Amusingly, take a look at #2 on their list. isoHunt.com. The majority of the DMCA takedowns (at least 2/3rds) *ARE* for PORN.

Seeing that you can get Sandforce based OCZ 240GB SSD's for a mere $170 or less with taxes, they should be on the list of must-haves for that new PC build. Affordability is no longer an issue.

Sorry but this crap is happening in the US as well. Apple is an American company, Samsung A5 CPU's are used in Apple devices, my comment applies.

Samsung just needs to stop making A5 cpu's in Texas and cut a ton of American jobs, see how quick will get the government's attention on this whole patent mess.

People are actually shoving Red Epic's on modded 700E's with stabilization gimbals. They use GPS flight stabilization and automated flightpath software. The price of the camera itself can easily buy a few of these full helicopter setups. AP isn't expensive anymore.

This "Accelerometer" is mechanical. If the elevator completely lost power and the hoist motor brakes for some reason failed to engage (rare as they're supposed to fail closed), the emergency brakes on the car itself would trigger.

Most PVR's have USB ports, I use those to charge my PS3 controllers due to Sony's lack of function.

Theres way too much out of print stuff that you cannot find legally unless you're lucky enough to track it down used....
I would say at least HALF of the original NES library of games are like this as a quick example....
And for arcade game PCB's, then that number is off the charts....
Most of our past culture would be inaccessible if it weren't for the internet.

Unlocking of our excessively locked up culture perhaps?

Furthermore, what annoys me is they let it go on for 7 whole years while all the industry did was whine about them, before finally getting the FBI to take action.
They had more than enough US presense for a successful civil case, and of course disobeying a court order will be criminal contempt of court. Only then should the FBI get involved.
Suddenly being held liable for hundreds of millions in damages would make them rethink thier flawed DMCA policies.

A massive civil lawsuit that proved they were not fully DMCA compliant would had been sufficient.
Surely they would had cleaned up their act if they were indeed found acting unlawful. What happend was completely unnecessary.

If I rip an album and upload it for my personal use later, then thats fair-use as long as I never share said link with anyone else.
The mere presence of copyrighted material in their account doesn't suddenly mean the users were pirates.

Why is it that pretty much all nuclear disasters were from stupid mistakes?
I mean, whos bright idea was it to place the backup diesel gensets in the basement right next to the ocean?
That obvious design flaw should had been fixed at least 20 years ago.

3 down, many thousands to go.

I suggest you Google "Oink" and "TVLinks" for previous UK cases that they failed to prosecute. Infact, TVLinks was no different than TVShack....