RIAA Wants Internet ShutDown

FBI · Posted: Dec 02, 2006 7:54pm Post subject: RIAA Wants Internet ShutDown

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36027

Omg.....

They want the Internet Shutdown

bctrainers · Posted: Dec 02, 2006 10:36pm Post subject:

Well, at least we know that someone was smoking something when they announced that. Razz

SATAN-HHH · Eleet Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 942 Location: Texas

Yeah right, a major riot'd break out if that happened. I'd like to see them try.

All your baseball bat are belong to us

FBI · Posted: Dec 03, 2006 1:58am Post subject:

PingBad · Posted: Dec 03, 2006 4:45am Post subject:

Well, according to the World Internet Usage Statistics News and Population Stats, there are 1,076,203,987 people using the internet. Additionaly, research done within berkeley university has shown that there is well over 550 billion web-connected documents consuming a grand total of 7,500 terabytes of drive space globally...

Thats an awful lot of data and people viewing it... the RIAA would certainly be up against stiff competition if they really want the internet shut down (which, in my opinion, is now largely impossible if only for the fact that no one person/company/country has direct control over the internet) - and thats not withstanding the fact that there are a lot of people who depend on the internet's very existance to live (eg: online marketting reps, some software developers).

My response to all that tho, they can try but they wont win

shadow16 · Lurker Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Posts: 186 Location: IRC

I have 3 points to make. First one, the impact on the economy would be catastrophic. Second, the RIAA is an extremely corrupt American organization; contrary to popular belief, the Internet is global and is not owned by Americans. If the courts decided to make datacenters illegal in the United States (worst case scenario) they'd just be crippling their own country while the rest of the planet adapted. And finally, Theinquirer is not a reliable source for news... most of their stores are complete crap.

Stefano · Eleet Joined: 03 Apr 2005 Posts: 543 Location: Beirut

imagin there is no more internet
well that will take us back 50 years
it wont happen im sure

PingBad · Posted: Dec 07, 2006 11:58pm Post subject:

it can't happen

FBI · Posted: Dec 08, 2006 12:12am Post subject:

skullo · none Joined: 17 Dec 2006 Posts: 2

why? lol

Stefano · Eleet Joined: 03 Apr 2005 Posts: 543 Location: Beirut

only one way to take internet down!
a huge big badabooom nuke on the states lol
/me is going to buy north korean shares Razz

PingBad · Posted: Dec 19, 2006 10:26am Post subject:

Stefano · Eleet Joined: 03 Apr 2005 Posts: 543 Location: Beirut

80% maybe ? and iwonder if the the states is hit, wouldnt be all the registrar ? then all domains will fall i guess..

FBI · Posted: Dec 22, 2006 1:25am Post subject:

Get a knife
Cut the fiber optic lines
/me goes buy North Korea shares and China too

PingBad · Posted: Dec 22, 2006 4:29am Post subject: