No, that's like saying it's ok for the FBI to ignore murderers and rapists, and concentrate on people abusing thier pets instead, because PETA made enough noise and threw enough lawyers/money at them.
raystorm
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Here's a little more info regarding the owner of the site.
more info...
looks like he was warned by the MPAA then instead of taking out the streaming episodes off the site he just moved the entire site overseas and continued to have the episodes online.
more info...
looks like he was warned by the MPAA then instead of taking out the streaming episodes off the site he just moved the entire site overseas and continued to have the episodes online.
yukichigai
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If what is said here is true this may have been one of the few times FBI involvement was necessary to catch someone committing illegal acts. Had the Patriot Act not been in place I'm sure there were other ways they could have subpoena'd his financial records.
Storming his place at 6am was a little excessive though. And the part where they f%$#ed up his computer equipment.
Saw that, interesting. Of course in the link in the orginal post the site owner said "References were made to a cease and desist letter sent by the MPAA to an email address that did not exist" Again who's telling the truth? One of the moderators (not the owner) from the site replied to points. Not agreeing with her rebuttal, just sharing it (which is probably illegal to copy/paste...)
"After receiving letters from the Motion Picture Association of America requesting that he stop streaming the episodes, McGaughey moved his website overseas and continued to stream episodes over the Internet until April 2003."
The site was never streaming anything, but did provide links to servers that had downloads available. No MPAA letter was ever received and McGaughey removed those links in 2002 after the FBI raided his home. McGaughey did not move his website overseas; the host of the site has changed a couple of times, but have all been in the US. It is currently hosted in Michigan.
"McGaughey profited from his website through advertising and sales links on the website itself."
While it is true that he receives a percentage from sales made by linking to businesses on his website, they basically just cover the costs of operating the site. He is employed elsewhere and runs the site mainly as a hobby.
"Stargate SG-1 is produced by MGM and airs on Showtime and UPN."
Stargate aired on Showtime only until the Spring of 2002. Since then it has aired on Scifi channel. Syndicated episodes run on UPN.
Her last two points don't seem valid, but the first part is very interesting. Hard to believe after being raided by the FBI he'd move the site offshore and continue the same thing, but who knows. A member asked what part of the Patriot Act was used, we'll see if there's a reply from the owner on that one.
yukichigai
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I did find it interesting that the case against him cited advertising revenue as a copyright infringment. How? It's advertising, it comes on most every site. If you can't run a fansite and advertise on it, then how are you supposed to keep the fansite up? Magic?
Uh, Congress does have control over that kind of stuff, and all our congressmen are elected too - or did you not know that?Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Originally posted by: IHYLN
this is why voting is important
Yeah, because the president has sooo much control over this kind of stuff.
Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Originally posted by: IHYLN
this is why voting is important
Yeah, because the president has sooo much control over this kind of stuff.
He's only the chief law enforcement officer of the United States. :roll:
yukichigai
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Hrm, interesting. I mean he is the head of the Executive branch, as in executing/carrying out duties. Not sure that makes him the head law enforcement officer though.Originally posted by: SuperTool
Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Originally posted by: IHYLN
this is why voting is important
Yeah, because the president has sooo much control over this kind of stuff.
He's only the chief law enforcement officer of the United States. :roll:
Originally posted by: yukichigai
Hrm, interesting. I mean he is the head of the Executive branch, as in executing/carrying out duties. Not sure that makes him the head law enforcement officer though.Originally posted by: SuperTool
Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Originally posted by: IHYLN
this is why voting is important
Yeah, because the president has sooo much control over this kind of stuff.
He's only the chief law enforcement officer of the United States. :roll:
The DOJ reports to the president, not Congress.
Originally posted by: SuperTool
Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Originally posted by: IHYLN
this is why voting is important
Yeah, because the president has sooo much control over this kind of stuff.
He's only the chief law enforcement officer of the United States. :roll:
No, he isn't you nimwit.
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Weren't republicans b!tching about Clinton being the chief law enforcement officer during the impeachment?
Ashcroft reports to Bush. But I agree with you, Bush is not responsible for anything his administration does
Ashcroft reports to Bush. But I agree with you, Bush is not responsible for anything his administration does
they do know that most sg1 fans just use bit torrent when the new eps show ealier over seas....(IE....in the second half of the season when britain is a couple weeks ahead of the US.) This will stop nothing
I'm not a lawyer, but I think the ad revenue would work against a possible fair use defense. Certain uses are protected (to a certain extent) as fair use, like educational, research, or commentary. However if the feds show he was making money from it, even a small amount, it will be much harder for him to raise it.
Originally posted by: SuperTool
Weren't republicans b!tching about Clinton being the chief law enforcement officer during the impeachment?
Ashcroft reports to Bush. But I agree with you, Bush is not responsible for anything his administration does
Apparently it seems that NO ONE is responsible for what ANYONE in that administration does.
BrunoPuntzJones
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Perhaps it was continuous pressure. Maybe that's why it took 3 years. They kept back-burnering it hopeing it would go away. But the MPAA kept pushing it and they eventually had to do something.
They've been abusing it for a while, and most people still don't care.
Most people are also f'ing idiots, unfortunately.
This is the only way this government will change. Voting won't do anything... all of the government is corrupt. You're just 'electing' a different face.
A revolution is pretty much the only answer, but it won't happen because most of the people are distracted and content with their 'reality' TV and SUVs.
Silly Americans and their weird politics. In Canada a right-wing party is usually hard-core against government involvement in anything.
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