What really crosses the line of illegal subjects?

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

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I know that we're a tech forum and we talk about a lot more software/hardware than other places do, but just reading this thread makes me wonder:

- OP is basically saying "Hey I pirated, I go caught and slapped on the wrist by Verizon, now what?"
- People suggest using PeerGuardian. Legal but what other purpose does it have but to protect P2P sharing of illegal files?

Where do we draw the line?

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
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I know that we're a tech forum and we talk about a lot more software/hardware than other places do, but just reading this thread makes me wonder:

- OP is basically saying "Hey I pirated, I go caught and slapped on the wrist by Verizon, now what?"
- People suggest using PeerGuardian. Legal but what other purpose does it have but to protect P2P sharing of illegal files?

Where do we draw the line?

Please tell me you are not serious.


You may want to read the WHOLE OP.

 

[Crono]

Other people in thread may be serious (some), but OP is joke. It's a fake (and humourous) letter.

Also, PeerGuardian may be primarily used by many people for shielding against RIAA/MPAA IPs and the like, but it also defends against malware and blocks ad IPs, which some people find useful.

 

[Soundmanred]

And then there are those who are dumb enough to just come out and admit being a pirate:

Originally posted by: MrMatt
Stealing is stealing, plain and simple. Do I DL mp3s or movies or tv shows? yeah, you bet I do. And it's stealing. (I feel like George in that Seinfeld episode where he bootlegs a movie). If I could afford all the stuff I DL I would definitely buy/pay for it. But I'm broke, and I still want to watch movies & tv shows with my gf, so I'm going to DL them. When I have a better paying job, I'll pay for them legally. For now, I'm stealing.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Soundmanred
And then there are those who are dumb enough to just come out and admit being a pirate:

Originally posted by: MrMatt
Stealing is stealing, plain and simple. Do I DL mp3s or movies or tv shows? yeah, you bet I do. And it's stealing. (I feel like George in that Seinfeld episode where he bootlegs a movie). If I could afford all the stuff I DL I would definitely buy/pay for it. But I'm broke, and I still want to watch movies & tv shows with my gf, so I'm going to DL them. When I have a better paying job, I'll pay for them legally. For now, I'm stealing.

it's who you know, not what you do/post.

 

[Dumac]

Pretty much, almost any thread that contains anything pro p2p, torrenting, pirating, etc gets locked.

Positive drug discussion is okay though.

Maybe people should come up with fake drug names for pirating, and discuss it in OT or something. 😛

 

[esquared]

Originally posted by: Dumac
Pretty much, almost any thread that contains anything pro p2p, torrenting, pirating, etc gets locked.

Positive drug discussion is okay though.

Maybe people should come up with fake drug names for pirating, and discuss it in OT or something. 😛

That's a great idea and I am pretty sure the mods won't be able to figure that out either.

😉

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: esquared

Originally posted by: Dumac
Pretty much, almost any thread that contains anything pro p2p, torrenting, pirating, etc gets locked.

Positive drug discussion is okay though.

Maybe people should come up with fake drug names for pirating, and discuss it in OT or something. 😛

That's a great idea and I am pretty sure the mods won't be able to figure that out either.

😉

Test

So like Brahs, I got this message from the Man. He says I've been Toking too much and all my other Brahs can't get any and I'm bogarting the Tokes. I messaged the Man and said I only Toke in the off hours and that my Brahs should be ok, but whatevah. The Man now says my Toking is under surveilance and that further action is pending. I'm all like "whatevah", but now I've tabbed my Bong and set it on reload constantly with OT tobaccos to fool the Man into thinking I'm all legit and shit. Howevah, my Bong keeps crashing and this tobacco just doesn't Toke as much as before.

Should I get more Short Term Memory or a new Bong?

 

[EagleKeeper]

Without the ability to communicate in understandable English here - your chances of being crusified go up intensly