RIAA/MPAA vs. xMule Author, EarthStation 5

Two bits of news in the ongoing battle between the RIAA/MPAA and the rest of the internet: One P2P company, apparently based in Palestine, has thrown down the gauntlet to the movie industry. Meanwhile, a developer of another P2P tool who unwisely chose to live in the USA has been shut down (mirror) by the RIAA.

RIAA... hmm...

[LordYUK]

Its 11:15 EST... Where the heck is our daily SCO story, huh?

Resistance is futile and we are now in control

[ThulsaDoom]

Wow, not only do they feel the need to steal movies, but quotes within the movies as well!

That's probably why...

[Anonymous Coward]

Israel bombed Gaza, they just needed a scapegoat...

Oy.

[NaugaHunter]

That's all we need. The MPAA and RIAA getting involved in the Middle East. I wonder if Big Oil will like the competition.

New HTTP error message

[Dark Lord Seth]

Earth Station 5 is spyware free, adware free and contains no popups and/or annoying advertising. Earth Station 5 is located both in Gaza and in the Jenin Refugee Camp of Palestine.

HTTP error 506:

Server has been ran over by an Israeli tank.

SCO/MPAA

[G33kDragon]

So, if P2P development needs to move out from the U.S. in order to survive, does this mean that our SCO-based Linux developers need to depopulate the U.S. and move to non-applicable foreign countries as well?

Earthstation 5 has one thing really going for it

[teamhasnoi]

The amazingly out-of-touch theme of the web site.

Hey! 1997 called! They want their web developer back!

Re:Anti Semitism?

[fudgefactor7]

Palestinians, being semites themselves, can hardly be anti-semitics...

Sure they could...they could be filled with self loathing. ;)

Re:You forgot something...

[3terrabyte]

I was going to say "Hell" was safe. But then I realized the the RIAA already has high contacts there.

Re:Extracts from ES5 press release

[mccalli]

OMG! It's what I call a man who has BALLS!!

He certainly does. Calling Bruce Almighty a first class movie takes something special.

Cheers,
Ian

Wow

[autopr0n]

100% of My job is online
100% of My school is online
100% of My friends are online
100% of My hobbies are online

and if i can't use a comptuer at all, they might as well put me in a federal prison taht allows me to read and purchase any book i want...

Man... get a life. Maybe taking away your computer would be a good thing :P

Re:Not that it needs to be said, but

[Brendan Byrd]

I just got about 52 GB of music from a friend of mine, and you know what? I don't feel the least bit guilty about it. A lot of this shit either underground bands or uncommon stuff, and even the popular stuff I don't care if I didn't buy it. To pull an axiom from The Matrix:

The RIAA is a system, AC. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around and what do you see? Guitarists, Drummers, Mixers, Singers...the very minds of the people we're trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system, and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so innerred, so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will that they will fight to protect it. Are you listening to me, AC? Or were you looking at the free lesbian porn?

Re:WRONG!! Boycotting WILL EVENTUALLY WORK!

[Cpt_Kirks]

Damn straight! That fucking Bush!

He will always be damned for signing the DMCA into law!

Re:Anti Semitism?

[Anonymous Coward]

Wait... I thought that was supposed to be a typical JEWISH trait...

Re:Extracts from ES5 press release

[artemis67]

Not to be outdone, Kazaa is out to prove that they have bigger balls by declaring "Gigli" a first-class movie.

Re:Extracts from ES5 press release

[Abm0raz]

Normally I would joke about something like this, but ... well, ok, I'll still joke about something like this.

Way to go, **AA. Hope you got bomb sniffing equipment outside your buildings. We all know what happens when you piss off the Palestinians. KA-BOOM!!!! That is one terrorist bombing I don't know that I'd feel angry about (as long as they didn't get any hapless civilians walking past outside or any protesters busy pissing on the doors in protest).

-Ab

Our last, best hope for movies?

[docbrown42]

It was the dawn of the third age of mankind, 4 years after Napster.

The Earth Station 5 Project was a dream given form. Its goal: to provide free entertainment to the people of the internet. It's a port of call for hackers, cracker, leeches, and newbs.

The internet can be a dangerous place, but it's our last, best hope for pr0n.

This is the story of the last of the Earth Stations. The year is 2003. The name of the place is Earth Station 5.

(With appologies to JMS)

Re:Nope..

[Scrameustache]

As a group, the most important thing in our life is our children, our families and love ones and of course our friends.

Bunch o' freaks! The most important things to me are my computer, my iPod, and my broadband connection.

Those crazy palestinians ;- )

Re:WRONG!! Boycotting WILL EVENTUALLY WORK!

[Exedore]

I'm sorry to break it to you, but your sarcasm detector seems to be malfunctioning.

Re:You know...

[Jippy_]

That's not really funny.

Why not? It made me laugh.

Re:Not that it needs to be said, but

[Greedo]

Exactly! The obvious solution is to start text messaging everybody [slashdot.org] instead of going to see a movie or buy a CD.

Allah Ackbar!

[uncoveror]

"Allah Ackbar! Earthstation 5 declares Jihad against the evil infidels of the MPAA and RIAA. May their souls roast in the pit of hell! We call on all file sharers to join the Intifada. Death to Hollywood! AHLAHLAHLAHLAHLAHLAH!!!"

Is this the cyberterrorism the talking heads on the idiot box have gone on and on about?

What? No Bhuddists?

[winkydink]

See, I know they were bigots

Re:WRONG!! Boycotting WILL EVENTUALLY WORK!

[Anonymous Coward]

You had me, right up until you started insulting people. Try again next time, but come back with a more formed argument and you shouldn't feel the need to insult the jackass in power.

Re:Not that it needs to be said, but

[rworne]

52GB equates as 'big fish' the RIAA says they'll go after. That equates to 5 kilos, man. You're not just a recreational user now, you're a dealer! Federal penitentiary for you!

ROFL...

I can see it now, mandatory sentencing for copyright violations just like drug convictions. Here's a glimpse into our near future (ripped from a current drug bust article):

MP3 busts yield 17 GBs, 6 suspects
Police were watching local hotels known to have WiFi

By Sarah Huntley, Rocky Mountain News
August 20, 2003

Denver vice detectives dealt a major blow to local MP3 distributors this week, seizing a total of 17 GBs of ripped tunes.

The MP3s, recovered during four separate busts, are worth at least $306,000 and would likely have traded for significantly more if bundled in smaller amounts, police said.

Three of the busts targeted local hotels identified as WiFi hotspots along a popular route for "leeching," or people who download MP3s. The MP3's were being hosted from Texas, said Lt. Kris Kroncke of the Denver Police Department's Vice and Copyright Squad.

Kroncke said detectives have not determined who were supposed to receive the MP3s, but investigators believe Kazaa was the final destination.

"(With copyright investigations,) it's feast or famine, but this was an unusually good week for us, to recover that much in intellectual property," Kroncke said.

Re:Anti Semitism?

[Anonymous Coward]

Shhh, you're not supposed to criticize Israel.

Re:Anti Semitism?

[zazas_mmmm]

Oh great, we'll just let special interest groups manipulate language to further their own twisted ends, won't we?

I'm sick of all of this anti-semantism! Enough already!

Re:Anti Semitism?

[glitch!]

What we need is to come up with a catchy term that describes abuse of non-jews by jews.

Retail!

(Oh, God. There goes my karma...)

Credibility...

[poptones]

OMG you know I was reading along just fine and then I came to this sentence that looked for all the world like you were saying "American Wedding" is an example of a good movie!

I bet you have the complete "Porky's" collection too, huh?

Sheesh, talk about falling off the clue train. For the record I don't pay to see movies or buy CDs - but I also download any damn thing I please. Ironically, that very rarely includes music published under an RIAA label. And it most certainly never includes movies, since I live in an area that will have broadband about the time Michael Eisner becomes POTUS.

Frankly, I'm all for greedy bastards - just not greedy bastards in suits. I wish everyone in the US would download more shit and stop sending their money to Hollywood, because Hollywood has way too fucking much power and if you cut off the money you put lobbyists on the street, which means you destroy the power.

That very same "greed" is what put a bunch of snooty frenchmen on the gallows. The american people might be too stupid to elect representatives that actually represent them, but greed is the one universal human trait that can be relied upon to enact change when nothing else will.

Israeli Joke

[sometwo]

Cannibals capture three hunters an American, a Briton, and an Israeli," begins a classic Israeli joke. The first two hunters make last requests typical to their nationalities, then it is the Israeli's turn. He asks that he be punched in the face.

The surprised cannibal grants the wish, at which point the Israeli pulls out a gun, shoots the chief, and frees himself and his friends. The American and Briton, furious, demand to know why he prolonged their terrifying experience when he had the power to free them all. The Israeli replies: "What? Are you mad? The UN would have condemned me as the aggressor.

Re:The MPAA need not worry

[Zork the Almighty]

and to make our point very clear that their governing laws and policys have absolutely no meaning to us here in Palestine, we will continue to add even more movies for FREE.

So is the MPAA going to go after these guys, or just wait for Israel to bulldoze the right house ? There's a joke in here about Jews controlling the media, but I have a feeling people would take it too seriously.