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Ambushed · 01-23-2008, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Cleric7x9

ahhhh the grammar nazi inside of me is going crazy!

What you mean, his grammar looked perfect.

hermeslyre · 01-23-2008, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Ambushed

What you mean, his grammar looked perfect.

Weather =/= whether

What I thought.. Is that Canada refuses to act as the MPAA and RIAA's dog, and will not personally prosecute File-sharer's of that nature. They allege that file-sharing of any kind is legal if done only for personal use*. But recording studios and copyright holders can still target people in Canada(maybe not for music), they just can't recruit Canadian police to do all their dirty work.

* http://torrentfreak.com/canadian-pol...piracy-071110/

**apj101** · 01-23-2008, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by TFT

There is no definitive answer, it all depends on the question asked and how YOU define it. If in doubt leave it. As apj101 says, he's not interested in the "grey areas"

exactly, that for example would be a grey area, and if you posted in it you wouldnt get an infraction. We may just close the thread if we felt it was heading off to an illegal direction (but its his machine so I doubt it)
If he had said he wanted to know how to do it on someelses machine Id have more reservations about it.
Its clear when its illegal

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Originally Posted by Cleric7x9

ahhhh the grammar nazi inside of me is going crazy!

careful, you dont want us to go through your post with a fine tooth comb do you?

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Originally Posted by Hyper_Kagome

See, the P2P thing confuses me since it's legal where I am.

But if it's not allowed here, then so be it. =]

Its not p2p per say, but more if it is suspected they are downloading illegal media via p2p, if someone says "how to a get a p2p distro" then its probably ok.
It may seem like semantics but I feel its important to set guidelines so as to prevent a overall slide. Its like the proverbial line in the sand, if we let the line move slightly each time sooner or later you won be able to see where we started

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Originally Posted by Cromewell

As far as I know P2P sharing isn't legal for everything here. It currently is for music, I am unsure weather it is for software or not though.

Im not sure either, if you're interest I can look it up

**apj101** · 01-23-2008, 12:56 PM

also to points out, these rules are not new. There has been no "change" to the rules. It has always been this way

Punk · 01-23-2008, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by apj101

also to points out, these rules are not new. There has been no "change" to the rules. It has always been this way

Yeah, I refer to them as new rules (probably shouldn't) because you clarified them lately

JLV2k5 · 01-23-2008, 04:09 PM

webbenji you shouldnt post in corrupt threads like that guy asking about a copy of COD. Just report it and use the "Report Post" thread.

Punk · 01-23-2008, 04:10 PM

I gave him links to our rules... What's wrong with that?

JLV2k5 · 01-23-2008, 04:17 PM

Mods and Admins said not to post is corrupt threads at all. Just spreadin love

tlarkin · 01-23-2008, 04:37 PM

OK, I would like a cut clear definition of what is allowed and what is not allowed. Torrents and P2P is not illegal at all, except when you use it to violate copyright law. Open source software which is free is distributed this way. Limewire is the biggest piece of crap software anyway. In fact anyone who uses it I wouldn't even bother helping because they are at a huge security risk running it, not to mention that it is filled with spyware and viruses.

Networking, port forwarding, I think you cleared this up. I need to access my PC at home from work via remote desktop. Well, you'll need to forward port 3389 to your PC from your router or it won't work. This type of stuff is OK is what I am getting.

However, what is to stop someone from just making things up to get what they need to know? I admire the fact you are actually trying to up hold the rules, but in all honesty I don't think it will stop those discussions. So it basically comes down to how the moderators interpret the conversation. Which is fine by me, and they don't get paid for this so I think its fine.

ukulele_ninja · 01-23-2008, 05:56 PM

Thanks for the refresher, cleared up a few questions I had

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tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 6,190	OK, I would like a cut clear definition of what is allowed and what is not allowed. Torrents and P2P is not illegal at all, except when you use it to violate copyright law. Open source software which is free is distributed this way. Limewire is the biggest piece of crap software anyway. In fact anyone who uses it I wouldn't even bother helping because they are at a huge security risk running it, not to mention that it is filled with spyware and viruses. Networking, port forwarding, I think you cleared this up. I need to access my PC at home from work via remote desktop. Well, you'll need to forward port 3389 to your PC from your router or it won't work. This type of stuff is OK is what I am getting. However, what is to stop someone from just making things up to get what they need to know? I admire the fact you are actually trying to up hold the rules, but in all honesty I don't think it will stop those discussions. So it basically comes down to how the moderators interpret the conversation. Which is fine by me, and they don't get paid for this so I think its fine.

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