Thumped.com on the News, WTF?! (1 Viewer)

[Anarcho Munk]

I just turned on the news two minutes ago and there was a report on illegal downloading.
There's me thinking "aw... bollox..." because Eircom are clamping down on illegally downloaded mp3's.

But then...

.....then the camera focused on a computer screen running IE with some one downloading an mp3 called 'pissed drunken monkey' or something, so there's me giggling at that for a millisecond in my head.
I scroll my eyes across and it's being downloaded from thumped.com.


WHADDA FUCK?

 

[Anarcho Munk]

This is it!

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0128/download_av.html?2482545,null,230

 

[ann post]

i've been watching that eircom thing, my theory is that the major labels plan is basically to set up ireland as a legal case that they can use as a president (wrong word i think) for all the other isps. so in a few years they'll effectively have a controlling hand in isps.

 

[Anarcho Munk]

i've been watching that eircom thing, my theory is that the major labels plan is basically to set up ireland as a legal case that they can use as a president (wrong word i think) for all the other isps. so in a few years they'll effectively have a controlling hand in isps.

(yeah, i was thinking that too....)


BUT THUMPED.COM!!!!

 

[ann post]

i dont think its the first television appearance, i cant remember what it was before or if it even happened.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

has anyone else noticed a van like this outside there house?

 

[Reets]

can people not just change providers or is it like line rental, so even when you're with someone else eircom are still involved somehow?

 

[ann post]

i dont know, being disabled mine is partially subsidised, i dont know if they do that with anyone but eircom.

 

[the departed]

i always knew thumped was the root of all evil and illegal downloads.

 

[the strange guy]

New slogan


Thumped.com
Come for the music...
...Stay for the pricks

 

[Reets]

i dont know, being disabled mine is partially subsidised, i dont know if they do that with anyone but eircom.

I thought you were allowed pick your own supplier, my mams phone is subsidised and i think she's with perlico at the moment (she changes all the time so i might be wrong).

 

[mark]

yeah, the illegal downloader ignored the mound song. prick.

 

[Gambra]

It's stock footage. Anytime there's a piece about music on the internet/illegal downloading they use the same footage of thumped.

 

[nEiLo]

Pete, sue RTE for defamation

 

[Squiggle]

Pete, sue RTE for defamation

Seconded, maybe you could get a few new servers out of them.

 

[RSJ]

i've been watching that eircom thing, my theory is that the major labels plan is basically to set up ireland as a legal case that they can use as a president (wrong word i think) for all the other isps. so in a few years they'll effectively have a controlling hand in isps.

I'm no legal expert, but doesn't a legal precedence have to be set in the same country as the case you're referring... eh to it... in? Or something.

 

[pete]

i don't think an out of court settlement sets any precedent

 

[Thebeard]

So are people here still downloading? Has the Eircom thing come into action yet?

 

[Unicron]

I'm no legal expert, but doesn't a legal precedence have to be set in the same country as the case you're referring... eh to it... in? Or something.

Depends. I believe that as we're in a common law system precedent from the UK is occasionally applied here.

 

[ratmonkey]

Depends. I believe that as we're in a common law system precedent from the UK is occasionally applied here.

Wouldn't that precedent have to be from pre 1922? At best anything after that would only apply as a guide to how a law from back then may be interpreted now.