Netherlands bans illegal downloading

Post by eloisant » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 2:56 PM UTC

waps wrote: post #46

fauigerzigerk wrote: post #30

Quite a funny headline. Maybe someone should think about issuing a blanket ban of everything illegal? ;-)

Well, the Netherlands had a problematic court case some time back, and this fixes it. Well, if you're a copyright owner it was problematic. You see copyright law technically doesn't restrict illegal downloading. It only limits distribution, and technically that means uploading, not downloading. So there was a series of court cases that said as much [1]. So now that case has been invalidated, and downloading material…

Post by waps » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 4:35 PM UTC

Luc wrote: post #50

waps wrote: post #49

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If that's true, how would you explain that tensions like that, and much, much, much worse exist everywhere that minority lives ? Especially in places where said minority is in fact a majority. I mean, I'm all for tolerance. But denying the problem makes it worse. Even denying that this particular "minority" is particularly problematic, it might seem discriminatory, but it's also the blatant in-your-face truth. That m…

Look man, nobody cares about how much you love Jesus and hate Mohammed. Just start a blog and leave us alone.

Post by drcube » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 4:57 PM UTC

creatio wrote: post #39

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #22

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wsc981 made an unfortunate language error / directly translated a Dutch expression to english; 'being illegal' in his example translates to living in the Netherlands as an illegal immigrant, which, while 'illegal', is not actually enforced as a crime.

Not be picky or anything. What precisely is the language error? I read the sentence and understood the meaning conveyed.

Post by Mithaldu » Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 5:45 PM UTC

waps wrote: post #46

fauigerzigerk wrote: post #30

Quite a funny headline. Maybe someone should think about issuing a blanket ban of everything illegal? ;-)

Well, the Netherlands had a problematic court case some time back, and this fixes it. Well, if you're a copyright owner it was problematic. You see copyright law technically doesn't restrict illegal downloading. It only limits distribution, and technically that means uploading, not downloading. So there was a series of court cases that said as much [1]. So now that case has been invalidated, and downloading material…

Post by theorique » Fri, Apr 11, 2014, 10:24 AM UTC

gizmo wrote: post #33

theorique wrote: post #23

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As well as a migrant population whose extremist religious observance tests the patience of the long-standing Dutch tolerance and liberal values.

Let's not forget that the tension is in large part because of institutional discrimination against those (religious) minorities.