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Posted by Tahna Los (Member # 33) on :

... which should take precedence?

http://www.tomshardware.com/technews/20030123_002546.html

Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :

Online privacy.

Posted by Spike (Member # 322) on :

Ugh...Definately online privacy, because

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individuals will likely lack the resources to fight the entertainment industry lawyers.

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

In this particular case, privacy. The person in question doesn't seem to have been doing anything I would consider wrong. However, if they had really infringed the copyright (e.g. selling copies of the d/l'ed music), I'd say they should get in trouble.

Posted by E. Cartman (Member # 256) on :

Privacy. Always.

I'm tempted to write a long-winded essay on the numerous, serious issues I have with copyright protection initiatives (like those put forth by Intel's TCPA and Microsoft's Palladium), but for some reason, topics such as these never get the attention they deserve, so it'd be a defeatist effort.

I, for one, will not stand by and watch while my rights are lifted from me and handed over to The Company.

[ January 24, 2003, 03:00 PM: Message edited by: E. Cartman ]

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

A good way to get involved is to suppport the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Posted by Da_bang80 (Member # 528) on :

Online Privacy.

Too bad that Kazaa is being targetted, I use that once in a while to get some songs for CD's. Oh well. Some other peer to peer file sharing program will come around.