Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team warns Downloaders

sa bagal ng justice system ng pilipinas expect a conviction or acquittal after 10-20 years!

to add to JC John Sese Cuneta, use OpenOffice.org instead of MS Office

Ok.. But please, they have to use genuine OS/Windows, tool etc first before they track us.

Ah my friends, we are missing the message they’re trying to sent across through the article.

They’re telling us that, “if we can confiscate PCs, fine, and even shutdown iCafes and Large Businesses, we can do it on the individual level.”

We can all say “they should just use the money elsewhere” all we want, but they won’t care. But they won’t care, for them, there are agencies already in existence for those problems like poverty, economy, and education.

We can also dismiss it and say “ASA” all we want, but the possibility that they can and will do it and make an example is there, waving at us, saying hello.

“It is better to overestimate your opponent than to underestimate him.”

I am not giving them too much credibility or scaring anyone, but by the likes of it, they found a way to target the individuals.

Quoting from the Inquirer article (if you bothered reading it):

“We can’t prosecute individuals because there is no such law. However, we can go after individuals or even shops caught sharing or selling downloaded items,” he said.

Whatever they’re backing on or leaning on, they think they now have the power to “go after individuals caught sharing or selling downloaded items”.

I say, just be careful, you do not want to be the first example IF they can really do it (which just like you, I doubt that they can).

Watch your backs, especially outside. Keep your download sharing and selling forums and sites, dunno, private? (But I’m sure they can still arrange an entrapment.)

Again, don’t get me wrong. I don’t believe they can do it, but the best way to become Example #1 is by turning a blind eye and deaf ear to the possibility that they can.

And IF, okay, IF they do make an example out of anyone of us, I just hope that those people are “false” tips, entrapment, or whatever you want to call it.

I won’t say publicly how WE (you and me) can do it. As it stands right now, we are still 10 Steps ahead of them (in my PoV). But it isn’t an excuse to put down our guard.

^_^

Btw, use GIMP NOT Adobe Photoshop. USE Ubuntu GNU/Linux NOT Microsoft Windows. Support FLOSS, then they can abolish themselves.

Unahin muna nila ang mga nagbebenta ng pirated DVDs sa bangketa.. Goodluck sa gobyerno kung kaya nilang habulin lahat ng nagdadownload online.

naghahanap na naman ng pagkakakitaan

kalokohan to.. ha ha ha

kaya nga sumisikat sila dahil sa piracy… dyan umiikot industria..

kahit mga big guns like apple, microsoft.. ng umpisa mga pirata rin mga yan pw*H!!!.. watch the documentary “pirates of the silicon valley’ and you’ll learn that the industry is a bunch of leechers and pirates even from the start!!

CRAP~!!

well, piracy helped the industry for some reason. Some who purchase the pirated one end up buying a legit one after.

Hulu nalang at Megavideo lol

@heyru – then that would be easy for BSA/police to catch them. :D

FYI, the RIAA does it by compelling the ISP to disclose IP heuristic data (IP address + time + data/port used for connection).

Once they are able to “match” subscriber account info to data transfer, they have information on what may be called cause to file a complaint.

I’m curious though…

1) Data privacy MUST be inviolable. I wonder how this will be implemented without violating that.

2) What’s the use of a fast internet connection if you are not going to use it. If I am prohibited from downloading stuff, might as well have dialup. The broadband market thrives on bandwidth, and yet for what then?

Boo.

how the hell are they going to solve this if they can’t even stop people selling pirated DVDs and software in the streets! If they would stop people from downloading online, then might as well buy from the streets!

They might implement it.. but how will they work on it?

I tell you, this will NOT be implemented until the 2010 election period is done — if ever there will one.

OO nga daming problema sa pinas, ito pa pinag-kaka abalahan. Aside from corruption baka pwedeng global crisis muna ang harapin natin.

I’m okay with it. ;)

Downloading and using illegal software is also corruption. So it’s now fair and square to both the complainers and the politicians! Wahaha…

I must agree with the skepticism of the other comments. I don’t see why this is a priority for the government, and I’ll be very surprised if they actually implement this.

bakit hinde kaya unahin yung mga buraot na mga nakaupo sa pwesto, financial crisis is knocking at our doorstep and yet kanya kanyang papogi na ang mga politiko para sa 2010.. Y_Y

Grgrgr… kakainis kung i-implement nila yan dito, hirap na pinoy pahihirapan pa tayo sa mga maliliit na kaligayahan sa ating mga computer at internet.

Buti sana if lahat tayo may mga pera para bumili ng ganito’t ganyan e wala naman.

Dapat tingnan muna nila yung brightside and badside of that project before they act, maraming aaklas na pinoy nyan.

Ok din yan, for legality and economic’s sake; but of course, a lot of pinoys do not have the buying power to buy stuffs like DVDs and games, so ofcourse, they resort to the net. 20 or 50 pesos rental of internet on your local computer shop for 1 Gig of songs/games freely downloaded in the internet? nothing beats that.
Still, piracy is bad, so this is a step forward. Problem is the big “HOW”. :)

With this implemented, the government will need to spend hundreds of millions to expand prison cells like the pasay city jail coz around 99% of internet users are technically “violating” these.

the day authorities are able to completely shutdown quiapo from selling bootleg dvd’s/cd’s/software is the day i’ll believe the BSA can stop illegal downloads. ;)

Let’s put it this way, politicians who implement that law, will lose on the next election.

@techme your right Philippines has more problems like poverty and most of all corruption. Congressmen should make a bill for corrupt congressmen because they are pirating the money of the Filipinos. They are the real pirates who steals our money from us. In my opinion, end-users should not be liable for this. It’s only for personal use and most of all we’re not making profit out of it. It’s just like sharing what you purchased to all your friends. As I remember sir Edu Manzano said that downloading is okay as long as it’s for personal use and not for profit.

I only buy orig from Apol Toons.

surely, they also benefit from torrent sites.

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(currently downloading call of duty 4-modern warfare using Bittorrent)

haysss…..

pinoy nga nmn

kung anung gwin ng KANO tlgang ginagaya

dami-daming problema ng pilipinas yan pa ang inuna nio!