Comments on: Could The Latest From RIAA Shut Down the Internet — With US Gov Help? http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/could-the-latest-from-riaa-shut-down-the-internet-with-us-gov-help/ General interest observations and true web-log. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:53:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hal Jordan http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/could-the-latest-from-riaa-shut-down-the-internet-with-us-gov-help/comment-page-1/#comment-387041 Hal Jordan Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:14:33 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8350#comment-387041 I do not think the U.S. is powerful enough to shut down the entire human race outside its borders. Meaning, an alternative to the internet (maybe a faster one) could be setup in months by Europeans and Asians. I do not think the U.S. is powerful enough to shut down the entire human race outside its borders. Meaning, an alternative to the internet (maybe a faster one) could be setup in months by Europeans and Asians.

]]> By: Chris http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/could-the-latest-from-riaa-shut-down-the-internet-with-us-gov-help/comment-page-1/#comment-386995 Chris Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:51:32 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8350#comment-386995 And, in Unix/Linux, everything's a file! And, in Unix/Linux, everything’s a file!

]]> By: MisterRustic http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/could-the-latest-from-riaa-shut-down-the-internet-with-us-gov-help/comment-page-1/#comment-386545 MisterRustic Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:25:54 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8350#comment-386545 The RIAA is screwed because I'm working an getting patents on individual musical notes. Soon the RIAA and all musicians will owe <i>me</i> royalties! Bwaahaahaahaaa.... The RIAA is screwed because I’m working an getting patents on individual musical notes. Soon the RIAA and all musicians will owe me royalties! Bwaahaahaahaaa….

]]> By: Vince http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/could-the-latest-from-riaa-shut-down-the-internet-with-us-gov-help/comment-page-1/#comment-386490 Vince Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:41:46 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8350#comment-386490 Let them get away with it. That way when everyone gets screwed over and the internet collapses we can kill the RIAA with lawsuits. Let them get away with it. That way when everyone gets screwed over and the internet collapses we can kill the RIAA with lawsuits.

]]> By: JoJo Dancer http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/could-the-latest-from-riaa-shut-down-the-internet-with-us-gov-help/comment-page-1/#comment-386487 JoJo Dancer Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:39:51 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8350#comment-386487 Nothing is going to happen to our Internet. It's tooooo big a business for lots of biiiiig corporations. Just look at the pron industry. You think all our senators would want it shutdown, they would lose their fix! Nothing is going to happen to our Internet. It’s tooooo big a business for lots of biiiiig corporations. Just look at the pron industry. You think all our senators would want it shutdown, they would lose their fix!

]]> By: J http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/could-the-latest-from-riaa-shut-down-the-internet-with-us-gov-help/comment-page-1/#comment-386473 J Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:29:25 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8350#comment-386473 Fire up the BBS's boys! Fire up the BBS’s boys!

]]> By: Gig http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/could-the-latest-from-riaa-shut-down-the-internet-with-us-gov-help/comment-page-1/#comment-386458 Gig Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:19:19 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8350#comment-386458 This is what is wrong with blogs as a news source. Blogs quoting blogs and treating it as news. Do you really think that someone that finishes the article with... <i> Deep sixing the entire Internet seems a highly unlikely move in that it would probably derail the world economy and put thousands of huge transnational corporations out of business. An outcome more likely to happen if this ruling is accepted is that it would further pave the way for government regulation and tracking of the Internet, namely "Internet 2," a completely controlled, surveilled and autocratic cyber police state similar to the Chinese model, whereby website owners have to obtain government permission to run a blog, be approved by a biometric thumb scan just to turn their computer on, and immediately get their Internet access shut off if they misbehave. This case is another attack arm of forces in government and the corporate structure that seek to suffocate the last outpost of true freedom of speech and dissent and it must be countered at all costs.</i> Is in any way a good place to get your information. I couldn't find a cite to the actual filing. This is what is wrong with blogs as a news source. Blogs quoting blogs and treating it as news. Do you really think that someone that finishes the article with…

Deep sixing the entire Internet seems a highly unlikely move in that it would probably derail the world economy and put thousands of huge transnational corporations out of business. An outcome more likely to happen if this ruling is accepted is that it would further pave the way for government regulation and tracking of the Internet, namely “Internet 2,” a completely controlled, surveilled and autocratic cyber police state similar to the Chinese model, whereby website owners have to obtain government permission to run a blog, be approved by a biometric thumb scan just to turn their computer on, and immediately get their Internet access shut off if they misbehave.

This case is another attack arm of forces in government and the corporate structure that seek to suffocate the last outpost of true freedom of speech and dissent and it must be countered at all costs.

Is in any way a good place to get your information. I couldn’t find a cite to the actual filing.

]]> By: Mark http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/could-the-latest-from-riaa-shut-down-the-internet-with-us-gov-help/comment-page-1/#comment-386457 Mark Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:15:58 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8350#comment-386457 9. The link is the underlined "conference call" in the prison planet article. 9. The link is the underlined “conference call” in the prison planet article.

]]> By: V http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/could-the-latest-from-riaa-shut-down-the-internet-with-us-gov-help/comment-page-1/#comment-386392 V Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:15:33 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8350#comment-386392 It's not bull. Beckerman DID give this interview to DefectiveByDesign. Here's a link http://www.defectivebydesign.org/de/blog/404 It’s not bull. Beckerman DID give this interview to DefectiveByDesign. Here’s a link

http://www.defectivebydesign.org/de/blog/404

]]> By: Mr. Fusion http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/could-the-latest-from-riaa-shut-down-the-internet-with-us-gov-help/comment-page-1/#comment-386384 Mr. Fusion Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:03:29 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8350#comment-386384 I'm calling bull on most of this. There are no links to verify any of the statements or any actual text from the briefs, only summaries. Sure it sounds scary, but then so does my mother-in-law look scary. It becomes very difficult to accept at face value those that have been screaming “the sky is falling”. I’m calling bull on most of this.

There are no links to verify any of the statements or any actual text from the briefs, only summaries. Sure it sounds scary, but then so does my mother-in-law look scary.

It becomes very difficult to accept at face value those that have been screaming “the sky is falling”.

]]> By: Mark http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/could-the-latest-from-riaa-shut-down-the-internet-with-us-gov-help/comment-page-1/#comment-386313 Mark Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:51:59 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8350#comment-386313 7. Isnt Alex Jones the guy that actually predicted the World Trade Center attack like a month before it happened? Maybe that was hyperbole also. 7. Isnt Alex Jones the guy that actually predicted the World Trade Center attack like a month before it happened? Maybe that was hyperbole also.

]]> By: GregA http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/could-the-latest-from-riaa-shut-down-the-internet-with-us-gov-help/comment-page-1/#comment-386304 GregA Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:36:47 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8350#comment-386304 Or could it be a prison planet article is hyperbolic? Naw. Carry on. Or could it be a prison planet article is hyperbolic? Naw. Carry on.

]]> By: V http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/could-the-latest-from-riaa-shut-down-the-internet-with-us-gov-help/comment-page-1/#comment-386256 V Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:54:08 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8350#comment-386256 It leaves out the part where a lot of big companies are supporting Beckerman. Here's our problem: the judge probably doesn't know what either of them are talking about. You can't have technology-blind people arbitrating legal disputes with huge technical ramifications. It leaves out the part where a lot of big companies are supporting Beckerman. Here’s our problem: the judge probably doesn’t know what either of them are talking about. You can’t have technology-blind people arbitrating legal disputes with huge technical ramifications.

]]> By: Mark http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/could-the-latest-from-riaa-shut-down-the-internet-with-us-gov-help/comment-page-1/#comment-386241 Mark Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:37:53 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8350#comment-386241 Maybe something more insidious at work here, does the govt support this because they are afraid of the free exchange of ideas that the internet has allowed? I dont believe it cares a whit about music sharing. After all, it seems to be shutting down our other rights and freedoms and if it wasnt for the internet, well lets face it, it aint gonna be on Fox or CNN, we learn about these things here, on blogs like this as well as independent news oriented web sites. It must be taking a heavy financial toll on the mainstream news outlets, and they are not happy. It just seems we are heading to increasing censorship and control of what we see and hear and if we dont speak out now, it will be too late because the information wil not be readily accessed and we will all be dumb and happy. Or just dumb. Or maybe I'm just paranoid. Or maybe I'm just paranoid. Maybe something more insidious at work here, does the govt support this because they are afraid of the free exchange of ideas that the internet has allowed? I dont believe it cares a whit about music sharing. After all, it seems to be shutting down our other rights and freedoms and if it wasnt for the internet, well lets face it, it aint gonna be on Fox or CNN, we learn about these things here, on blogs like this as well as independent news oriented web sites. It must be taking a heavy financial toll on the mainstream news outlets, and they are not happy.

It just seems we are heading to increasing censorship and control of what we see and hear and if we dont speak out now, it will be too late because the information wil not be readily accessed and we will all be dumb and happy. Or just dumb.

Or maybe I’m just paranoid.

Or maybe I’m just paranoid.

]]> By: Ascii King http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/11/30/could-the-latest-from-riaa-shut-down-the-internet-with-us-gov-help/comment-page-1/#comment-386235 Ascii King Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:31:57 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=8350#comment-386235 If they do ban the internet in the United States, I'll miss you guys. If they do ban the internet in the United States, I’ll miss you guys.

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