02-07-2010, 07:49 PM
Well, since the Swedish court systems are collapsing at the feet of "intimidating" record companies and implementing measures to spy on the Swedes' Internet usage, they have to do something, right?
They've released their VPN, IPREDator, which is a comical reference to IPRED, "Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive". It's very cheap, at the price of $20 for 3 months. Here's a copy/paste from their FAQ page:
I haven't seen any Swedish film companies or music producers complaining. Maybe Disney, Paramount Pictures, and so on would quit trying to run other countries if Sweden would stop letting them. They're out, oh, maybe a million dollars. Their yearly revenue (Disney's) is about 37 billion as per Wikipedia.
Maybe if these companies made movies worth seeing, then people would go see them. I rarely go to the movies nowadays because of that. The last two movies I saw were Avatar and Harry Potter 6.
PS: I posted this because I'm bored, HF has been down for 3+ hours, and I am having withdrawals.
They've released their VPN, IPREDator, which is a comical reference to IPRED, "Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive". It's very cheap, at the price of $20 for 3 months. Here's a copy/paste from their FAQ page:
ipredator.se Wrote:Ipredator is a company incorporated in Sweden. The service is basically a Swedish broadband subscription offered over the Internet. This means that the legal framework mainly consists of the The Electronic Communications Act 2003 389. What will this mean if:
· Swedish authorities or,
· Other organization or individuals demands access to information protected by Ipredator?
Ipredator Safe Surf enjoys the strongest legal protection possible under Swedish Law because of the service type (pre-paid flat-rate service). This means that Ipredator do not have to keep an ordinary customer database (to be able handle transactions etc.). This is of importance if forced to hand over information.
If Swedish authorities can prove beyond reasonable doubt that they have a case for demanding subscription information from Ipredator (they have to be of the opinion that if convicted the user will be imprisoned – fined not enough). .
Ipredator then have to hand over the subscription information entered by you (but that’s all). Ipredator do not store any subscribtion information about you except what you entered yourself when signing up for the Ipredator Safe Surf service.
For Swedish authorities to force Ipredator to hand over “traffic data” including your Ipredator IP at a specific point in time, they will have to prove a case with the minimum sentence of two years imprisonment.
Regarding inquires from other parties than Swedish authorities Ipredator will never hand over any kind of information.
The combination Swedish high-tech encryption and the strongest legal protection give you true access to Internet, safer and speedier then ever before.
I haven't seen any Swedish film companies or music producers complaining. Maybe Disney, Paramount Pictures, and so on would quit trying to run other countries if Sweden would stop letting them. They're out, oh, maybe a million dollars. Their yearly revenue (Disney's) is about 37 billion as per Wikipedia.
Maybe if these companies made movies worth seeing, then people would go see them. I rarely go to the movies nowadays because of that. The last two movies I saw were Avatar and Harry Potter 6.
PS: I posted this because I'm bored, HF has been down for 3+ hours, and I am having withdrawals.
DD