Download copyright music = Fry your pc
Wednesday, June 18, 2003 by The DJ | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
"WASHINGTON (AP) -- Illegally download copyright music from the Internet once, or even twice, and you get a warning. Do it a third time, and your computer gets destroyed.
That's the suggestion made by the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee at a Tuesday hearing on copyright abuse, reflecting a growing frustration in Congress over failure of the technology and entertainment industries to protect copyrights in a digital age.
The surprise statement by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, that he favors developing technology to remotely destroy computers used for illegal downloads represents a dramatic escalation in the increasingly contentious rhetoric over pirated music.
I'm interested," Hatch interrupted. He said damaging someone's computer "may be the only way you can teach somebody about copyrights.
If we can find some way to do this without destroying their machines, we'd be interested in hearing about that," Hatch said. "If that's the only way, then I'm all for destroying their machines. If you have a few hundred thousand of those, I think people would realize" the seriousness of their actions"
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http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/06/18/download.music.ap/
That's the suggestion made by the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee at a Tuesday hearing on copyright abuse, reflecting a growing frustration in Congress over failure of the technology and entertainment industries to protect copyrights in a digital age.
The surprise statement by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, that he favors developing technology to remotely destroy computers used for illegal downloads represents a dramatic escalation in the increasingly contentious rhetoric over pirated music.
I'm interested," Hatch interrupted. He said damaging someone's computer "may be the only way you can teach somebody about copyrights.
If we can find some way to do this without destroying their machines, we'd be interested in hearing about that," Hatch said. "If that's the only way, then I'm all for destroying their machines. If you have a few hundred thousand of those, I think people would realize" the seriousness of their actions"
Full story
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/06/18/download.music.ap/
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Tech-Cat
Reply #2 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 2:00 PM
Reply #2 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 2:00 PM
Proposals like this does nothing but turn more and more people against copyright holders.
What if a person is mistakenly accused of downloading illegal material and gets his computer destroyed? Thanks a lot for destroying my $1000 investment.
What if a person is mistakenly accused of downloading illegal material and gets his computer destroyed? Thanks a lot for destroying my $1000 investment.
Tech-Cat
Reply #3 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 2:03 PM
Reply #3 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 2:03 PM
As a Republican, I am outraged that a fellow Republican can make such a proposal.
Doomgaze
Reply #4 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 2:15 PM
Reply #4 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 2:15 PM
And how does it determine whats stolen and whats not?
What if someone rips cd's they own to listen to them across their network/on their mp3 player?
I'm sure the government would find a way out of repaying them if this crap happened.
What if someone rips cd's they own to listen to them across their network/on their mp3 player?
I'm sure the government would find a way out of repaying them if this crap happened.
DarkMist
Reply #5 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 2:20 PM
Reply #5 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 2:20 PM
For which he would realise he isn't dictator material
DarkMist
Reply #7 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 3:32 PM
Reply #7 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 3:32 PM
You could of deleted mine Jafo, i look kinda weird now 
Styl-X Design
Reply #8 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 3:39 PM
Reply #8 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 3:39 PM
lol, sounds a bit extreme indeed, just surfing the web, download a few media files witch are FREELY distributed by a little band that waits to become famous 
and.... there goes your pc.
Btw, how are they going to do this? building c4 in your 'machine'?
Nah, just seriously, the only thing that could work is sending a so called 'ping of death'.
This means you get a file send that is too large for your processor to handle, and it blows itself up.
Asfar as I know win XP blocks this....
and.... there goes your pc.Btw, how are they going to do this? building c4 in your 'machine'?
Nah, just seriously, the only thing that could work is sending a so called 'ping of death'.
This means you get a file send that is too large for your processor to handle, and it blows itself up.
Asfar as I know win XP blocks this....
kona0197
Reply #9 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 5:19 PM
become a democrat then.
I don't like the idea that even if someone else uses my computer and DLs a song then MY computer gets fried. That is pure political BS. Instead, Hatch should look into getting Kazaa shut down.
Myself I am in the constitution party
Reply #9 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 5:19 PM
| As a Republican, I am outraged that a fellow Republican can make such a proposal. |
become a democrat then.
I don't like the idea that even if someone else uses my computer and DLs a song then MY computer gets fried. That is pure political BS. Instead, Hatch should look into getting Kazaa shut down.
Myself I am in the constitution party
DarkMist
Reply #10 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 5:26 PM
Reply #10 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 5:26 PM
As Kazaa has no main server shutting it down ain't as easy as saying it
Aqua.
Reply #11 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 5:32 PM
Reply #11 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 5:32 PM
Hatch is fricked up and needs to be shut down himself. Fortunately, we live in a democracy and Utah will be able to do just that fairly soon.
Tech-Cat
Reply #12 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 5:49 PM
Reply #12 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 5:49 PM
"become a democrat then."
No, I don't like democrats. I am a conservative, therefor the Republican Party is the one party out of the two major parties that fits my ideology the best.
No, I don't like democrats. I am a conservative, therefor the Republican Party is the one party out of the two major parties that fits my ideology the best.
kona0197
Reply #13 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 5:56 PM
Actually it quite easy:
1. shut down the main Kazaa website
2. pull all the download links from places like zdnet
After all that, only people with Kazaa now would be able to keep using it but No new members....
My party unlike the other two major ones, believe in gun rights. that is the only reason i chose my party. They ain't taking my guns. I define gun control different then most: If you can put 2 shots in the same hole from 500 yards, thats gun control...
Anyways, i do not think the idea about frying a computer is going to work.
Reply #13 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 5:56 PM
| As Kazaa has no main server shutting it down ain't as easy as saying it |
Actually it quite easy:
1. shut down the main Kazaa website
2. pull all the download links from places like zdnet
After all that, only people with Kazaa now would be able to keep using it but No new members....
| Myself I am in the constitution party |
| No, I don't like democrats. I am a conservative, therefor the Republican Party is the one party out of the two major parties that fits my ideology the best. |
My party unlike the other two major ones, believe in gun rights. that is the only reason i chose my party. They ain't taking my guns. I define gun control different then most: If you can put 2 shots in the same hole from 500 yards, thats gun control...
Anyways, i do not think the idea about frying a computer is going to work.
Mr_Ph00ey2u
Reply #14 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 6:00 PM
Reply #14 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 6:00 PM
Well that cure is worse than the crime. There is supposed to be a presumption of innocence and a trial by ones peers in civilized societies. A denial of service attack on one that is supposed to be presumed innocent until proven otherwise I think would be the real crime. Don't think this one is going too far, it's just the rhetoric of someone on a witch hunt. Law enforcement has to remain within the law, otherwise ya won't know the good guys from the bad.
Law enforcement has to remain within the law, otherwise ya won't know the good guys from the bad.
Aqua.
Reply #15 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 6:06 PM
Reply #15 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 6:06 PM
BTW, innocent until guilty is an American invention. By far, the other way around is the rule worldwide.
kona0197
Reply #16 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 6:11 PM
Dosen't anybody realize that law enforcement people in america ARE above the law? Thats why we (or I i should say) dislike them....
Reply #16 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 6:11 PM
| Law enforcement has to remain within the law, otherwise ya won't know the good guys from the bad. |
Dosen't anybody realize that law enforcement people in america ARE above the law? Thats why we (or I i should say) dislike them....
Aqua.
Reply #17 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 6:20 PM
Reply #17 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 6:20 PM
Law enforcement, law makers, and the executive branch are essentially above the law.
Mind you, this is specifically one of the things we, as America, are supposed to be absolutely against, but it's become the norm.
Mind you, this is specifically one of the things we, as America, are supposed to be absolutely against, but it's become the norm.
Mr_Ph00ey2u
Reply #18 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 6:20 PM
Reply #18 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 6:20 PM
Aqua
That's why I qualified it as in civilized societies
It's origins are in English Common law and was incorporated into the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
That's why I qualified it as in civilized societies
It's origins are in English Common law and was incorporated into the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Doomgaze
Reply #19 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 6:28 PM
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Reply #19 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 6:28 PM
| Nah, just seriously, the only thing that could work is sending a so called 'ping of death'.This means you get a file send that is too large for your processor to handle, and it blows itself up. |
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Reply #1 Wednesday, June 18, 2003 1:56 PM