Get Your Voice Heard Before It’s Too Late.

Bill C-11 is gong through committee now, in case you didn’t see it below. While I very briefly touched the topic and called for action, complete with email addresses of the committee, let me put in plain graphical detail what this bill means to you.

(This graphic courtesy of the Canadian Coalition for Electronic Rights)
Compare Bill C-11 and your rights.

Let me expand on this a bit. As you see, all our your electronic textbooks that you paid how much for? For your class at Laurier Brantford for example? You would have to destroy it under this new bill. As if education isn’t enough already.

While you are studying for your exams you like to listen to music right? Under this new law, playing a youtube video could become no longer available in Canada. In fact, Googling Nicki Minaj, or Skrillex, or Deadmau5 and specific songs could be considered illegal under Bill C-11, cause fat cats like CIMA (who work as lapdogs for U.S. interests like RIAA) think you are a thief.

By the way, YouTube and Google won’t go away. They will just block all Canadian IPs. Look, Comedy Central does it now when you search South Park clips. Try searching for the video for Benni Benassi’s “Who’s Your Daddy?” Again, you will hit blocks based on your country on many sites. Remember the “Day of action against SOPA?” Picture that; except for Canadians, it will be forever. The chilling effect this bill will have on your life, and your internet life, is way more than the “Music Associations,” and the “Movie Associations” would have you believe.

Do not allow Canada to go the way of China, Saudi Arabia, and Cuba. You are grown up and should be able to make choices when you are on the internet. We all agree! That guy selling knock off DVDs and CDs at the Flea Market? He needs to be dealt with. The guy on the native reserve pushing features not even yet released for $5? Jail time. But checking out the latest Skrillex remix, or Rihanna collaboration, should not get you into a lawsuit or jail time.

Speak out, it will take 2 minutes. Not even. If you don’t and this bill passes as these fat cats want it amended? You will have no one, but yourself, to blame. Click the link below and send an email to parliament. Follow Bill C-11 on twitter, using the tag “#C11″, and stay tuned.

Speak Out On Bill C-11 before its too late.

Speak Out Now on Bill C-11 and Copyright

Speak Out on Bill C-11 and Copyright

Paltalk Still Down and Out

As a follow-up to this morning’s post, Paltalk and, now Paltalk Express, are still under heavy denial of service attacks and logging in is impossible.

Paltalk has updated their blog, and at least reassures users that their lost paid time on pal will be recovered.

Quote from facebook:

I see a lot of questions about compensation for our paid subscribers for the lost day(s), I have it direct from our CEO that subscribers will be more than compensated for the lost service time and he would like me to thank you all for your patience, loyalty and understanding.

12 Year Old Busted for “Potato Chip Dealing”

Only in the UK.

A schoolboy has been suspended for ‘potato chip dealing’ at a school which has banned fatty drinks and snacks.

In sign of pupil disgruntlement over school meal reforms spearheaded by TV chef Jamie Oliver, 12-year-old Joel Bradley was caught allegedly selling a packet of Discos at a marked-up price of 50p.

Discos Brand Chips (Crisps)

He was suspended from Liverpool’s Cardinal Heenan High School because it was the second time he had been caught.

His father, Joe, said the boy had been ‘victimised’ for an enterprise which could earn him as much as £15 a day.

‘I think the school has made a beeline for him because of what I’ve done,’ he told the Liverpool Echo.

Mr Bradley, from Liverpool’s Norris Green district, admitted he too had once been caught selling canned drinks, chocolate bars and crisps from a van outside the school – saying he was filling a void left by the closure of a local shop.

But headmaster Dave Forshaw said parents and pupils must abide by the school rules or go elsewhere.

‘We are a healthy school and proud of it,’ he said.

‘If parents are not happy then they are perfectly free to take their children to a school that allows pupils to sell these things and allows a father to sell them outside on the pavement.’

Mr Forshaw said pupils were caught around ‘three or four times a week’ selling snacks at the school.

‘We have six to seven regular sellers we pinpoint’, he said.

Wanton Endangerment Charges Filed For Apple Cider Prank?

In Kentucky, a person is guilty of wanton endangerment in the first degree when, under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life, he wantonly engages in conduct which creates a substantial danger of death or serious physical injury to another.
The various degrees of endangerment differ depending upon the state in which the crime takes place. Similarly, the amount of jail time someone receives if convicted would vary tremendously, not just by jurisdiction, but depending upon the criminal record of the perpetrator.
In Kentucky there are several degrees of wanton endangerment. First degree wanton endangerment is a class D felony in Kentucky, whereas second degree wanton endangerment is a class A misdemeanor.

Watch the vid below:

This prank involved James Tyler Markle, who is also featured in other posts.

Genzel Exclusive Pics of PrankNet HQ

These pics EXCLUSIVE to Genzel were given to me anonymously, of the PrankNet Headquarters. Windsor Pride! Courtesy of a visitor. Enjoy!
(Click the picture for the larger versions of all)

Windsor Ontario, Windsor, Home of Dex, Tariq Malik, PrankNet

Windsor Star, Dex, Tariq Malik, PrankNet Celebrity, Windsor Ontario, Windsor

Dex, tariq malik, 1637 Assumption Street, Windsor, Windsor Ontario, Apartment, Mommy house, owned, PrankNet Headquarters

Dex, pranks, PrankNet Headquarters, PrankNet HQ, PrankNet, Tariq, Malik, Tariq Malik, Apartment, Owned, bedroom, Mommy's Place, 1637 Assumption Street, Windsor, Windsor Ontario, pwned

Dex, pranks, PrankNet Headquarters, PrankNet HQ, PrankNet, Tariq, Malik, Tariq Malik, Apartment, Owned, bedroom, Mommy's Place, 1637 Assumption Street, Windsor, Windsor Ontario, pwned

Thanks again to the provider of these pics.

Dex is Fark-ed

Farkers are hilarious. Here are various photochops from around the world in reaction to the PrankNet story:
Dex, Tariq Malik, boo hoo, Pranks

Dex, Tariq Malik, Windsor Ontario, Windsor, Ontario, PrankNet Headquarters, PrankNet, pranks, Windsor Police

Dex, Tariq Malik, PrankNet, Ownage, Farkers, Pranks, tard

Tariq Malik, Dex, ownage, Farkers, Pranks, PrankNet, tard, organized tardism

PrankNet World Headquaters, Pranks, Windsor Ontario, Windsor, 1637 Assumption Street, tard

PrankNet HQ, Prank, Tariq Malik, Windsor, Windsor Ontario, 1637 Assumption Street, Organized Tardism

More To Do About Markle

TheSmokingGun has more on one of the PrankNet higher-ups, and surprise, surprise, he is a child molester as well.

Tyler Markle, 18, was originally written up as a closet homosexual who frequented a local gay bar, despite making homophobic rants and angrily telling people to sodomize themselves with chair legs. Now TSG has some more details of Markle, where he was convicted of raping a minor. Details in the link, as well as supporting documents. Markle was released in December 2007.

Tyler Markle, PrankNet, Diboll Texas, Child predator, Pranks.

Nationally known Web site TheSmokingGun.com posted the photo on the left, identifying the man as 18-year-old Tyler Markle, of Diboll, in a story alleging he is involved in a series of damaging Internet phone pranks through the Windsor, Ontario based site Pranknet.org. That image and the Facebook profile photo of James Tyler Markle, 18, of Diboll, both appear on recovered pages of what is allegedly Markle’s now closed MySpace site where he identifies himself as ‘PrAnKsTeR04 PrankNET Pranker.’

Markle has not been charged with any crimes. He is a “person of interest” in a Lufkin Police investigation into a recent phone prank incident at a McDonald’s restaurant very similar to another prank with which he is alleged to have been involved. Lufkin Police learned of the story Tuesday night, and would be looking at the case to see if there is any connection to Pranknet. This is much like the statement Windsor Police used in yesterday’s CBC story, that they will be looking into Pranknet now that the media has brought this to their attention.

Dex a Windsor Celebrity

So how come Tariq Malik wont come out now that he’s got his international fame? It’s funny that the internet tough guy, known online as “dex,” wont leave his bedroom for a word with reporters, not even CBET (CBC Windsor) reporters. William Marquis (Hempster), didn’t seem to want to answer CBC reporters either.

Come on guys, isn’t this what you wanted? Fame? To be noticed? To “make the news?” Enjoy your 15 minutes of infamy, kids.

Edit: Fox 2 Detroit, WJBK, gets the same, no response, four days later.

Juicy TSG Tidbits

Here’s some juicier bits in The Smoking Gun’s Article:

PrankNet Headquarters, Dex's Place, Windsor Ontario

On Dex:

The notorious Internet Tough Guy, who has gleefully used the telephone to cause all kinds of havoc, was now himself panicking. He had been found. And, as a result, was barricaded in Pranknet World Headquarters with his mom, while two reporters loitered outside his window and curious neighbors wondered what was up.

On Hempster:

During an interview, Marquis, who told TSG that his “conscience is clear,” lied about his criminal record and the extent of his involvement with Pranknet. Asked about his relationship with Malik, Marquis said, “There is no relationship,” adding that he had no contact with the Pranknet founder. He also denied giving Malik money or paying for Pranknet expenses like Skype accounts.

However, Marquis’s claim that he is not in contact with Malik is belied by TSG’s own computer server logs. Records indicate that Malik immediately shared with Marquis the addresses of stories about Pranknet that appeared on TSG. The stories, which each carried a distinctive url that was created solely for Malik’s viewing, were first provided to the Pranknet founder in e-mails sent to his Gmail account (axis.r9@gmail.com). On three occasions over the last six weeks, within minutes of Malik clicking a link (which recorded his IP address in Windsor), Marquis also looked at the story, resulting in his Scarborough IP being memorialized on TSG’s servers.

When confronted with this strange coincidence, Marquis could offer little beyond, “Hmmmm.”

Marquis [Hempster], a 51-year-old with nothing better to do than hang out with degenerates half his age,

And the Dex Song:

MPAA and RIAA ~ Now Featuring The Pirate Bay

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) can spend millions of dollars on targeting 13 year olds for $50 lawsuits, but they apparently can’t keep their own website coded to avoid displaying the very torrents they are trying to ban from the internet.

With the recent legal decision against The Pirate Bay passing, you would think the associations would have dotted their ‘i’s and crossed their ‘t’s knowing that they would be a target. Apparently not.
The Pirate Bay on MPAA

This also exposes a big flaw in the case against The Pirate Bay. If the MPAA and RIAA cannot keep it’s “users” from accessing torrents, how can they hold The Pirate Bay up to the same standards? The MPAA site ended up providing exactly the same service as The Pirate Bay by displaying links to torrents. They didn’t host any files, but provided access to copyright material.

It also says much about the whole legal pursuit against file sharing, in that you aren’t stopping file sharing by going after the site hosting the links. You have to go after those who are the source of the material, if you really want to stop piracy.