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canadians watch out!

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jarossamdb7
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''RIAA's Canadian counterpart, Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA), has started an American-style legal war against alleged P2P file swappers.

CRIA has sent letters to five Canadian ISPs -- Shaw Communications, Sympatico, Videotron, Rogers Cable and Telus Corp -- demanding the names and other personal details of 29 Canadian customers that it claims have distributed illegal copies of music online via P2P networks. Only one of the ISPs, Shaw Communications, has decided to challenge the demands in court.

'Our customers' right to privacy is very dear to us,' said Shaw Communications president Peter Bissonnette.

Shaw's opinion is in clear contrast to the opinion of Videotron, that's owned by a company called Quebecor that also sells music. Videotron stated that they consider file sharing to be 'theft' and stated that they will comply with all the court orders and will co-operate eagerly with copyright owners to resolve all issues regarding to P2P use in their network.

Shaw Communications' case will go to court next Monday in Toronto.''

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if your message ain't shit, fuck the records you sold cuz if you go platinum, it's got nothing to do with luck it just means that a million people are stupid as fuck

Feb 14 2005 6:40PM
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Sharpy
Posts: 7596 - Karma: 19
go shaw

Like a virgin on prom night

You can go on the bottom bunk and finish it yourself

When you guys are on those rails, it's like muah

You A-hole
Feb 14 2005 6:42PM
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Ski-hobo
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no matter what country, lawyers are assholes


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Feb 14 2005 6:48PM
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lanks
Posts: 12543 - Karma: 72
i could care less.

-Joel

~Phunkin Phatt Phreerider~
Capital City Rider, DFP
Silent Army

'Everybody calls me a zero. But I'm an internet hero.'
Feb 14 2005 6:50PM
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mattster
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turn your sharing off and they cant touch you, because its only illegal to distribute music not to be distributed to...
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ska is dead.... and you're next !
Feb 14 2005 7:00PM
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katesd
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^ my thoughts exactly.


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'Like wow' - Paige
Feb 14 2005 7:00PM
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sim
Posts: 1399 - Karma: -6
Well if everyone turns their sharing off, how are you suppose to get any files? File sharing should actually be made fully and completely legal, because if anything is illegal, it is those bunch of fuckin idiot music stars that have houses worth more than some countries GDP, and cars more than what the average person makes in like 10 yrs. Seriously, fuck them. Most of them cant even sing to begin with. Make the fucks work for their money like everyone else. Do shows, and dont charge 100 for a ticket. Unfortunately, it is perhaps even more sad that people are willing to pay it and worship these people no matter what. And yes, sorry to all the smaller talented bands that this possibly affects in a negative way, which, as far as I'm aware of, has yet to be fully proven. Furthermore, its a saturated market as it is. Quality over quantity could go a long way.

Oh yeah, fuck you recording industry. Go shaw. Thanks.


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Feb 14 2005 8:43PM
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wuestinator
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^ hell yeah, fuck them assholes.



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Feb 14 2005 8:50PM
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[fisher]
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its not illeagle in canada to dl music,,, as long as u use it for ur personal use only,,,
Feb 14 2005 9:18PM
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Ghst
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all he ever wanted was an island in french polynesia...

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Feb 14 2005 9:39PM
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lorida
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im geting shaw internet for sure, W00T go shaw
Feb 14 2005 9:57PM
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t-man152
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^ So you guys are saying that its not fair for people to sell products at the price they want to?

thats like one of you making a company and selling your product so well that you become rich. do you think it would be faire for The governement to step in and say you cant sell that you have to give it away. thats totally stupid and anyone who thinks they should do that is an idiot. I have nothing against comunism but I love capitalism.

for years ive been hearing uninformed canadians trying to explain to me that pirating digital media was legal in canada because canadians payed some type of tax with CDRs or something like that. I really hope that any canadian who beleives this BS gets a nice little lawsuit.

im fine with pirating stuff but im tired of people trying to make excuses

Its illegal, its wrong do it at your own risk but dont say boohoo I didnt knowit was illegal. be responsible for your actions god damn it.

rant over
Feb 14 2005 10:10PM
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PowderCanuck
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haha. stealing music is petty. Stealing software worth thousands of dollars is where it's at though.

Go SHAW!



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Feb 14 2005 10:14PM
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sim
Posts: 1399 - Karma: -6
No, im saying that if they want to ridiculously overprice that shit and still expect people to pay for, they are being asked to be ripped off. As said already, most have no talent, most are just good looking people, and that alone shouldnt get you millions of dollars. These same people the proceed to express there opinions- especially on politics among other things, while they, themselves, are so far out of touch with reality its sad. Yes, there are exceptions, but you get the jest of it.

It may be illegal, but that doesnt make it wrong. Not everything illegal is necessarily wrong.


signatures are for pussies
Feb 15 2005 12:17AM
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St.Steezy
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shaw's the shit that is why I use it and have for years.




SMILE, its the second best thing you can do with ur mouth
Feb 15 2005 12:21AM
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lanks
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sim is right. why should people like ashley simpson be millionairesses at like 17 years old, when they have no talent? and furthermore, why should we, as a hardworking group of people, be penalized for downloading her songs (god forbid)?

-Joel

~Phunkin Phatt Phreerider~
Capital City Rider, DFP
Silent Army

'Everybody calls me a zero. But I'm an internet hero.'
Feb 15 2005 12:21AM
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t-man152
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^taking money away from dumb people is something I respect tremendously. her singing may suck but she is getting money which is good.

in middle school I used to grind chalk up in zip lock bags and sell them as 'The Powder' I never said it was a drug or gave any false promisses but people bought it and the funny part is people bought more and more.

I also downloaded pokemon pictures and put them on floppy disks and I would sell them (This was before CD burners and when pokemon was still popular 98-99)
Feb 15 2005 12:44AM
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Ski-hobo
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good point lanks


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Feb 15 2005 12:46AM
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Anathema
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yeah lanks, good point for sure man.

Oh, and I'll watch out...


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I skι therefore I aм

Feb 15 2005 1:10AM
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sim
Posts: 1399 - Karma: -6
T-man you are totally right though. Being responsible for your own actions is basically the glue that holds society together. I kinda feel that this is the biggest reason why things seem like they are going down the shitter some days. People sueing = can't do this, can't do that, make a law for this, make a law for that, bail me out, im useless, blah blah.


signatures are for pussies
Feb 15 2005 1:31AM
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jarossamdb7
Posts: 6322 - Karma: -10
bump

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if your message ain't shit, fuck the records you sold cuz if you go platinum, it's got nothing to do with luck it just means that a million people are stupid as fuck

Feb 21 2005 8:03PM
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tricksterboardin
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all i can say is go shaw

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CANADA KICKS ASSS
Feb 21 2005 8:59PM
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Pipe_Munky
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well, seeing as though the supreme court of canada basically made it impossible for anyone to go after people in canada for downloading music, i say 'bring it on'!





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1.ski FAST at ALL TIMES
2.take MAX air at EVERY opportunity
3.POACH everyone's favourite lines
4.IGNORE all posted signs
5.EVADE patrol at all costs
6.SMOKE big fat stinky ones
7.DRINK to excess

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Truer words never spoken!
Feb 21 2005 10:05PM
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J.D.
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^More or less, yeah. I'm still glad I have Shaw cable internet... even if they are a bunch of incompetent idiots when it comes to service.

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Feb 21 2005 10:46PM
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EastcoastAR5
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i like taking the risk, dangers my middle name
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HAHAHA YOU BITCHES MY DADS LAWYER, MICHAEL J KAUFMANN IS ALREDY INVESTIGATING LATS POSTS ON NS AND WILL TAKE LEGAL ACTION

APPARENTLY I CAN ALSO SUE NS for condoning harrassment AND SHUT THIS FUCKIN SITE DOWN! -ATLANTASKI
Feb 21 2005 11:07PM
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Sharpy
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yeah, so true dude ^^^, I love the adrenalien rush I get when the word COMPLETE flashes next to a song I'm downloading, it's sometimes more of a rush than beign chased by a cop and getting away with it. It's actually kind of addicting.

Like a virgin on prom night

You can go on the bottom bunk and finish it yourself

When you guys are on those rails, it's like muah

You A-hole
Feb 21 2005 11:36PM
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