wrote: It was bound to happen, as it's being used for film and music sharing as well as legitimate uses. I can't see it succeeding in Europe, as it is just the agent, and it is the use that can be illegal. It would be like suing the Post

Re: [newbie] MPAA goes after BitTorrent

2004-12-16 Thread Erylon Hines
On Thursday 16 December 2004 12:13 pm, Russ Kepler wrote: | On Thursday 16 December 2004 12:03 pm, Amy wrote: | Granted a lot of court cases turn into a three ring circus here in the | states, but the McDonalds coffee case isn't nearly so much of one as | the media has made it out to be. | |

Re: [newbie] MPAA goes after BitTorrent

2004-12-16 Thread Martin
i think its time for me to inflict this article on this list: http//:openflows.org/~auskadi/foreigner.html i wait to be hung drawn and quartered! On Friday 17 December 2004 07:47, Erylon Hines wrote: On Thursday 16 December 2004 12:13 pm, Russ Kepler wrote: | On Thursday 16 December 2004 12:03

Re: [newbie] MPAA goes after BitTorrent

2004-12-16 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 16 Dec 2004 03:46, JoeHill wrote: http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,12589,1374232,00.html It was bound to happen, as it's being used for film and music sharing as well as legitimate uses. I can't see it succeeding in Europe, as

Re: [newbie] MPAA goes after BitTorrent

2004-12-16 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 16 Dec 2004 10:52, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Thursday 16 December 2004 04:49, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 16 Dec 2004 03:46, JoeHill wrote: http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,12589,1374232,00.html It was bound to happen, as

Re: [newbie] MPAA goes after BitTorrent

2004-12-16 Thread Russ Kepler
On Thursday 16 December 2004 12:03 pm, Amy wrote: Granted a lot of court cases turn into a three ring circus here in the states, but the McDonalds coffee case isn't nearly so much of one as the media has made it out to be. Yeah, it was. It also happened to be at a McDonalds about 1 city

[newbie] MPAA goes after BitTorrent

2004-12-15 Thread JoeHill
http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,12589,1374232,00.html -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 22:45:29 up 24 days, 13:57, 5 users, load average: 0.41, 0.28, 0.24 +++ The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet. -- William Gibson