About

Introduction

This site was founded primarily to host daemox’s GNU/Linux, Usenet, and Gaming related, easy to understand, and fun to read, (hopefully!) guides, information, and news.

Most of this site’s content is written with all user levels in mind, but it is assumed that the reader has a base understanding of computing concepts and that when in doubt can follow a processes such as this one.

Be that as it may, interest in free and open source software does not imply an interest in copy infringement, piracy, or anything of the like nor are the two related in any potentially morally grey way.

daemox

The current sole contributor and editor of this site, daemox, believes firmly in both the pragmatic nature of the open source software movement and in the philosophy and the guiding hand of the free (as in freedom) software movement.

While many of the guides on this site focus on software that might be utilized to obtain copyrighted material in an arguably illegitimate fashion Ainer sees this potentiality as a symptom of a greater cultural malady.

The propensity of draconian legislation, fair use (or simply, use) prohibiting DRM software, ever lengthening, and restrictive, copyright and intellectual property laws, myopic companies (and their lobbying bodies) that focus on punishing and restricting lost customers rather than winning them back, the wasted time, headaches, unneeded hassles that the above incur, are all leading causes of the piracy of software and digital media.

Imagine if it was possible and convenient to play Blu-ray media under GNU/Linux without cracking the DRM and ripping the disk, to legitimately copy full HD episodes (tv) and movies to a computer or mobile device for more convenient viewing (without worrying if your system had a PAP or HDCP).

Imagine if instead of dumping thousands of millions of dollars into lobbying, litigation, anti-piracy ads, restrictive DRM software (and CEO bonuses!), companies instead reduced their prices and invested into researching and developing new content and more convenient ways to deliver it to their customers. What if a reasonably priced delivery system similar to Usenet coupled with Newzbin, SABnzbd+, and a program like Episode Butler or Sick Beard existed through a legitimate channel?

Would piracy really stand a chance (let alone be hugely innovative!) or be anything of concern to a businesses bottom line?

There are no technical hurdles standing in the way of any of the above as we already have them all via alternative channels. Had the MPAA and the RIAA responded to the changing times through R&D instead of as they have (through coercion and corruption), the counter-technologies that we have today would not have been counter, they would have been mainstream (and profitable!).

What we have now is simply a free (black) market existing in response to the confines of an unnatural corporatism. The more restrictive and draconian the laws and regulations become the deeper and more ingrained the counter-culture will become. You may as well fight back the tide.

Neither politicians, nor legislation, nor lawyers can create a better, more profitable world with jobs and a higher standard of living for all. Only innovative businesses with an eye toward the future and a scientifically and technically educated populous can hope to do so.

Cheers!

Future Plans

This site has been neglected in favor of other projects recently. It will be receiving some more attention in the near future.