Comments on: Isle of Man wants to legalize piracy…for a fee

By: rob

rob — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:21:48 +0000

the fascist wont rest til we are either bankrupted in prison or both!.those cunts would take your soul too if they could redeem it later for hard cash!

By: Azza

Azza — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:00:59 +0000

also, the flag is positioned so it is always kicking england for the people who were wondering what it was doing

By: Azza

Azza — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:59:51 +0000

its an ace flag and so you know we arent of english heritage we are our own heritage and the union jack stands for nothing here. great idea for a law cant wait to see if it goes through

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:43:21 +0000

@ Roger A.

Yeah, I totally agree !
I hadn’t considered that but, the Australian flag is also really nice too, that, the Union Jack, and the current U.S. flag are deff the top 3 IMO.

By: gary christian

gary christian — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:55:59 +0000

well sorry to sink your collextive boats but the Isle of Man is not part of the UK nor part of the british government, it is a crown dependency, the triskellion flag or 3 legs of man is a very old flag indeed-infact the manx government is over 1000 yrs old and is the oldest continuous parliament in the world!
or motto is quocunque jeceris stabit
or for those who speak english-”whichever way you throw me/it i shall stand”

and why noy pay at point like a license…then protected by license from wrong doing-all legall above board and might even stamp out criminal sponsored downloading/pirating

By: Stereo Radiation

Stereo Radiation — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:49:15 +0000

Hey! That’s the Sicily flag jokerpants!

Frankly i think the £ is a bit MUCH but I’d jump on it. The problem is that technology is rendering music media middlemen about as useful as longshoremen. The workers have the means of production and distribution. Bourgeoisie be damned!

By: TRV$

TRV$ — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:30:11 +0000

gotta love wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_man

The origin of the ‘Three Legs of Man’ (as they are usually called) is explained in the Manx legend that Manannan repelled an invasion by transforming into the three legs and rolling down the hill and defeating the invaders.

By: Chris Meyers

Chris Meyers — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:42:20 +0000

Uh the flag obviously says they can kick your dweeb tech-blog-reading nerd ass from ALL directions. LOL

By: neodorian

neodorian — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:19:20 +0000

I don’t think this implementation would work so well here in MAFIAA land but I would love the option to just pay $10-20 per month (not much more than a netflix sub or upgrade to a decent ISP) for a legit way to just download whatever the hell I felt like. I guess the problem would be an infrastructure to implement such a thing in a way that kept an eye on what was downloaded and distributed revenue accordingly. Honestly since the initial thrill of piracy wore off back in the Napster days, I rarely download more than a couple albums or a movie each month from P2P. The thing keeping a lot of people stuck on P2P is knowing that they can get whatever they want on demand and for keeps with no restrictions. I got tired of re-buying music and movies in new formats so the vast majority of stuff I’ve gotten illegitimately was data I had already paid for in another format. I would be glad to pay $20 per month to download a few movies and albums every month if it was legit and in decent quality without DRM.

Start a new ASCAP-type licensing group and offer it all up. Provide a centralized portal for downloads and tracking to assure proper distribution of revenue. If they can capture a good chunk of the illegitimate market they can stay profitable and keep up with what people expect these days.

By: Sonic

Sonic — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:51:13 +0000

Didn’t they win the gold in the 3-legged race in the last summer Olympics? LOL!

By: Ervel Flick

Ervel Flick — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:21:45 +0000

Isle of Man = I Love Men?

Either way, the flag’s weird and the idea will never take off.

By: Roger A

Roger A — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:16:36 +0000

Mike – The Union Jack, and Australian flags are both totally kick ass, mixed with the USA, I think they are the 3 coolest looking flags with detail.

But as the Isle of Man wants to be kicking itself, so it shows on the flag. Almost looks like a bad Greek Olympic Sport Flag.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:38:38 +0000

I wonder what the movie and music industries would feel about this “legalized piracy”

By: badchad

badchad — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:37:38 +0000

I can’t tell if the flag is kicking or running.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:33:50 +0000

Its like a guy kicking is own ass

By: IN0V8R

IN0V8R — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:31:16 +0000

The reason this idea will never be implemented is simple. If I buy the retail version of Windows Vista Ultimate for say ~$200 it will take a little over 11 years to pay for it, considering the alternative, using this service. With new versions of the software being offered every 3 years, profit margins will disintegrate faster than RIM leaks Storm updates.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:16:10 +0000

Even as an American, I have to agree wtih Roger A. on this one, cause the Union Jack is actually a pretty neat looking flag.

The flag for the Isle of Man looks mad stupid ahahaha.

By: Crawlgsx

Crawlgsx — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:59:33 +0000

Fantastic idea, but I think there are multiple problems with it (obvious?).

A.) The fee is too low. The only way I see something like that becoming an option (for the people on the losing end of this) is to charge a fee that would allow them to “look the other way” while still making a decent profit.

B.) We have RIAA etc.. to deal with here, who would never even CONSIDER such an option. Even if we paid $100 a month, that is nothing compared to the money they make if you go buy all those CD’s, Movies, Games, etc.. that you download.

C.) It’s basically asking to allow something illegal… for a fee. Seems like the wrong direction to go. The real fix is for the companies to allow downloads for a REASONABLE price. Why in the *bleep* would I pay 99c a song for example, when I am merely downloading the song. I have to provide my own storage, my own media, etc… Plain silly.

By: roger a

roger a — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:19:35 +0000

What the fuck kinda flag is that.. Uhh they best be recognizing their heritage flag aka Union Jack baby