Feds Using Seized Domains to Promote Anti-Piracy PSA
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Hack: "you can take these downloaded movies but you if you do... I'll fire this woman"
Person: "what because your profits are falling every year?"
Hack: "oh no, they are in fact rising year on year! No I'll just use piracy as an excuse to the unions so I can cut loose some dead weight and export more movie work to CGI farms in Taiwan"
Person: "so... you're basically holding your union employees hostage"
Hack: "Hey, at least I'm not a pirate"
Person: "what because your profits are falling every year?"
Hack: "oh no, they are in fact rising year on year! No I'll just use piracy as an excuse to the unions so I can cut loose some dead weight and export more movie work to CGI farms in Taiwan"
Person: "so... you're basically holding your union employees hostage"
Hack: "Hey, at least I'm not a pirate"
I'm not fond of pirates, but the ICE seizures were probably illegal (I mean, if the law actually applied to these organizations).
On the other hand, they're fucking with people, which is always funny.
[sub]That isn't to say the government isn't doing sneaky things that aren't also good. The FBI crackdown on the Coreflood botnet was impressive and quite necessary.[/sub]
On the other hand, they're fucking with people, which is always funny.
[sub]That isn't to say the government isn't doing sneaky things that aren't also good. The FBI crackdown on the Coreflood botnet was impressive and quite necessary.[/sub]
Am I the only one that finds this wildly ironic. "We are going to pirate your site to stop piracy ARHG" Course we aren't really stopping piracy we're just talking about it.
If you want some real food for thought, consider the IT Crowd's perspective on piracy. Perhaps this'll be able to shine some new light on the subject.
Because this is not targeting us, the fair consumer.Xzi said:
Rather than some DRM which demonizes the user, this is pointing fingers at those who do pirate.
It may not be helping, but I find it funny. And I value assured amusment over justice.
From the looks of the PSA pirating won't last very long, I mean, that guy loses a DVD and a Case every time someone takes a free movie. That is not economically viable :{
Ah I love me a good PSA put out by Uncle Sam. Always terribly done with no thought put into it other than "how shocking can we make this without it being porn?".
My whole take on the piracy thing is that if the entertainment industries want to stop it they need to simply adapt to it. Wanna put TBP out of business? Offer a site that does what they do but 10 times better and with no dead torrents. Charge a small yearly fee for membership and BAM, problem solved. Only the die-hard pirates will continue to download illegally; I would think most people will be glad to pay for a superior service.
My whole take on the piracy thing is that if the entertainment industries want to stop it they need to simply adapt to it. Wanna put TBP out of business? Offer a site that does what they do but 10 times better and with no dead torrents. Charge a small yearly fee for membership and BAM, problem solved. Only the die-hard pirates will continue to download illegally; I would think most people will be glad to pay for a superior service.
That... is actually kind of creative.
However, I'll just say that that boom mike operator is a total *****. I think she still has some of my CDs.
However, I'll just say that that boom mike operator is a total *****. I think she still has some of my CDs.
Anyone else laugh when he said "because you have no soul!?!"
Seriously I thought this video was a pisstake at first.
Seriously I thought this video was a pisstake at first.
That is amazing. Government taking pirate sites and converting them with antipiracy ads.
It's like, at least one guy in the US gov has a sense of humour.
It's like, at least one guy in the US gov has a sense of humour.
Still, you must admit that there is a bit of humor in the way this was done.Xzi said:
I think if they made pornographic PSAs, more people would watch them.KeyMaster45 said:
It's like they're trying to copy the Truth campaign, but Truth is genuinely clever (if a bit obnoxious), only attacks corporations, and doesn't tell people that they don't have souls.
So actually, they have nothing in common.
So actually, they have nothing in common.