Bono Net Policing Idea Draws Fire

Angilion · 4 Jan 2010 at 20:51

philjohn said:
This is the same Bono who ignobly doesn't pay tax on music royalties in his home country?

But that's different, because (a) he has more money and (b) he's a Creator.

Besides, he's obviously right. The entire entertainment industry has been put out of business by piracy, hasn't it? When I walked past a large, busy HMV this afternoon, it was all an illusion.

V4NT0M · 4 Jan 2010 at 20:53

Did I miss something or was he basically right?

Deiwos · 4 Jan 2010 at 20:55

Angilion said:
But that's different, because (a) he has more money and (b) he's a Creator.

Besides, he's obviously right. The entire entertainment industry has been put out of business by piracy, hasn't it? When I walked past a large, busy HMV this afternoon, it was all an illusion.

Yeah, I went to the cinema last wednesday and quite obviously didn't spend 40 minutes queueing to see a film to then find out it had sold out just a minute before I got to the front. Totally ruining the film industry is piracy.

alex24 · 4 Jan 2010 at 20:56

Let's all copy our U2 records and give them to our friends...

Oh wait I don't own any and I want to keep my friends!

Sigh, bono.

asim18 · 4 Jan 2010 at 21:01

RageQuit© said:
"The immutable laws of bandwidth tell us we're just a few years away from being able to download an entire season of '24' in 24 seconds," he wrote.

What about the laws of 7200RPM Hard drives?

9GB at 65MB/s would take over 2 minutes

regulus · 4 Jan 2010 at 21:06

I'd spend more time practising my vocal cords than worrying about nonsense if I was him. If his 'singing' continues like it is now there won't be any albums of theirs left worth pirating.

semi-pro waster · 4 Jan 2010 at 21:10

Does Bono practice being a pillock of the highest order or does it just come naturally? I find myself pondering that conundrum almost every time I hear one of his utterances. I'm personally leaning towards it being that he practices but he's just taking his natural gift in this area to the higher echelons of what is possible...

V4NT0M · 4 Jan 2010 at 21:11

asim18 said:
What about the laws of 7200RPM Hard drives?

9GB at 65MB/s would take over 2 minutes

Raid? SSD?

asim18 · 4 Jan 2010 at 21:16

Skyfall said:
Raid? SSD?

Yeah, I said a standard 7200rpm hard drive.

I doubt bono knows how to set up a raid or install an SSD.

eggyoke · 4 Jan 2010 at 21:20

Can't stand him, nor any musician that wants to be a politician or savior of the world.

twist3d0n3 · 4 Jan 2010 at 21:20

he's definitely increased his curek count with this...

Dunks · 4 Jan 2010 at 21:22

asim18 said:
Yeah, I said a standard 7200rpm hard drive.

I doubt bono knows how to set up a raid or install an SSD.

I doubt bono will be downloading 24 either so how's that relevant?

Ziggy · 4 Jan 2010 at 21:22

I was just listening to the original version of Sunday Bloody Sunday and thinking what an amazing voice he had. Pity.

Rotty · 4 Jan 2010 at 21:25

Von Smallhausen said:
I think Bono is a pretentious twit.

I know it

Biohazard · 4 Jan 2010 at 21:30

eggyoke said:
Can't stand him, nor any musician that wants to be a politician or savior of the world.

Sums it up quite nicely.

Choke on your vomit bono.

regulus · 4 Jan 2010 at 21:32

Ziggy said:
I was just listening to the original version of Sunday Bloody Sunday and thinking what an amazing voice he had. Pity.

Indeed. I've been attacked almost relentlessly from fan boys for maintaining the last time we heard his 80's voice was December 31, 1989 at Croke Park at the end of the Love Town tour with his 'going away and dream it all up again' speech. Achtung Baby was released 2 years later and he was a different singer. Perhaps still good, but different.

These days I don't bother with them any more.

jp_bl_68 · 4 Jan 2010 at 21:34

RageQuit© said:
Bono, frontman of rock band U2.......

Dear Bono,

Please go **** yourself with a length of rusty razor wire.

Yours Faithfully,

Everyone With An Internet Connection

(dictated but not read)

evoyear · 4 Jan 2010 at 21:39

not much to say about this, I hope I am not the one being watched by cybercop

Glaucus · 4 Jan 2010 at 21:45

Yeah being watched is not the way, but it is a problem and it does need clamping down on. Lets be honest most people who download do it through torrents. Which means they are also distributing which is a criminal offence.

Although I think the tide is turning as legal ways catch up, which are free with adverts or pay a premium without.

Katoom · 4 Jan 2010 at 21:45

The movie industry is dying, but in other news Bono.

"The James Cameron epic Avatar has already surpassed the $1 billion milestone globally, making it the fourth-biggest movie of all-time, in just 16 days of release."