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Aug. 1st, 2008 at 12:23 PM

naanima: ([Smallville] When the world goes flying)

It is Friday I have a shitload of work, like enough work to drown me for the next 3 months but instead of working I am HAPPILY reading my friend list and watching Youtube clips because the aftermath of fandom wank is usually HAPPY SPARKLES and PORN and more PORN!

Also, OMFG! MOST IDIOTIC IDEA IN HISTORY - Australian Government Proposes Checking MP3 Players at Airports (link provided by

_leareth). How out of touch do you have to be to come up with this proposal? Ideas like these make me think our government is run by monkeys. Monkeys I tell you! Even if this goes beyond a proposal have they actually thought through the LOGISTICS of this? How do you tell if the MP3s on an MP3 player is legal or not? Oh gods, our government are full of idiots who should be stabbed with sporks.

In other news; I’m REALLY looking forward to the new Friday the 13th film. EEEE!

ETA: delicious with new look!

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baka-neko.livejournal.com wrote:

Aug. 1st, 2008 06:05 am (UTC)

*wry* and how will they define mp3 players anyhow? I've used my phone as one, even though its not very good. That doesn't go into the nasty issues of privacy/confidentiality either, as some people have been known to use their 80gb ipods as portable hard-drives, so any number of sensitive documents or photographs will likely be on it.

I don't think they'll accept it, but I wonder what kind of person actually proposed this.

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naanima.livejournal.com wrote:

Aug. 1st, 2008 11:17 am (UTC)

WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

*KOFFS* Sorry, it had to be done. But yes, the whole confidential and invasion of privacy thing, it is all very sticky and truly stupid.

I think the sort of person who doesn't own a MP3 player and does not understand how easy it is to convert music or know enough about copy right issue.

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eirivan.livejournal.com wrote:

Aug. 1st, 2008 07:14 am (UTC)

Ahaha. Thanks!

I'm back at Uni, doing a unit on internet issues - well, this is kind of it, isn't :P

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naanima.livejournal.com wrote:

Aug. 1st, 2008 11:18 am (UTC)

Yes, yes it is. Very related to internet issues. But gods, what retards.

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eirivan.livejournal.com wrote:

Aug. 1st, 2008 12:01 pm (UTC)

I should pick your brain! I've been picking a variety of people's brain over Uni. I was thinking of looking at two issues:

1) The question of individual privacy in relation to the piracy issue - looking at the laws surrounding it, how far is too far - eg. the example of the airport searching (logistics aside)
2) education and the internet - ? I can't quite pin this down to a single issue. But have you come across iTunes U? how educational institutions make use of new technology and make deals with corporations to gain access to their students....blah.

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naanima.livejournal.com wrote:

Aug. 1st, 2008 12:46 pm (UTC)

_leareth is probably much more knowledgeable than me. But I'll give it a try.

1. This is probably the easiest as it has the most information. It depends whether you are looking at US or Australia. Either way this will probably have the most information.

2. There was that fiasco with major Networks got universities to provide them with their user IP database to go after students who were involved in illegal downloading. I mean that is pretty invasive when corporations are going after education institutions.

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deathwombat.livejournal.com wrote:

Aug. 1st, 2008 08:08 am (UTC)

I would just get the biggest capacity mp3 player i could find and then put on 1 song starting with "Z" and then fill the rest of it with Public Domain music and see them try

or failing that get some sort of encrypted mp3 player

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naanima.livejournal.com wrote:

Aug. 1st, 2008 11:19 am (UTC)

I LOVE the former idea!

The latter may take a bit more expertise.

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archangelbeth wrote:

Aug. 1st, 2008 02:42 pm (UTC)

Hrm. I dunno -- the iPod uses Apple-specific DRM. (You're not even technically supposed to be able to download music OFF it, onto a computer. There's an application that got around that (thank the gods! my laptop croaked and all my music was on only that or the iPod!), but it's a bit of a pain.) So... they can't even look at what's on my iPod (or iPhone) without special software, and I don't think they can tell whether it's from a disc I ripped (personal use, baybe!), from free music that my friends made, or legally purchased from iTunes. Or mutant combinations of all of the above.

Deze lawmakers, dey is fruitcakes.

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