Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 24th Mar 2012 16:43 UTC
"The Pirate Bay is not only the most visited BitTorrent site on the Internet, but arguably the most censored too. Many ISPs have been ordered to block their customers’ access to the website, and recently Microsoft joined in on the action by stopping people sharing its location with others. Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger now refuses to pass on links to The Pirate Bay website, claiming they are unsafe." They refuse links to The Pirate Bay. In that light, here are a bunch of completely and utterly useless links to The Pirate Bay. And some more. And then some. Update: We have some more links to The Pirate Bay.
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No, the problem is not with Argentina and its laws.
The problem lies with the USA and its laws.
There is a law in the US that extends jurisdiction of US Laws to every part of the world. As a US Company, Microsoft has to obey US Law EVERYWHERE it operates.
You have to realise that
US LAW trumps local laws and there is nothing your local Government can do about it unless they want to be invaded by the US.
Uncle Sam - There is no hiding place
Uncle Sam - Big Brother 2012 style.
Now all I have to do is wait for the Feds to start extradition proceedings against me (no evidence needed btw).
Member since:2008-08-25
No, the problem is not with Argentina and its laws.
The problem lies with the USA and its laws.
There is a law in the US that extends jurisdiction of US Laws to every part of the world. As a US Company, Microsoft has to obey US Law EVERYWHERE it operates.
You have to realise that
US LAW trumps local laws and there is nothing your local Government can do about it unless they want to be invaded by the US.
Uncle Sam - There is no hiding place
Uncle Sam - Big Brother 2012 style.
Now all I have to do is wait for the Feds to start extradition proceedings against me (no evidence needed btw).
The problem lies with the USA and its laws.
There is a law in the US that extends jurisdiction of US Laws to every part of the world. As a US Company, Microsoft has to obey US Law EVERYWHERE it operates.
You have to realise that
US LAW trumps local laws and there is nothing your local Government can do about it unless they want to be invaded by the US.
Uncle Sam - There is no hiding place
Uncle Sam - Big Brother 2012 style.
Now all I have to do is wait for the Feds to start extradition proceedings against me (no evidence needed btw).
I thought U.S. meant "you ass" ...
It seems that's the body part they use to think up new laws.
I wouldn't worry too much about this given the fact that our new overlords the Chinese are all for pirating and don't care for copyright.
Besides, pirating is good for our planet as shown in the following graph:
http://www.seanbonner.com/blog/archives/001857.php
RE[2]: Break some laws
by cyrilleberger on Mon 26th Mar 2012 06:33
in reply to "RE: Break some laws"
Member since:2006-02-01
(with the carbon tax for airplanes companies that want to be able to land in Europe)
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/13/13 14:35 UTC
The third and final WWDC product I want to talk about is - of course - OS X 10.9 Mavericks. While iOS 7 was clearly the focus of this year's WWDC, its venerable desktop counterpart certainly wasn't left behind. Apple announced OS X 10.9 Mavericks, the first OS X release not to carry the name of a big cat.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/11/13 17:07 UTC
We already talked about iOS 7 yesterday (after a night of sleep, it's only looking worse and worse - look at this, for Fiona's sake!), so now it's time to talk about the downright stunning and belly flutters-inducing new Mac Pro. As former owner and huge, huge, huge fan of the PowerMac G4 Cube - I haven't been this excited about an Apple product since, well, I would say the iMac G4. This is the Apple I used to love.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/10/13 23:13 UTC
Apple held its big keynote event thing at WWDC earlier this evening, but since I was away with friends I've had to read up on it later in the evening. The company announced iOS 7, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, and they gave a preview of the new Mac Pro. Especially the Mac Pro impressed me, and while iOS 7's new Holo/Metro-inspired theme looks messy and garish to me, I do commend Apple for finally breaking the mold. This news item will focus on iOS 7 - I'll dive into the Mac Pro and OS X 10.9 tomorrow (it's late here now).
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/08/13 14:57 UTC
And yes, the PRISM scandal is far, far from over. More and more information keeps leaking out, and the more gets out, the worse it gets. The companies involved have sent out official statements - often by mouth of their CEOs - and what's interesting is that not only are these official statements eerily similar to each other, using the same terms clearly designed by lawyers, they also directly contradict new reports from The New York Times. So, who is lying?
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/07/13 11:40 UTC
This story is getting bigger and bigger. Even though most Americans probably already knew, it is now official: the United States government, through its National Security Agency, is collecting the communications and data of all American citizens, and of non-Americans using American services, through a wide collaboration with the large companies in technology, like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and so on. Interestingly enough, the NSA itself, as well as the US government, have repeatedly and firmly denied this massive spying on Americans and non-Americans took place at all.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/04/13 12:45 UTC
Ah, patents - the never-ending scourge of the technology industry. Whether wielded by companies who don't actually make any products, or large corporations who abuse them because they can't compete in the market place or because they're simply jerks, they do the industry a huge disservice and are simply plain dangerous. According to The Wall Street Journal (circumvention link), president Obama is about to take several executive actions to address patent trolls - which may seem like a good idea, but I am very worried that all this will do is strengthen the positions of notorious patent system abusers such as Apple and Microsoft.
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At the D11 conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook once again took the stage to be interviewed by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. While most of the interview can be replicated by picking and reading 10 random Apple fanblog stories - there were still a number of very interesting things that warrant some closer scrutiny.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/24/13 17:26 UTC
So, the Xbox One disaster continues. Microsoft's policy for dealing with the used games market has reportedly leaked - and it's a clear and direct attack to destroy the used games market. Prices for used games will be set at the retail value of a new game, and retailers have to hook into Microsoft's computer systems and comply with Microsoft's terms and conditions.
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At an event earlier today, Microsoft unveiled the next Xbox - the third model, but confusingly named Xbox One. The big focus was TV, integrated Kinect, and all the other stuff we all expected to be forced down our throats. I think it took them 25 minutes to actually come to what should be the core of the story: gaming. Nothing groundbreaking in the gaming department, except for how Microsoft intends to handle the used games market and borrowing games from friends: pay up, buddy!More Features »
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In Argentina doing so is against the law unless you have a court order. Is like interfering/reading someone else mail o a phone call. Is like if i use the phone's company for my personal use, i can be punished for doing it but the should not interfere with the conversation.
Any kind of communication that you block is against the law. And ISP blocking other ISP is not allowed, and ISP blocking some kind of traffic is not allowed (but everybody does once in a while for a short time).
But the problem is that Argentina has great laws... but no enforcement at all.