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Why not just ban the internet
problem solved.

Trying to outlaw p2p is as dumb an idea to try and stop piracy. Piracy is as old as pc's are. If the net doesn't provide a direct download way there will be other ways of distribution. I don't like it when they take something away just because it is potentially a vehicle for crime. So are banks, cars, guns, laws. Yes laws. Why not just throw them out. If there isn't a law saying it's illegal to download then there's no crime either. Again problem solved. Why not limit the size of harddisks. Say to about 4 gig so longhorn will just about fit and then make everybody store the rest of their data on internet enabled storage provided by MS. That way they can keep an eye on things.

Catering for big corporations seems to have become the only thing that matters these days. The fact that you are loosing more rights day by day seems to go unnoticed by the masses. Untill they wake up and find themselves in a police state that is.
Posted by: NemesisNL   Posted on: 08/10/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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P2P COULD be used legitimately ...  worknman | 08/10/04
~~~~~~~~Question  EnterPrise_Analyst | 08/10/04
Because without infringement, P2P would die tomorrow.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/10/04
Without p2p, the internet wouldn't exist  tic swayback | 08/10/04
Darn it Tic, you stole my thunder! lol  DigitalKid | 08/12/04
LOL..sorry for my many typos in last post..  DigitalKid | 08/12/04
Toulouse and Gartenberg = clueless  magila | 08/10/04
What are you talking about?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/10/04
NO  Jeff Spicoli | 08/10/04
Ah yes more cluelessness  magila | 08/10/04
One good deed doesnt erase a life time of illegal activity.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/10/04
Why not just ban the internet  NemesisNL | 08/10/04
Encouraging legit uses is a good thing  tic swayback | 08/10/04
p2p may have some good uses  V Sanders | 08/10/04
bwhahahahaha  magila | 08/10/04
burden of proof...  ryusen | 08/10/04
lol  johnnyu | 08/11/04
That's only how it works in the judicial branch  Michael Kelly | 08/11/04
By this token, do you also believe FTP should be outlawed?  Taz_z | 08/11/04
but,...  V Sanders | 08/10/04
won't be getting a trojan  cjules13 | 08/10/04
P2P  AbsolutelyNot | 08/10/04
So shut down P2P and there will still be  Squawkbox | 08/10/04
they might be engaging in theft. - No, ARE  wiskowst | 08/11/04
And you have never broken a law without knowing it?  Squawkbox | 08/11/04
There is no theft in downloading  Hanover Phist | 08/11/04
Canada?  rapson | 08/11/04
Canada's stance is not that  voska | 08/11/04
ms iste still says coming soon  V Sanders | 08/10/04
The problem I have is the size of the updates  jbaviera@... | 08/11/04
That's why they are making free CDs for your local Fry's  Confused by religion | 08/11/04
Shutting down P2P is conviction without crime  Protector | 08/11/04
This wouldn't pass  johnnyu | 08/11/04
Did you know that lots of people SPEED on the roads?!?!?  beggenbe@... | 08/12/04
MS has a very good reason to want you to use automatic updates  hadaso | 08/11/04
Windows Update still works on Win98  davidphogan74 | 08/15/04
Win ME still does auto-updates  Neil Parks | 08/26/04
No Fear Peer to Peer  BenEBrady | 08/13/04
XP SP2 Retriever  BenEBrady | 08/13/04

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