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In the meantime, tell every Briton you know. If we can't stop this, it's beginning of the end for the net in Britain.
first off....i have respect for slush and bug
beginning of the end of what?
of our ten year orgy of stolen songs, movies, and pictures?
never in the history of man have we been so inconsiderate to artists (in democratic countries).
oppressing the Artistic Class of our society is a great way to decapitate all of the freedoms and human-rights advances that we all have fought so hard for in the last 300 years.
we have enjoyed the creativity of others for free for a decade.....and instead of admitting this dirty little fact to ourselves.....we are attacking the artists that just want to get payed for their property.
i am as guilty as everyone else (i have a couple of terra-bytes of stolen art, mostly movies)
that is the intent and purpose of all of this legislation....to stop the alarmingly increasing attitude of entitlement that we seem to be developing regarding our rights to access art for free.
if there is not a global set of rules regarding this art heist that is currently going on....than what is the incentive for future artists to continue creating it?
ask Lowsix how he would feel if someone came into his house and stole his pretty horse picture?
i am not being a prick here...........
i just think that we had our fun and if we have to start paying for art again....so be it

Exactly, it is not the end of the internet only filesharing LIKE I SAID ON THE LAST THREAD GOING ON ABOUT DTV BEING SHUT DOWN. As for paying for art, I'd be glad to do so if it their business models and practices caught up with 2009. There is no chance in hell I'm paying a dollar a song just as there is no way in hell I am going to pay 20 dollars for 20 songs (CD). I've been participating in file sharing since it started. I've been on the internet a lot longer than the vast majority of people. I also make my living developing web-based software. Once again, DTV is in NO danger of being shut down and will not be any time in the near future (5-10 years). When it comes to the internet I'm an expert yet a lot of you don't seem to value the opinions of those who actually know what the hell they're talking about. Hence ridiculous theories regarding 2012 and the like. Filesharing is in danger, the internet is NOT. Websites can't just be magically shut down unless they're posting CP aka child pornography not to be confused with copyright. I'm really sick of trying to explain this, it's almost pointless trying to inject rational thoughts onto this forum sometimes.