BitTorrent Blamed for Matrix2 Downloads

MartyJG writes "The BBC are running a story on how Matrix Reloaded is available via P2P. This time BitTorrent is taking the heat for the distribution - even though there's no company behind it to drag over the coals. The story speculates about the source of the copy, suggesting it's from a film or digital source rather than a cinema-screen-leech." Despite this piracy, the flick has made over $365M already. Including my tickets. Twice.

Comments

Re:Slashdotting of BitTorrent

[AKnightCowboy]

Well, that's a good idea as long as there's a strong way to identify the people serving and the people downloading the files in case of nefarious activities. We wouldn't want people distributing illegal material afterall. For example, you have the innocent Slashdot user pulling down Debian ISO images, while the slightly more illicit act of downloading Matrix 2, and the despicable act of distributing child pornography are occuring. No matter how good of an argument you can make for the legitimate uses, the illegitimate ones will always outweigh it.

Re:Torrent links for Matrix Reloaded

[jonabbey]

Um, why the hell would you do this? Here's a newsflash.. piracy of copyrighted works is like terrorism.. it provides a justification for extreme countermeasures. Downloading movies is selfish, stupid, and short-sighted.

Especially on a site like Slashdot that is nominally filled with Linux fans.. the Linux "movement" is something akin to PBS, in which people can voluntarily support and share high quality content. It's not a no-morals Pirates R' Us deal, whatever SCO might say, and asses like you who pirate valid copyrighted materials are poisoning the well for everyone.

Give it the fuck over.