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Well, lets see, from the affidavit...
RapGodFathers.com and RMX4U.com both had forum sections labeled "Bootlegs" and "Appz" with admin written descriptions stating they were for the posting of links to illegally shared content. So they were encouraging copy right violations.
Torrent-Finder.com appears to be entirely clear of any wrong doing based on what is in the affidavit. Every piece of "evidence" came from some other website and Torrent-Finder presented it as news without any editorial comment being noted.
Dajaz1.com and Onsmash.com are both run by idiots apparently. They (and the artists that leaked to them) forgot that when the RIAA handed those huge ass checks to the rappers the RIAA got the copyrights. Doesn't matter that Kayne West told them they could leak his stuff... he doesn't own the distribution rights to it any more.
I doubt DHS and ICE are going to get their asses handed to them for busting 2 sites that skirted the rules so closely they fell over the edge, and 2 sites that found out the hard way that artists who sign with RIAA members don't own their distribution rights anymore.
The Torrent-Finder.com situation seems to be the only one that has no basis.
I am curious... do these trips often start with putting a small piece of paper that have a picture of Spongebob on them on your tongue first?
I find it hard to believe that we've come up with a completely silent turbo-prop and that they fly so high above the earth that they can't be seen.
Haven't seen anywhere in an article what they've been able to look at. All I can see is 'video' so not sure if that includes the infra-red stuff or not. Oops, sorry, don't wanna tip off the enemy. I mean the super-spooky, vodoo video.
The enemy knows exactly how those things work. You know how they found out? When the war started our side couldn't get enough video out to the news outlets to show how awesome we are.
Rule of thumb for insurgents: If you get buzzed by a drone they probably spotted you
Rule of thumb for US Military: If you buzz someone and they are holding a laptop and a satellite dish they spotted you
In all seriousness has it given them any advantage at all? Even with them seeing the images they haven't really countered them have they?
At first I thought you said a sandwich colored tarp . ???????????
Well that would probably work too.
You are a young military go getter assigned to sit around all day watching video of sand.
Suddenly a vision of a BLT races by.
Do you head to your superior? Or do you head to the cafeteria for a snack?
The drone is flying over your head. It circled around and came back. Guess what? What ever you were doing drew a US operator. See how easy it is? And I didn't even *need* to see the video.
Figuring out better cover is easy too. Put a sandish colored tarp over what you're doing. Did the drone that just flew over come back? Bingo! You're probably golden. Has it come back 47 times in the last two days? I'd say you need a new tarp.
Honestly, what is the big deal?
FTA: '... the intercepts could give America's enemies battlefield advantages by removing the element of surprise from certain missions and making it easier for insurgents to determine which roads and buildings are under US surveillance.'"
An advantage? How? You know how the insurgents can figure out what roads and building are under US surveillance? It's the ones we keep flying drones over! I mean they can see the drones, they can hear the drones, they know what they're doing when the drones fly over them, they know the drones are taking video and pictures, and they should already have a pretty good idea what is in the video and pictures already.
Now if they somehow figured out how to tap into the cameras and have the drones relay video and pictures when they were flying back into base then I would say they've got an advantage, or if they tapped into actual satellite and spy plane footage.
Sure it's a bit stupid they didn't encrypt the actual feed but is the enemy getting any information they didn't know about already?
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The Bill of Rights applies to everyone citizen or not.
The Bush Administration was able to detain and torture people because they ignored both and we let them get away with it.
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