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Re: SOCA has taken control of this domain name.

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That's a pretty aggressive message they posted. If you have downloaded, you face maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment and an "unlimited" fine. Unlimited? Is this how they're raising money for anti-piracy programs now? And SOCA has the capability of monitoring and investigating me? I'm not even in the UK, and I never visited the site before. This is shameless fear-mongering.

Re: SOCA has taken control of this domain name.

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That's a pretty aggressive message they posted. If you have downloaded, you face maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment and an "unlimited" fine. Unlimited? Is this how they're raising money for anti-piracy programs now? And SOCA has the capability of monitoring and investigating me? I'm not even in the UK, and I never visited the site before. This is shameless fear-mongering.

Indeed, particularly as it would come under civil law and not criminal, if done for personal use. Plus I was under the impression that here in the UK downloading is legal, and it was the uploading that wasn't.

Re: SOCA has taken control of this domain name.

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Did we just get trapped by clicking the above link? There have been cases were people just idly clicking on a link have been deemed to be guilty even if it was just as a result of curiosity. See: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9899151-38.html

Shouldn't there be warnings before people post links like that which may have unintended consequences for the link clickers?

Re: SOCA has taken control of this domain name.

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That's a pretty aggressive message they posted. If you have downloaded, you face maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment and an "unlimited" fine. Unlimited? Is this how they're raising money for anti-piracy programs now? And SOCA has the capability of monitoring and investigating me? I'm not even in the UK, and I never visited the site before. This is shameless fear-mongering.

Yeah, no kidding. I read the message with my IP and OS/browser and the message "we're coming to get you, Barbara!" and just rolled my eyes. Visiting a domain is not illegal, let alone "serious organized crime".

Re: SOCA has taken control of this domain name.

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That's a pretty aggressive message they posted. If you have downloaded, you face maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment and an "unlimited" fine. Unlimited? Is this how they're raising money for anti-piracy programs now? And SOCA has the capability of monitoring and investigating me? I'm not even in the UK, and I never visited the site before. This is shameless fear-mongering.

Yeah, no kidding. I read the message with my IP and OS/browser and the message "we're coming to get you, Barbara!" and just rolled my eyes. Visiting a domain is not illegal, let alone "serious organized crime".

Not so sure about that. Check here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9899151-38.html
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