General Conversation

[cheezMcNASTY]

So technically you're saying that any website could potentially be deleted?

any website deemed by the government to be in violation of copyright, yes. not only deleted... a website is integrated into the rest of the web. almost 100 field experts were called in and they said the damage it would do to sites that aren't even related would be there. it would cause a TON of problems for the web as a whole.

Seeings how pirated music is in fact illegal it shouldn't matter if bands like it or not. Its stealing, plain and simple. Yeah it gets the music out to people and bands don't make much from CD sales anyway, but the record companies do. If people don't buy CDs then the companies lose money and aren't gonna bother with bands that aren't super popular. That really constricts what bands the masses listen to. What do you think, Cheez?

i think it should be a good incentive for musicians to, instead of submitting to record companies, circulate their own music for free. or have torrent friendly versions of their albums with tracks missing. when you think about it, it's really extremely silly that you should have to pay for something as basic as music. i think the day when it circulates freely, and a bands popularity is determined by torrent trackers and the like would be a great one. good bands would undeniably emerge, and not just because of some record labels politics. my opposition to the bill goes beyond all this, but i think music should be free. with such a free circulation concert attendance would probably go up too.

the webs changing just about every market and media outlet, i think we should embrace it in it's entirety rather than delete the parts we may disagree with.

 

[Meg]

^ That's a very good point and while I don't necessarily disagree with you I'm not sure music will take that direction. Let's face it, music is all about image now a days. If we really want to fix the industry we have to take down MTV. XD

 

[Drakkar]

And music without dance is like a forum without any members

 

[cheezMcNASTY]

^ That's a very good point and while I don't necessarily disagree with you I'm not sure music will take that direction. Let's face it, music is all about image now a days. If we really want to fix the industry we have to take down MTV. XD

considering MTV doesn't play music i'd say they're more part of the television problem. either way they've gotta go.
:lol:

 

[Meg]

considering MTV doesn't play music i'd say they're more part of the television problem. either way they've gotta go.
:lol:

*grabs torch and pitch forks* Let's go! *charges*

 

[DreadnoughtDT]

What if my site gets black listed all because I used sprites from the Mega Man Zero series? Hot damn, I'd kill somebody!

 

[Richtofen]

Fan fiction sites and Fan art sites could be deleted as well, even if they say you have to credit the company That's not cool!

 

[DreadnoughtDT]

If my site gets deleted, I'll murder someone. I'm not kidding.

 

[Sin Scythe]

I felt very weird last night - hallucinating almost.

 

[Meg]

Fan fiction sites and Fan art sites could be deleted as well, even if they say you have to credit the company That's not cool!

Wha-Wha-Whhhaaaaaat?

 

[cheezMcNASTY]

there is a bias here, but this is the front man of my favorite band talking about music, the media, and piracy. i think he's got it right.

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[Vergil'sBitch]

Artists only moan because free music means that they don't make any money, hence, no rich lifestyle... (aww diddums)
"I won't get any money... boohoo."

Anyway, talk about panic. There are thousands of sites out there that break terror laws and contain child pornography too, but you don't see them being shut down, so i don't really think a few fan forums/story sites whatever is gonna be a big deal.

 

[DMC]

whats going on?

 

[Richtofen]

It all depends on how the government views sites

 

[cheezMcNASTY]

Artists only moan because free music means that they don't make any money, hence, no rich lifestyle... (aww diddums)
"I won't get any money... boohoo."

i just posted a video portraying the exact opposite. most all videos i could find on youtube of popular musicians/performers showed encouragement towards music piracy. all except for jack black, but he was in all likelihood saying the opposite for the sake of humor.

the only butthurt money grubbers that i know of in the music world are metallica (cue Tsuyu locking the thread cause i hate the guys). i haven't heard anyone else be extremely vocal against it. just record companies who are worried they won't be able to profit from other peoples talent and hard work anymore.

Anyway, talk about panic. There are thousands of sites out there that break terror laws and contain child pornography too, but you don't see them being shut down, so i don't really think a few fan forums/story sites whatever is gonna be a big deal.

by terror laws... do you mean sites that show censored information, like wikileaks? or sites that try to induce paranoia such as...well...none come to mind.

child pornography sites are extremely underground. if a mainstream free porn site has child stuff on there the site will take it down themselves upon discovery. tracking down the owner of a CP site is a bit trickier. the government has to log all sorts of data on the site before they have a case they can present to a court. at least that's how it is here, i don't know where in the world you hail from.

 

[Sin Scythe]

whats going on?

Ehh, I think they're discussing government ability to delete any site.. I've not been following.

 

[Richtofen]

Ugh, I don't think politics is a good way to get people to talk in this thread

How about...one of your greatest fears? Mine are spiders and I'm also scared of heights...it depends on what I'm on though. On a rollercoster I forget all about it and have fun A ladder or balance beam is something different though <_< Which is weird...

 

[DreadnoughtDT]

I have a fear of oblivion. Being erased from existence, never to be mentioned or even thought of again. That is my greatest fear.

 

[Meg]

I'm have agoraphobia. I'm afraid of several system attacks, but the biggest over arching one is panic attacks. I'm also freaked out by elevators and scared to death of ocean waves.

 

[cheezMcNASTY]

thelassophobia - fear of swimming in the same body of water as aquatic animals. mainly them swimming below me.