[ILUG] A win for us

[belgarath]

On Tue, 2010-10-12 at 15:01 +0100, Gavin McCullagh wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 12 Oct 2010, Mark Dennehy wrote:
> 
> > if you said publicly what he said in court, the would have very, very,
> > *VERY* solid grounds to sue you for defamation; and into users by stating
> > that the majority of P2P downloads are illegal; 
> 
> I don't wish to defend the devil itself here, but is that really untrue?
> Do we have any reason to think it is untrue?  You may argue that it has not
> been proven true, but that doesn't mean it is false -- you're escaping on a
> technicality.  I'd be pretty surprised to find that free software and other
> freely distributable materials outweighed all the copyrighted movies and
> music being passed around by P2P (a vague term).  Perhaps I'm wrong?
> 
> Does this house deny the right of people to defend their copyright against
> illegal infringement?
> 
> Gavin
> 

I would deny the right to take back the freedom to stand your ground in
court before you face penalty (any penalty) whether it would be
disconnection from the internet or fine for speeding (you may take it to
court if you wish too). What the Music companies are suggesting would be
done on their discretion not by a court warrant and that is what I am
against as such power can be greatly misused (f.e to block people who
damage the company profits or image even in the lawful way) It is
generally giving the control over freedom of speech to the
corporation(s) which is terrible idea. 

Paul