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UK kids' charity lobbies hard for 'opt-in' web smut access

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Re: Will someone please think of the children.

Yes you can. It's in the settings.

As for video on demand all you have to do is click "Yes I'm whatever age I need to be to watch this even if I'm not actually that age" (unless by "some" you mean paid content in which case the pin is to make sure you know you're going to be charged. But you can watch the preview without a pin.

You also don't have to be 18 to buy a copy of the Sun Newspaper (page 3). Come to think of it you don't even need to be 18 to enter a newsagents and those places have shelves full of hardcore porn any child with their eyes open can see.

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OPT-OUT MAKES MORE SENSE

It's insane to think that the entire country should loose their right to privacy because some parents don't monitor their own children. The only good that could possibly come from this is when celebrities and MPs are named as being "on the porn register" - and this WILL happen.

Then there is the question of how on earth you would go about blocking this kind of thing?

- Keywords? nope wouldn't work without the likes of Ann Summers being caught in the crossfire.

- A Whitelist? nope. Far too many websites to be practical

- A Blacklist? It would grow bigger by the hour. Plus should a porn site close down and a regular business decides to buy the domain, they'd then have to go through all the trouble of getting it un-blacklisted.

This really is a case of someone technologically illiterate coming up with proposals that don't even make sense. When questioned about it the stock reply is "there are smarter people than me to figure THAT out" - in other words "I don't know, I've not thought it through.

The country is in a recession. There are better ways to spend this time and money.

If parents are worried then why not have an opt-out system. They can call their ISP and say "Here is my phone number - please block adult content". Problem solved.

Using an opt-in system just makes no sense. After going to the time and expense of implementing it 90% of the country will then "opt-in". Rendering the entire system pointless. Other than the fact that everyone who looks at porn is now on a database somewhere waiting to have their details shared/sold.

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'Shame on the register to post wrong informations'

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Re: noodled24

No, in essence thats not what I said.

Avengers stuff - well maybe they were comic book geeks. Or maybe they had kids. Who cares, it was an example. We both know how marketing works. Although granted in your eyes any child who doesn't have the available funds to view said content should be excluded from the fun. Rather than seeing the film legally or otherwise and then wanting the toys for their birthday.

CDs - Browse HMV. Or anywhere that sells CDs. They're overpriced. Consumers are only too aware that CDs have been over priced for years. Hence part of the reason for the decline in sales and increase in piracy. People aren't stupid. Creation and transfer of MP3s costs next to nothing. Albums and singles are just adverts for the live shows. Infact. You can write, compose, record, and distribute a whole album from one laptop (if you wanted). In terms of the artists, they make more from live gigs than they do albums.

There is a backwards logic of people claiming to create content. Then complaining when people take an interest. The amount people spend to create that content is down to them.

The simple truth is that the majority of "pirates" are poor people. Who wouldn't rather go and see a film in 3d on the big screen. But many can't afford it. Constant marketing, and denial of "content". Of course people bend the rules.

There are different degrees of piracy, as well as different forms, and formats. In failing to acknowledge any of this your argument is undermined by your own naivety. I've tried not to use any metaphors this time since when I do, they cause your neurons to misfire ;) ;) ;)

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Re: Creationsists

"Some of us pay for content and fund the industry." There lies the problem. "content". A plant growing from the earth is not "content" - until you take a picture and demand people pay to look at it.

The film industry does NOT need to spend 80 million to tell a story. They spend more and more each year, the price of cinema tickets goes up year after year (even before broadband). Harry Potter broke box office records and they still complained about piracy. The killer blow, No refunds. Go to the cinema or buy a DVD and you dont like the film. Tough.

1 CD Album 12 tracks £9.99

1 mp3 Album 12 tracks £11.88

HOW CAN AN MP3 ALBUM COST MORE? It doesnt make sense. No packaging, no distribution, no CD burning. Of course it doesn't cost more to make. But the the precious industry (upon seeing how popular mp3s are will jack up the price) Ever heard the phrase "could have bought it for a song" - it comes from the notion that songs are inherently worthless.

"Avengers would make more money if they shared the movie online and relied on sticking ads in it or something. Or that people would contribute money if they thought it deserved it. " Like if the whole movie was an advert for the toys? - and presumably you did think it was worth it and contribute? So they were bang on there.

I nearly forgot my favourite: "if I take your car, you no longer have a car. But if I copy it, you haven't lost anything". Well actually, yes, I've lost the reason I created a car to sell in the first place.

Then why can't the studios and artists be as honest? "No the movie is shit, but we'll sell millions of toys off the back of it" OR "no this album isn't my best work, hence the bonus tracks"

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