Quote (Aydar @ Jan 30 2012 05:14pm)
In one of our hardware/software web services there was an article about the MU raid. The founder of the MU wanted to open a service where every artist could sell their stuff and make 90% on it. It'd be possible to skip the middle man, the big companies, the riaa etc. If it's true, then no wonder he was the first victim. If I were him I'd just move the fuck out of USA and start doing this somewhere it'd be possible.
Another article I read was about UK student being extradited to states for having a blog where peeps could share links to files on other servers. A filesharing site but without any files on his server. He had 300k unique visits/month. The press said he's going to be made example of and he'll get maximum sentence - 10 years in usa prison. Ridiculous.
I don't think there will be any agreement between the two sides of this conflict, the customer and the companies. The way the world was going up till now was to skip the middleman, because in the age of internet why the fuck he even exists? I can't wait to see how it'll turn out. Few countries in UE didn't sign that crap (eg Germany), hope we, as UE, will never make it happen. Funny fact is, USA wanted to force ACTA without UE parliment having his say about it!
The ACTA is made to seal forever how industry works now. No profit/small profit for the artist, shitload profit to the releasing company.
You know that ACTA is like about 10% about the internet? It's designed to controll every forged products. Even those that were made on bought legal license (eg cheap drug substituces). Also it neglects regional products that we in Poland have a few (that's 2nd reason I'm pissed why our goverment is supporting ACTA). Another example (at least here) your car broke and you need to buy some parts to it, original ones are 500$/each, substitute is 100$/each. You know now what it means? You'll overpay everywhere, just so companies can make more profit. Not even starting on that they would be able to make whatever price they can, because there would be no alternative.
and that's just the beginning...