Is the world going MAD!!!

[CapeDoctor]

not to mention the us govt now attacking and seizing some more very popular torrent sites.... feck, i was offline for the last day after a HDD crash, to come back and find my dear friend KAT no longer with us.....   

[Vini]

even more ridiculous are the silkroad busts every couple of years.

[Hawk]

not to mention the us govt now attacking and seizing some more very popular torrent sites.... feck, i was offline for the last day after a HDD crash, to come back and find my dear friend KAT no longer with us.....   

even more ridiculous are the silkroad busts every couple of years.

That's not the world going mad! LOL! 

Torrent sites rob companies of income from their products, and well Silkroad we all know about how illegal they are. Lol   

I must admit the piracy sites are very handy at times, but certainly cannot complain when they get busted considering what they are doing surely?
After all, if everyone started to do that sort of thing then you wouldn't have the products they supply anyway because the companies would go bust. So surely you can see that they have to keep piracy down to an acceptable level? That means these sites get busted from time to time.... They always find a way to put their sites back up anyway. 

As far as SilkRoad is concerned..... Well I think they probably get what they deserve in all honesty.  If you think I'm wrong then educate me man! Lol.  

Hawk.

[Vini]

As far as SilkRoad is concerned..... Well I think they probably get what they deserve in all honesty.  If you think I'm wrong then educate me man! Lol.  

Offering a safe way to buy substances instead of forcing (addicted/sick or curious but uninformed) people to make business with shady dealers who put all kind of shit into their stuff and thereby possibly saving many people from overdoses, bad experiences and scams is a good thing.
...But what I originally meant was simply the fact that busting these sites makes no sense because one or two months later, the next clone is online (same thing with the torrent sites).
It's just a giant waste of money.

[Hawk]

As far as SilkRoad is concerned..... Well I think they probably get what they deserve in all honesty.  If you think I'm wrong then educate me man! Lol.  

Offering a safe way to buy substances instead of forcing (addicted/sick or curious but uninformed) people to make business with shady dealers who put all kind of shit into their stuff and thereby possibly saving many people from overdoses, bad experiences and scams is a good thing.
...But what I originally meant was simply the fact that busting these sites makes no sense because one or two months later, the next clone is online (same thing with the torrent sites).
It's just a giant waste of money.

Very true Vin, but they've got to show that they are at least trying to combat the illegal drugs trade, otherwise how many more smack-heads would there be around if people thought the authorities let them get away with it?

But I agree with you that in reality it is a pretty pointless task seeing as they just start up another site within 2 weeks as you say. But they won't stop that unless the world co-operates with each other to track these IP's down and stamp them out as quick as they start-up again. 

Hawk.

[Vini]

they've got to show that they are at least trying to combat the illegal drugs trade, otherwise how many more smack-heads would there be around if people thought the authorities let them get away with it?

not more actually, as many examples have shown (portugal, colorade, etc.). but less of those smack-heads would die and there would be a greater chance of rehabilitation because you are not constantly forced to be around criminals.

anyway, the most (in fact, the only) effective way of combatting illegal trades is to take the market away from criminals and regulate it.
all the violence and crime that comes with those (large scale) trades is a result of it being a black market that has to rely on vigilantism.

[Hawk]

they've got to show that they are at least trying to combat the illegal drugs trade, otherwise how many more smack-heads would there be around if people thought the authorities let them get away with it?

not more actually, as many examples have shown (portugal, colorade, etc.). but less of those smack-heads would die and there would be a greater chance of rehabilitation because you are not constantly forced to be around criminals.

anyway, the most (in fact, the only) effective way of combatting illegal trades is to take the market away from criminals and regulate it.
all the violence and crime that comes with those (large scale) trades is a result of it being a black market that has to rely on vigilantism.

Controversial but I tend to agree with you on that Vin. 

Hawk.

[Hawk]

Monsanto has filled patents for seeds of foods that have existed for thousand of years and were native to other countries, and guess what? They have the legal backing to sue countries for using those seeds. Lawyers love that crap and it should be illegal to file a patent for anything where the filer does not offer proof of his invention. Even if just a check before the application: "Did this previously exist? (  ) Yes  (  ) No" and if it's a yes, then immediately dismiss.

Totally agree with you mate! 

This is were courts should use their common sense and throw the lawsuit out straight away and then charge all costs to those lawyers that started the lawsuit in the first place and force them to give at least a million pounds in compensation to the falsely accused. On top of that the court should rule their bogus patent illegal and void and then sentence those lawyers to a long term prison sentence for attempted fraud. That would stop this ludicrous practice. 

Hawk.

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[Hawk]

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Hawk.