comedy
Punk Filesharing Protest Song Wins Stephen Fry/TalkTalk Competition
TalkTalk’s campaign against UK Government’s plans to impose the notorious “three strikes” law and the entire debate sparked by Lord Mandelson’s anti-piracy proposals altogether was of great interest for us right from the start as you could easily see from our posts. As we have previously pointed out, such a law would be a serious blow to the people’s freedom on the Internet since alleged file sharers would have their Internet connections cut off without the guarantee of a fair trial prior to that. Moreover, as TalkTalk has underlined a number of times, this absurd measure not only will fail to prevent illegal file sharing but will cause a dramatic increase in Wi-fi theft .
Continue reading »P2PON Recommends: ‘The Invention of Lying’
Sorry for the absence guys but now we’re back with our weekly movie review – some good films have appeared lately on p2p networks and ‘The Invention of Lying’ is definitely one of them. Co-written and directed by Ricky Gervais (his first film as a director) and newcomer Matthew Robinson, the film exposes a world where lying is totally unknown to mankind until Mark Bellison discovers it (“I said something that wasn't”) and while there are moments where the glimpses into this world are a bit disappointing and not as spectacular as we’d expect, ‘The Invention of Lying’ manages to create the right context for deep thoughts and reflection. Maybe the first 30 minutes of the film are its best but nonetheless it keeps a good pace and delivers good (sometimes bitter) comic scenes until the end.
Continue reading »Another “Love Guru” Uploader to Plead Guilty
Mischa Wynhausen, 31, of Irvine, CA agrees to plead guilty to one felony count of illegally uploading a screener copy of the comedy “The Love Guru.” Mischa Wynhausen, 31, of Irvine, California has agreed to plead guilty to one felony count of uploading a screener copy of “The Love Guru” to a website operated by a piracy group that made the movie widely available on the Internet. Facing 3 years in prison he decided to cooperate with authorities who then agreed to seek a lower sentence of three years probation instead. Wynhausen is the second person to plead guilty so far in connection with the case, joining Jack Yates, 28yo, of Porter Ranch, CA who last year was sentenced to 6 months in prison for his involvement.
Continue reading »Windows 7 Torrenting Party
This is hilarious: Will Ferrel’s online comedy outlet Funny or Die has produced a spoof of those Windows 7 launch party ads … Hosting Your Windows 7 Torrenting Party – watch more funny videos (via Newteevee Station ) Tags: windows7 , funnyordie , fun
Continue reading »p2pnet picture of the day ;p
P2P | Cool:- If p2pnet had a picture of the day, the one on the right would be today’s. We found it via a new Twitter follower, Blaze , who’s bio says, “A Place for Broke Ass Students …” So we went for a look and found Hobostudent.com . The current top post is from Cory and it’s slugged Cheap Easy Cola .
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