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    Recording Two Minutes of Twilight Could Lead to Three Years of Jail

    Time Warner Hijacked My Browser Because of Piracy

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    12/05/09

    In reply to Recording Two Minutes of Twilight Could Lead to Three Years of Jail
    It's like they don't realize that the entire movie was non-scene pred within 24hrs of its release.

    The appropriate punishment would have simply been to hold them in the theater until they were the last ones and then release them, with no police escort, to the waiting horde of twilight fans.

    Also acceptable would have been forcing them to watch the movie on a constant loop A Clockwork Orange style.
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    Image of MrEvil MrEvil
    12/04/09

    In reply to Time Warner Hijacked My Browser Because of Piracy
    I got one once. That was when I stopped using public trackers.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    12/04/09

    In reply to Recording Two Minutes of Twilight Could Lead to Three Years of Jail
    also, how come all the dudes in this movie look like chicks? has it really gone this far? do i have to wait 10 years for masculinity to come back into vogue?
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    Image of thirdchild thirdchild
    12/04/09

    @nutbastard: the fact that you used the word "vogue" should worry you. :P
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    Ryan_Long promoted this comment thirdchild was starred thirdchild was unstarred
    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    12/04/09

    In reply to Recording Two Minutes of Twilight Could Lead to Three Years of Jail
    really the SNAFU here is this - theater or no theater, are you seriously going to sit down in the future and watch yourself sing happy birthday? or are you going to put that on your facebook? and assume that other people would give two shits? or what?

    the only thing more inane than singing happy birthday... is recording it and replaying it later.
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    Image of bonedog73 bonedog73
    12/04/09

    In reply to Time Warner Hijacked My Browser Because of Piracy
    I have a decent job and I pay for my media, movies, music etc.... sometimes I pay for crap and it pisses me off, but that's why the interwebs are so handy, we get to voice our opinions about everything, and review everything.

    So some of us will get stung by crap purchases and let everyone else know it's crap.

    The best way for consumers to affect the MAN is with our wallets.

    My guess is the reason most of you use the torrent system to pirate is because you dont have the money to purchase products you want.

    Even though the large pirates operate outside the bounds of the law little pirates still act as promoters of content by pirating it.

    Maybe the MAN needs to figure out a way to help the have nots get the stuff they want, ad supported maybe??
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    12/04/09

    In reply to Time Warner Hijacked My Browser Because of Piracy
    You know what scares you straight? Watching people get arrested and some sent to jail. One bust in 99 sent a few up the river and a massive one in 2001 sent plenty more.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    12/04/09

    In reply to Recording Two Minutes of Twilight Could Lead to Three Years of Jail
    I think all we need to remember is, vampires can't get boners.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of mike563 mike563
    12/04/09

    @Shamoononon: These vampires are permanently hard skinned.......everywhere
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. promoted this comment mike563 was starred mike563 was unstarred
    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    12/04/09

    @mike563: So after 4 hours do they need to call their doctors?
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    Image of Calzo Calzo
    12/04/09

    In reply to Recording Two Minutes of Twilight Could Lead to Three Years of Jail
    I remember when the mute kids signed me happy birthday.
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    Image of Panzer23 Panzer23
    12/04/09

    In reply to Recording Two Minutes of Twilight Could Lead to Three Years of Jail
    Well at least this discounts you from being a vampire... still worried about the zombie though...
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    12/04/09

    @Panzer23: Why? You're a tank.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of Panzer23 Panzer23
    12/04/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: sorry, was talking to Rosa, she's been posting really late as of recently.
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    Image of Yerzriknot Yerzriknot
    12/04/09

    In reply to Recording Two Minutes of Twilight Could Lead to Three Years of Jail
    Shouldn't we reserve prison for the real monsters; like Stephenie Meyer?
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    Edited by Yerzriknot at 12/04/09 12:38 AM Yerzriknot was starred Yerzriknot was unstarred
    Image of Tyler Sebastian Tyler Sebastian
    12/04/09

    @Yerzriknot: Actually, if you had actually watched the movie, you'd know that she is still a human at the end.

    Learn2differentiate.
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    Yerzriknot promoted this comment Tyler Sebastian was starred Tyler Sebastian was unstarred
    Image of Everyone likes me, even the Danish Everyone likes me, even the Danish
    12/04/09

    @Yerzriknot: It's not Stephenie Meyer who is the monster. It's Stephen King!!!
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    Yerzriknot promoted this comment Everyone likes me, even the Danish was starred Everyone likes me, even the Danish was unstarred
    Image of Yerzriknot Yerzriknot
    12/04/09

    @Everyone likes me, even the Danish: Dear god, kill it with fire!
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    Image of Yerzriknot Yerzriknot
    12/04/09

    @Tyler Sebastian: Stephenie Meyer is the author...
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    Yerzriknot was starred Yerzriknot was unstarred
    Image of Everyone likes me, even the Danish Everyone likes me, even the Danish
    12/04/09

    @Yerzriknot: No, that's a waste of fire!
    Drown it in the ocean (although, you would have the raising waterlevel then...)
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    Image of Yerzriknot Yerzriknot
    12/04/09

    @Everyone likes me, even the Danish: She looks like a transsexual walrus.
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    Image of Everyone likes me, even the Danish Everyone likes me, even the Danish
    12/04/09

    @Yerzriknot: Even though that's sad for transsexuals and walruses, i laughed :)
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    Image of Tyler Sebastian Tyler Sebastian
    12/04/09

    @Yerzriknot: And I could actually provide you with factual responses if I actually read the gosh darned book.

    (Though I did watch the movie)
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/04/09

    In reply to Recording Two Minutes of Twilight Could Lead to Three Years of Jail
    At first I was wondering how they would get footage of the movie while singing happy birthday. Were they singing in the middle of the movie?!

    Then I remembered that I'd heard there is a birthday party scene in the movie.

    Then I realized that I knew helpful facts about Twilight.

    Then I shot myself.
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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    12/04/09

    @OCEntertainment: You, sir, are a paradox of evolution.
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    Gordonium was starred Gordonium was unstarred
    Image of jepzilla jepzilla
    12/04/09

    @OCEntertainment: You're not welcome in civilized society anymore. Go live with the wolves, if they'll take you.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/04/09

    @Gordonium: I get that a lot.
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    OCEntertainment was starred OCEntertainment was unstarred
    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    12/04/09

    @OCEntertainment: Your own personal zeitgeist, eh?
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    Image of puhsitch puhsitch
    12/04/09

    In reply to Recording Two Minutes of Twilight Could Lead to Three Years of Jail
    I really really do not understand why anyone could be allowed to go to jail over recording copyrighted material, especially when there is no clear intention to profit from it. How are these people direct dangers to society?
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    Image of Hospitals in Hawaii? Hospitals in Hawaii?
    12/04/09

    @puhsitch: Yea, let's stick those filthy bootleggers with the rapists, thugs, and murderers. They'll fit right in and survive ehh? Crooked ass legal system...
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    Image of hhkim515 hhkim515
    12/04/09

    @puhsitch: They dont know that. You're just assuming. Any form of copying or bootlegging is illegal.

    It doesnt even matter what movie it is. The fact of the matter is that it is hard to draw the line of what is accepted and what is not. It is a slippery slope indeed.

    Imagine if this lady is found innocent. Then that sets a precedent for the next fool that shoots 3 minutes in a theater and gets caught.
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    Image of puhsitch puhsitch
    12/04/09

    @hhkim515: No need for a slippery slope...just establish a penalty that makes more sense. And it seems like there's a pretty clear line that sits in front of "illegally profiting from copyrighted material."

    What's the assumption, by the way? That this girl is not a danger to society?
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    12/04/09

    @puhsitch: The penalty makes perfect sense for the crime. Criminal use of a motion picture exhibition should carry a serious penalty.

    Now if you want to get into an argument about what she should be charged with thats a whole different story and there is plenty of time at this point to change those charges (which there is little doubt will happen).

    I'm assuming the assumption (does that make an ass out of everyone or still just me?) was that she wasn't going to attempt to profit from it.
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    Image of puhsitch puhsitch
    12/04/09

    @tande04: Yeah, I guess the penalty appropriateness comes down to philosophical differences. My opinion is that when a crime has no *inherent* negative effect on anyone else, and especially when there is no indication of nefarious intention, jail time shouldn't be on the table.

    And with the other piece, I think that assuming the assumption cancels it out, so I'd assume that we're all good again. Wait a second. Damn it, that didn't last too long.

    I don't think I was assuming anything in the first place, though, since she wasn't being charged for anything involving resale of the recording. I can be blamed me for assuming that she's not a serial killer, too!
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    12/04/09

    @puhsitch: The conversation is largely done now that its not on the main page (yet I still have 10 replies so maybe not) but I'm just going to say its not a philosophical difference. What you're really getting at is the charges applied which is a wildly different subject than we started out at.

    To be even more honest I'm not even sure where we started. I get going on one of these things and I just keep it rolling :p

    I think my point was that the penalty meets the crime that she was charged with. Saying that isn't the crime she should be charged with is completely different than saying the "system is flawed." Complaints can be amended charges can be changed. Throwing out what is actually a perfectly legitimate charge for a perfectly legitimate crime isn't the answer. She was charged with reselling it. Its inherent in the "criminal use of" part of the charge.

    I think I may have been making a point about the whole thing being an after she got caught cover at the time but that was a lot of caffeine, nicotine, and sleep (or lack there of) ago.
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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    12/03/09

    In reply to Recording Two Minutes of Twilight Could Lead to Three Years of Jail
    Psh. Why would you waste the time and money to SEE the movies (only to get sent to prison), when you could just read the abridged script online?

    [www.the-editing-room.com]
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    Image of Sandeep Murali Sandeep Murali
    12/03/09

    In reply to Recording Two Minutes of Twilight Could Lead to Three Years of Jail
    Watching two minutes of Twilight is akin to spending a lifetime in jail. She got off light.
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    Image of comics0026 comics0026
    12/03/09

    @Sandeep Murali: No she didn't, cause obviously she watched the whole film first, and now she'd getting jail-time on top of that (not that she doesn't deserve it for watching Twilight in the first place)
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    Image of Sandeep Murali Sandeep Murali
    12/04/09

    @comics0026: Indeed.
    My bad!
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    Image of dragon:ONE dragon:ONE
    12/03/09

    In reply to Recording Two Minutes of Twilight Could Lead to Three Years of Jail
    They're protecting her best interests - after all, it is Twilight.

    Good thing they're locking her up so she can't harm her brain anymore by watching this garbage.
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    Edited by dragon:ONE at 12/03/09 11:39 PM dragon:ONE was starred dragon:ONE was unstarred
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