Nuclear Beef

ok guys! (and horny chix)

this is called Ultimate Spiderman... I mean, just listen to the name, doesnt that sound good huh?

mega spiderman, thats just for beginners
ultra spiderman, now thats just over the top

and superduper spiderman, yeah, dont get me started on that

FINALLY we're proud to present the game anticipated all the year

U L T I M A T E S P I D E R M A N ! ! !

yeah, ok... fuck off, the game sucks...

(I, of course, did not download this xbox game, and you shouldn't either.)

Posted by darwin at 03:53 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The Hong Kong government has launched the "IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) Scout Badge" to promote respect of intellectual property among youngsters.

Scouts qualify for the badge by attending seminars and other activities on the topic, the government said in a statement seen Wednesday. The program will initially target scouts between 11 and 16 years old.

"It is a long-term process which involves continuous training of scout members throughout their formative years," Stephen Selby, director of the government's intellectual property department, said in the statement.

Giggle. Fortunately, this program should have zero impact. Somehow I doubt your typical Chinese Boy Scout is an obsessive media pirate nerd. Also, Piracy in Hong Kong is a business and the business people sure aren't in the Boy Scouts. For the record, Nuclear Beef wholeheartedly disapproves of commercial media piracy. If it ain't yours, don't be making money off it.

(Shouts to synec for the hooks.)

Posted by darwin at 01:57 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

House OKs Family Copyright Bill

The House of Representatives passed copyright legislation on Tuesday that would dole out criminal penalties to those who make unauthorized recordings of films in movie theaters. The Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005 (HR357) also would permit technologies that allow users to skip objectionable content in movies viewed at home.

When we look inside this cuddly little Family Entertainment act.. what's this?

Establishes criminal penalties for willful copyright infringement by knowingly making a computer program, musical work, motion picture, or sound recording being prepared for commercial distribution available to the public on a computer network.

(full bill text here)

As I understand this bill, it creates a seperate federal crime when one wilfully releases music on the Net if said music is 'being prepared for commercial distribution.' Thanks to 1994's NET Act, it's already a criminal offense to use a computer network to infringe copyrights, even if the infringement is done without commercial intent. Why, one wonders, should it be more illegal to infringe a copyright if the material in question is 'being prepared' for 'commercial distribution?'

Presumably because the people who paid their Congressholes to create this bill want another cudgel to use against those who would leak their precious intellectual 'property.' Of course, if they wanted to keep people from leaking their promo material, the obvious choice would be to stop distributing promo material to everyone and their mother but hey, we're not talking about reasonable people here. We're talking about the copyright cartel and their lawyers, who are clearly total fucking assholes.

How long will it be before a mp3 blogger is arrested and charged with willful infringement for leaking a track from a forthcoming release?

RIAA, MPAA and so forth, I have a message for you. Your business model is already dead and no amount of punative law or suing of media consumers will save you. These actions will only increase the well deserved hostile backlash from the very same artists and consumers you have shamelessly exploited over the last hundred years. When your dinosaur companies all go bankrupt, I won't be shedding a single tear. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Posted by darwin at 10:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Title: Pope.Has.Passed-AWAY (Misc) by REDACTED

Pope John Paul II, the spiritual leader to more than 1 billion Catholics who spread his message worldwide in his 26-year papacy, has died, at 9:37PM local Rome time. May he rest in peace. This will probably get deleted, but as sign of respects and with the over 1 billion catholics, i just want to show my respect for him. You didnt have to be Catholic to respect him for what a great being he was.

Aww. The post was, in fact, baleeted.

UPDATE:

Stolen © HIP Interactive 04/2005 :..... RELEASE.DATE .. PROTECTION .......: Stolen 1 :.......... DISC .. GAME.TYPE ........: Adventure This release is dedicated to pope John Paul II who passed away 02.04.2004

Do you suppose the Pope really wants people dedicating warez to him?

(I, of course, did not download this. I merely looked at the nfo!)

Posted by darwin at 10:06 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

Ok we bring you this nice movie in superb quality but if you download and watch it you must dontate some money to the Unfortunate victims of the Tragedy in Asia. So many people died and more are homeless so give generously and help some one less fortunate than yourself. Trust me you will feel better.

Posted by darwin at 08:52 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

So Bittorrent tracker Torrentbox.com has been served with a Cease and Desist letter from the MPAA. In document number three (listing examples of infringing material) we find this little gem :

“I don’t agree with the copyright laws and I don’t have a problem with people downloading the movie and sharing it with people as long as they’re not trying to make a profit off my labour. I would oppose that,” he said.

Or maybe this stance only applies to movies which are dishonest and manipulative hatchet jobs performed on a candidate during an election year.

Ah, capitalism, thy name is Moore!

(Yes, yes, I know.. Warner Legal and Michael Moore inhabit two different universes. Let me talk some trash and have a larf, eh?)

Posted by darwin at 12:18 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

PROTECTION .......: Bad Programming
Release Note: When we tried to install the original of this game, it didnt detect the cd in the tray as original, due to some really bad programming on the part of the developer. After some debugging we discoverd that the game had shipped with the wrong cdlabel. This problem has been corrected. Enjoy this fine old school rpg.

(Note: Of course I didn't actually pirate this game. It looks lousy, frankly. No thanx!!

Posted by darwin at 12:17 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The File Sharing Experiment is a novel idea, a way to collect (self-reported, but reviewed) statistics and anecdotes about how many people buy things after hearing them online. You know, via that evil piracy that the *AA are always complaining about. Not a bad domain name, either!

Recently, thanks to MP3 blogs, I've purchased an album by Tilly and the Wall and will probably buy this EP by Mary Lou Lord linked from m,fr. It's probably not a coincidence that neither of the CDs are from the RIAA and neither costs $18 at the mall. Welcome to the internet, monopolist assholes!

(With apologies to Bill Hicks for the title of this entry)

Posted by darwin at 04:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

ZHEVSK, Russia, July 24 - The bazaar in this industrial city shows why Western companies regard Russia as a land of piracy.

Bootlegged copies of new American movies - "King Arthur,'' "Troy'' and "Spider-Man 2'' - sell for $3. Photoshop CS, a $600 program in Western stores, fetches $2.75.

Markets like this, found throughout Russia, have been a longstanding subject of diplomatic complaint. Washington contends Russian intellectual-property pirates cost the United States more than $1 billion a year.

Now Russia is striking back. A Russian industry and product designer are asserting that the United States has been abetting intellectual-property pirates to suit its own needs, by directing copies of Russian merchandise around the world.

The complaint is not about software or music. It makes no mention of movies or video games. It is about the Kalashnikov assault rifle, the most prolific firearm ever made.
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Since the collapses of the Taliban in Afghanistan and Saddam Hussein's army in Iraq, the United States has been purchasing or arranging the transfer of thousands of knockoffs of Kalashnikovs commonly referred to as AK-47's, to outfit new military and security forces in Kabul and Baghdad.

These rifles have not been made in Russia, where the arms industry holds patents for the weapon in several nations. Instead they have originated in weapons plants controlled by Eastern European states, each of which was a partner of Moscow's in Soviet days.
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The officials noted that the low price of Kalashnikov knockoffs can make it impossible to sell the genuine item, a phenomenon resembling the underselling of software and DVD's, albeit on a different scale.
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"They are selling these rifles at dump prices," said Alexander G. Likhachev, a former Izhmash director who is now an official with the state arms agency.

He added that Russia wants that business. "We are prepared to manufacture the genuine weapons, in big quantities, because we know there is a demand," he said.

This article really speaks for itself. Warez can be used for evil, as well as good. This AK-47 Piracy really represents the Dark Side of Warez. 200x creds n00ked.

(august on the hooks)

Posted by darwin at 03:20 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)