Piracy will live on you don't stop pirates EVER!!!
No matter how hard you try because theres something called offshore hosting WOOT WOOT
No matter how hard you try because theres something called offshore hosting WOOT WOOT
New Anti-Piracy Bill Proposed in U.S. Senate
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I just read the news on gba and WOW is all I can say, that is ridiculous because they don't waste enough money on sh** we don't need, we have to f*** with the things that actually help out our small/big businesses. Honestly I don't know about everyone else, but even if people were just downloading the games instead of backing up their games and stuff, it doesn't "take" that much from their big picture cause the way sony/nintendo/microsoft have actually helped make their game and systems they can basically just burn 12031928309 games in like seconds now blu-ray included. they're making the craziest advancements that really just help the state of gaming to a newer and higher heights. I wish the US government had at least a little insight as to what things were being done/said. I wish they had been educated properly because with the mistakes they're making and the morality they all obviously lack, we're the ones that end up paying, because as US citizens if they f*** everything up, we're the ones caught with our pants down.
hmmm... if this bill gets approved, for sure GBATemp is at risk. Maybe not for hosting illegal content directly but undoubtedly this website is instrumental in the further spread of piracy of games and stuff.
GBATemp provides all the required knowledge to nOOb's regarding how to pirate, and gives clues where to find copyrighted materials.
It even has an affiliate website selling hardware to facilitate piracy on multiple game platforms.
All added up enough to qualify for "copyright-infringing activities" in my view (luckily I am not a lawyer.....)
P.S. the counter argument that GBATemp is giving all this info just to be able to run homebrew on our consoles is highly questionable.
I have no firm statistics but my guess would be that the use of homebrew compared to playing copies of commercial games is less then 0.01%.
P.P.S. in most countries you are not allowed to make a backup copy of a game disc you have purchased. Even if you own the disc, coping it to a flashcard or a USB disc is already a copyright-infringing activity.
Interesting to see how this develops.......
GBATemp provides all the required knowledge to nOOb's regarding how to pirate, and gives clues where to find copyrighted materials.
It even has an affiliate website selling hardware to facilitate piracy on multiple game platforms.
All added up enough to qualify for "copyright-infringing activities" in my view (luckily I am not a lawyer.....)
P.S. the counter argument that GBATemp is giving all this info just to be able to run homebrew on our consoles is highly questionable.
I have no firm statistics but my guess would be that the use of homebrew compared to playing copies of commercial games is less then 0.01%.
P.P.S. in most countries you are not allowed to make a backup copy of a game disc you have purchased. Even if you own the disc, coping it to a flashcard or a USB disc is already a copyright-infringing activity.
Interesting to see how this develops.......
You should check out the movement that Nina Paley is in. She's an awesome filmmaker and a "copyright" activist.
She did some videos like "Copying is not theft" and "Should your computer work for you?" Last year she released a movie for free.
She's one of the people who understand that the internet is just starting to change the way things are run.
Like they say the best things in life are FREE.
She did some videos like "Copying is not theft" and "Should your computer work for you?" Last year she released a movie for free.
She's one of the people who understand that the internet is just starting to change the way things are run.
Like they say the best things in life are FREE.
Don't you think it's just sad that they waste their time on fighting against piracy when 1 in 7 people in the country are in poverty? Talk about setting your priorities straight. They seem to care more about the protecting the rich than helping the needy.
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When they have fair use laws that hold more weight than a piece of Scott toilet paper, I'll support this bill. Until then, they can kiss my ass.
It seems to me like they made this law just for Gbatemp. It also seems that file hosting sites are off the radar in this bill.
In reality they're using the tax payers money to protect the money of big companies. don't quote me on this but...
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In reality they're using the tax payers money to protect the money of big companies. don't quote me on this but...
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Aah, what the hell, I'll just ask it. How do they find this a useful solution in a complete Democratic government, i mean seriously their will just be a new loophole that will allow pirates to keep doing what they're doing
The United States can't own the internet, technically, it's owned by everyone who owns a domain. Doing this would practically be stealing. Good thing im in Canada, Stephen Harper doesn't give a crap about pirating video games, the Anti piracy bill thing in Canada will be dead very soon. SH would probably be too lazy to sign it and go for coffee insteadkirby145 said:
Yes as was www.pokebeach.com and www.serebii.net but Nintendo still sent them some Cease and desist letters with threats to sue them. The Video Game Corporate entity is getting too large and trying to control too much in my opinion.Sonicslasher said:
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