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  1. heres a sexy pic of konan for GG also 446 spoiler:
  2. http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Freedom%20piracy%20Website%20founder%20wants%20courts%20decide/1552520/story.html While the founders of one of the world's largest free file-sharing websites, The Pirate Bay, have been sentenced to jail, a 26-year-old Vancouver man is taking on the global recording industry with his own lawsuit, asking the courts to rule that his BitTorrent site is totally above board. And since Gary Fung is arguing that his site — isoHunt.com — is a search engine, this copyright case is being closely watched, because if he loses on those grounds it has implications for Google and every other website that offers links to copyright material. In essence, he says, every search engine, in fact every website, that links to downloadable content that is copyright protected could be held liable. "That is what we have been arguing in court," he said. "I think that is why the judges are having so much trouble deciding our case. There is nothing simple about it, and the ramifications are huge. "It goes far beyond our sites, it goes far beyond BitTorents. It goes to core issues about what liabilities website owners have running a website on the Internet. "It is the issue of 'linking' — what liability do you have for simply linking to material that is copyright?" Sitting outside a Vancouver cafe, Fung flips out his iPhone to demonstrate how Web surfers can use Google to easily find torrent sites just as they could go to isoHunt. Simply specify that you want to search for torrent files — BitTorrents being a free, open-source file-sharing application — and that's enough to provide links for everything from free movies to music and games. For example, type "Slumdog Millionaire filetype:torrent" in Google search and in minutes you could be watching the film. isoHunt is awaiting a U.S. court decision in which it has been sued by the Motion Picture Association of America. It recently asked the B.C. Supreme Court to rule it is not infringing copyright with its websites that include isoHunt, TorrentBox, and Podtropolis. The judge said he cannot make a ruling without a full court hearing. So will the file-sharing world be looking to this University of B.C. grad as a bastion of BitTorrents, or will his websites join others shutting down in the wake of The Pirate Bay decision? Fung doesn't believe his sites will shut down anytime soon, nor does he fear the type of treatment meted out to The Pirate Bay founders, who are now appealing a recent Swedish court decision in the wake of revelations that the judge is a member of several anti-piracy organizations. Firstly, Fung's court cases are civil, not criminal as in the case of The Pirate Bay. And secondly, Fung doesn't consider himself a pirate. While The Pirate Bay publicly mocks requests by copyright holders to take down copyright material or links to it, Fung said his company has a full-time employee dealing with requests to take down copyright material. Additionally, he argues that isoHunt is simply a search engine, and that it doesn't host copyright content. "Eventually, I want to work with them," Fung says of the recording industry. "It is unfortunate that they are making a war of this." The crux of the problem, according to Fung, is that the recording and movie industries have been unable to adapt to new technology that has fundamentally changed the way content is distributed. Peer-to-peer file sharing is here to stay, he says, and attempts to turn back the clock are doomed to fail. "They have made war against consumers, suing thousands of people. And then they stopped suing consumers and they are trying to shut down websites," he said. "What they are doing is [like] wack-a-mole — they can shut down The Pirate Bay or other sites, but look at Napster and where that got them. Trying to shut down websites is not a solution, you shut one down and another will come up." Fung started isoHunt as a hobby while he was still a student at UBC, where he studied computer engineering. Now he makes money from advertising on the site, but he won't say how much. "Right now I have to say it is a business. We have to make money to sustain our business, and to sustain the lawsuits that are costing quite a bit." Isohunt doesnt host files, so if they are sued successfully, then it will be open season on linking to any files, linking to this article is actually illegal, as it is copywrited and ive not requested to do so
  3. well i just hope there is a new issue tomorow
  4. ill watch them, as i love super hero movies, that being said, im not going to be watching any calenders for themm
  5. btw key point: is kakashi dead ;p i think he will be revived, but with 1 eye less (nailed in the sharingan eye) in the series after math set like 1 year later when you see what people are doing, kakshi will be training new ninjas (with personaities to match naruto, sasuke and sakura ;p) with his sharingan eye covered,
  6. Bleach and yu Yu i like light themes (make an ippo one)
  7. i thought it was simple the use of the upgraded sharingan that caused blindness
  8. GFLGRidfFo4&feature=related needed to be posted:picknose:
  9. as long as they keep the music while he go's on a writing rampage in the LA version it will atleast get a 2/10 ;p
  10. naruto also has the frog race on his side, morale support, as well as wisdom no man has
  11. this thread has inspired me to d/l the 2003 animated series
  12. has there ever been a good anime to live action made yet??
  13. http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/startrek/startrek_clip_platform_large.html found this and wanted to share
  14. from yahoo http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/the-10-shows-that-deserve-to-return-next-fall-but-might-not--228 1. "Chuck" In short, this show is clever, all-around fun, with a great cast, stellar writing and lots and lots of heart. And Chuck and Sarah may be the TV couple we most enjoy seeing almost hook up, but not quite. Save that for season five or six. 2. "Life" Charlie Crews, the fruit-loving L.A. detective with a Zen attitude, has become one of our favorite TV cops ever in just under two years, thanks to Damian Lewis' deceptively placid, quirky charisma. This season, the weekly cases got more creative, the supporting cast got stronger (partly due to the addition of Donal Logue and Gabrielle Union) and the underlying conspiracy plot got twistier. 3. "Fringe" We tuned in because of Joshua Jackson, stuck around despite a slightly sluggish start, and were finally rewarded with some fun science fiction. We're just getting to the interesting mythology, and we're finally warming up to Anna Torv, mostly because she kicks butt. It's a little bit of Alias and a little bit of "X-Files", with some really gross/awesome monsters of the week, and just turning out to be a pretty enjoyable action series. 4. "Better Off Ted" We need a good workplace comedy to make us laugh again, since "The Office" has been disappointing us lately. This one is more akin to "Andy Richter Controls the Universe" and is filled with that quirk and innate silliness that turns off the general public who prefer the more straight-forward sitcoms like "Rules of Engagement". 5. "Dollhouse" We're still iffy on this show, but it took a while for "Angel" to really hit its stride, too. Even "Buffy" had some less-than-stellar first season episodes. Perhaps that's just part of Joss Whedon's style. It seems like Joss and Co. are making an active effort to work out the kinks to really get this series to meet the high standards his fans hold him to. It's getting there, but without a second season, we may never get to see that vision realized. 6. "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" We've already lost one show with robots this season with the end of "BSG". Don't take our other one away from us. We need some robots kicking butt to really round out our weekly TV viewing. Seriously though, we love the idea of this show and every time it starts to wear our patience thin with family drama, they hook us again with more cool Terminator technology. 7. "Kings" This ambitious series is bringing a whole world to life, and the twisted tale just started to get really juicy, with backstabbing and dirty deals. It may be based in history, but this tale of a rich, powerful, corrupt monarchy has an epic feel about it that shouldn't be confined to just a few episodes. Plus, we're so grateful to have Ian McShane back in a starring role again; to take the show away now would just reopen our old "Deadwood" wounds. 8. "Rock of Love" Sure, Bret said that this "Bus" installment was his last chance at finding love, but we're not sure we love, or even like, any of the girls that are left. He can do better than that, for sure. And even if he can't, it would be great for us to see him try, because there's something disgustingly engrossing about his sweet nature and the skanky girls who compete for him. 9. "Celebrity Apprentice" "The Apprentice" was getting to be a tired format. The addition of celebrities makes it infinitely more interesting, and these last two seasons have succeeded in making us actually enjoy this franchise again. But apparently we're in the minority, since the ratings are shrinking. Perhaps the problem is that they need a higher profile of celebrities to draw more viewers in the future, although the C-listers and sports stars (aside from Dennis Rodman) seem to be a scrappier bunch, willing to do what it takes to get 15 more minutes of fame. 10. "Southland"/"The Unusuals" Neither of these shows have even premiered yet, but while they both have promising pilots that have us hooked, it is unlikely that they'll actually last. "Unusuals" has police cases with a healthy dose of comedy, which might be a little too oddball for the general public. And "Southland" is twisted and gritty, but with NBC's new schedule next fall, there's not really a lot of space for this show that needs to be in the 10 PM hour. We like them, but we're worried that they're doomed before they started.
  15. what makes you think unicron will be in a film, he is kinda overkill is he not being a moon sized transformer
  16. looks kinda fubar'ed for the autobots what trump card could they have, as prime seems to be a little out classed
  17. hope this doesnt become another excuse to remove further rights,
  18. nice collectors item
  19. predator 1 is a classic. as long as they dont remake the 1st film, i think it could be interesting, but then again, gorefest film are so last millenium
  20. isohunt has been in a court battle for ages, there defence: they dont host any illegal content on there servers, so ther as liable as google or yahoo, as there a simple search engine
  21. itachi was a genjutsu user also, so it was fire with fire. neating naruto with a genjutsu wouldnt solve their childhood rivalry, it has to be tai and ninjutsu's i say it might not work on naruto in sage mode as a guess, the power of sage mode hasnt been explored
  22. star wars with no wars star wars with no jedi ....................... the CG movie / series replaced the scrolling text with the narrator from powerpuff girls
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