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1. Comment - NSA Monitoring Net Communications

   (Dec 24, 2005 - 6:17 PM)

   lol.. the US Government is only taking out 20,000 troops (or it could be 2000, not sure.. its early in the morning here). its all over the news even here in aus. but they are putting more in so they can train up more iraqie military, police, n all that law type stuff.

2. Comment - RIAA Sues Another 751 File Swappers

   (Dec 16, 2005 - 11:09 AM)

   In melbourne Aus, we have a zero tollerence on speeding, if you get caught 1+kmph (0.62mph) (it could be 3kmph, thats 1.8miles per hr) you get booked with a nice AUD$120 fine. it used to be 10kmph limit leway (6.2mph) then it was 5kmph (3.1mph) then 3kmph, but i am pretty sure now its zero tollerance,, its rediculess

3. Comment - Woman Loses Appeal Against RIAA

   (Dec 13, 2005 - 1:27 AM)

   "Yeah I "borrowed" the songs to see if I wanted them or not. Try that with merchandise in a store, and its "stealing". "
   In a clothing store you can try the clothes on before you buy.. In most appliance stores you should be able to ask to see a working model to see if its acceptable to your standards, my uncle did it with a toaster, when you want to buy a car you can take it for a test drive. So how is this any different? If i want to see the quality of songs on a CD, i wouldnt be able to sit in the store and listen to the whole CD, because cds in aus are $20-$25 at the least for newies. I would rather download the album, see if i liked it. then if not delete it, if i did buy the album then delete the mp3s..

4. Comment - Eliot Spitzer Warns Over Sony DRM

   (Nov 30, 2005 - 11:37 AM)

   I rip the cds for personal use, not so i can share them, cds scratch very easily, and i am not going to pay $30 again whan my cd dies.

5. Comment - Eliot Spitzer Warns Over Sony DRM

   (Nov 30, 2005 - 10:06 AM)

   Piracy will always happen.. the second i purchase my cd's, i take them home and rip them to MP3, illegal in its self, but i do not care. Big corporations claim to have lost millions due to piracy, but its money they never would have gotten in the 1st place. I wonder how many millions they would have spent in developing DRM and other copy protections, if they didnt spend all that money on them, thats millions they could have saved and kept their wallets nice and fat.
   
   I also do not see the point in copy protections, they come out commercially and that day someone cracks it. Why not save the money in developing it and pay the artist more, or use the money to actually bring out a half decent band. Here in aus its $30 for a CD, its not cheap, so to buy someones album only to get 2 good songs is a waste of money. "get Itunes" you say? Well last time i checked it wasnt available in australia, hence making all of the IPods here irrelevant. Since you cant buy mp3s here, why are they bringing out MP3 players, also as i said above, its illegal to buy a CD and rip it.. When you buy a CD/DVD you only pay for the privelage of watching/listening to it.
   
   So in short i am saying, Get rid of the copy protections they are useless, start paying bands more, and more people wills start buying CDs..
   
   I am ready for all the flames now!