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Re: Evening Legal Briefs |
Dec 18, 2012, 17:53 |
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aesir05 wrote on Dec 18, 2012, 04:19:
iiNet is one of the top ISPs in OZ and they are more like tech geeks than soulless corporates.
US folks don't realise that people down here pay more for content and wait longer for it to be released than the US.
Back a few decades it would've made sense when things needed to be moved physically since OZ is far, far away.
Nowadays there is no reason why hardware or software should be 'delayed' or priced with a premium on top in Australia.
Of course there's a reason: Because they can!
You see, they sell shit for cheap in China, so they have to recoup those losses somewhere. That somewhere being, well... I think they pick at random.
Government blessed monopolies. Ain't it grand?
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Re: Evening Legal Briefs |
Dec 18, 2012, 15:52 |
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| You're expecting a government which rules only by the grace of large corporations to do anything different? |
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Re: Evening Legal Briefs |
Dec 18, 2012, 10:57 |
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You go government! That will show those evil investment bankers not to cheat! A 5 million dollar fine on a deal they made 200+ million dollars on will REALLY teach them!
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Re: Evening Legal Briefs |
Dec 18, 2012, 07:55 |
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Prez wrote on Dec 18, 2012, 04:36:
US folks don't realise that people down here pay more for content and wait longer for it to be released than the US.
Back a few decades it would've made sense when things needed to be moved physically since OZ is far, far away.
Most of us here do because we have our Aussie friends telling us about it often. 
No doubt. They seem to get screwed on steam prices all the time.
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RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure.
Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling... |
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Re: Evening Legal Briefs |
Dec 18, 2012, 04:58 |
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Cutter wrote on Dec 18, 2012, 04:44:
And 10 years for snagging a few pics? Come the fuck on. That's just insane.
"...posted revealing photos and other material on the Internet"
If all he did was steal the pics he probably wouldn't have gotten 10 years. Just saying, he didn't just hack their phones and whack off to some pics. He hacked their phones, stole their pics and info, and then broadcast it across the net. Ten years is just fine.
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Re: Evening Legal Briefs |
Dec 18, 2012, 04:44 |
Cutter |
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About time we see an ISP that gets it.
And 10 years for snagging a few pics? Come the fuck on. That's just insane.
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| "Are you crazy? Is that your problem?" - Jack Burton |
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Re: Evening Legal Briefs |
Dec 18, 2012, 04:36 |
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US folks don't realise that people down here pay more for content and wait longer for it to be released than the US.
Back a few decades it would've made sense when things needed to be moved physically since OZ is far, far away.
Most of us here do because we have our Aussie friends telling us about it often. |
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Re: Evening Legal Briefs |
Dec 18, 2012, 04:19 |
aesir05 |
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iiNet is one of the top ISPs in OZ and they are more like tech geeks than soulless corporates.
US folks don't realise that people down here pay more for content and wait longer for it to be released than the US.
Back a few decades it would've made sense when things needed to be moved physically since OZ is far, far away.
Nowadays there is no reason why hardware or software should be 'delayed' or priced with a premium on top in Australia. |
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Re: Evening Legal Briefs |
Dec 18, 2012, 00:47 |
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who cares? since they are down under
i wonder what the world would be like if chick-fil-a was run by gay people |
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Re: Evening Legal Briefs |
Dec 18, 2012, 00:14 |
Prez |
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Wallshadows wrote on Dec 17, 2012, 22:54:
I wonder how long an ISP with that kind of 'fuck you' attitude towards the entertainment industry would last in the US?
With our bought-and-paid-for legal system? No one who wanted to remain in business would even try. |
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Re: Evening Legal Briefs |
Dec 17, 2012, 22:54 |
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| I wonder how long an ISP with that kind of 'fuck you' attitude towards the entertainment industry would last in the US? |
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Re: Evening Legal Briefs |
Dec 17, 2012, 21:34 |
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Key quote from the article:
Dalby is clear – the industry’s problems are being driven by the mechanics of their own business model. If piracy is to be reduced then work has to be done to bring timely and reasonably-priced content to online consumers. iiNet, he says, is still happy to work with the industry to make that happen. |
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| Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed. |
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Re: Evening Legal Briefs |
Dec 17, 2012, 20:35 |
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Yeah, sounds like at least one ISP understands the situation...or reads Mike Masnick's blogs at Techdirt 
EDIT: LOL, and Mike already has a post up about this |
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Re: Evening Legal Briefs |
Dec 17, 2012, 20:10 |
nin |
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iiNet, the ISP that was sued by Hollywood after refusing to help chase down alleged infringers, said that it can’t make any progress with righthsolders if they don’t make their content freely available at a reasonable price. The ISP adds that holding extra data on customers’ habits is inappropriate and not their responsibility.
Whoa, I love these guys!
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RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure.
Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling... |
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