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From Engadget:
It could soon prove expensive for media makers to chase online pirates in Canada. The country's Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that internet providers are entitled to "reasonable" compensation when asked to link pirates' IP addresses to customer details.
Voltage Pictures (the production firm behind The Hurt Locker) intended to sue roughly 55,000 customers of telecom giant Rogers for allegedly bootlegging movies, but balked when Rogers wanted to charge $100 per hour to comply with the requests for information. Rogers won the initial Federal Court case, but had to defend itself at the Supreme Court when Voltage appealed the case.
From TorrentFreak:
In a 9-0 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in Rogers' favor this week. The Internet provider is entitled to recover costs to link IP-addressed to customer details. Exactly how much will be determined in a future Federal Court hearing.
(Score: 4, Funny) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday September 18 2018, @09:18PM (10 children)
You wouldn't steal a handbag.
You wouldn't steal a car.
You wouldn't steal a baby.
You wouldn't shoot a policeman. And then steal his helmet.
You wouldn't go to the toilet in his helmet.
And then send it to the policeman's grieving widow. And then steal it again!
Downloading films is stealing. If you do it, you will face the consequences.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday September 18 2018, @10:04PM (8 children)
Nope. Downloading files is NOT "stealing". Rather, it is a copyright infringement. Use proper English definitions, please.
(Score: 3, Funny) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday September 18 2018, @10:07PM (4 children)
OK tough guy, what is the proper English definition of going to the toilet in a policeman's helmet then?
(Score: 3, Touché) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday September 18 2018, @10:14PM (3 children)
Hint: it isn't stealing. While true that you stole his helmet, defacating in it is not stealing, nor is sending that helmet full of feces to his widow stealing. Stealing has a fairly narrow definition. You have to take something that isn't yours, that you don't pay for, and that you have no intention of returning.
Personally, I make it a habit to return all the files I borrow. After making a copy of that file, I then read my own file.
(Score: 3, Funny) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday September 18 2018, @10:35PM
Well, that's me told then.
Fancy not knowing the difference between stealing and pooping in a policeman's helmet. Silly me.
(Score: 2) by KiloByte on Wednesday September 19 2018, @10:11AM (1 child)
You forgot a very important bit: "with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it".
Ceterum censeo systemd esse delendam.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday September 19 2018, @10:24AM
And, that is an important bit. If I copy all of the files on your computer to my own device, you have been deprived of nothing, other than maybe privacy. Privacy, however, is an intangible, which has zero value to most people it seems, but almost infinite value when it has been violated.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 19 2018, @12:00AM (2 children)
GP was being funny. It's from The IT Crowd. A very funny British show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALZZx1xmAzg [youtube.com]
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday September 19 2018, @01:03AM (1 child)
Oh, great. Thanks A/C. You've spoiled my fun.
I wasn't going to bother with whoosh!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 19 2018, @01:30AM
Well, you could always link them to the German version.
(Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Wednesday September 19 2018, @08:20PM
I wouldn't download a handbag, a car, or a baby. I can't use my dial up modem because Dominoes is faxing me a pizza right now.
To transfer files: right-click on file, pick Copy. Unplug mouse, plug mouse into other computer. Right-click, paste.