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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.
Great work guys. I'm downloading Matrix: Reloaded right now with BitTorrent and the whole thing is about to get Slashdotted. Thanks.
Someone plz post the bit-torrent link? :)
No I didnt spell check this post...
Let's see the MP** go after this one....
The Matrix Reloaded is available through BitTorrent? Wow, thanks BBC, I never would have known that without that story! Now I just gotta find that .torrent file...
End of lesson. You may press the button.
Their lawyer was quoted as saying 'This one is the exact same thing as the last one. Same gimmicks, same fast-food mysticism. I believe we have a strong case for plagarism'.
I guess next you will tell me that people use Kazaa for porn.
Slashdot subscriptions have real added value... subscribers can get their copy of Reloaded before the whole site gets /.ed
Those hundreds of Agent Smiths that Neo had to fight were actually multiple streaming BitTorrent threads. It all makes sense now.
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
Speak for yourself, Mr. Social. Signed, A social reject
I've tried getting the movie 3 times with eMule, and each time it wasn't Matrix but a porn movie. The female characters were reloaded alright, but not the Matrix ...
I guess I'll just go the theater to see it.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Though it's true the Matrix Reloaded is a far better film to see on the BIG SCREEN than in some cheesy little window on my PC, my enjoyment of it that way (and I took my wife with me to see it too!) did not contribute anything towards the 380 million dollars it has collected to date. Why? We snuck in! Never pay to see a movie at a megaplex... just leave your coat in your car and claim you're returning from a cigarette break. It's the punk rock thing to do!!
The flag just makes more sense than the constitution. - Judas Gutenberg
Becuase Bruce Almighty made more money than them....they have to come up with some excuse for a shitty Jim Carrey movie beating them. Wouldn't you?
Rob
I'll probably rent it on DVD when it comes out, because my girlfriend doesn't want to see it. I guess she doesn't understand the responsibilities of dating a geek?
I want my rights back. I was actually using them when our government stole them after 9/11.
"Digital piracy has become a real menace," - Jack Valenti (see, I RTFA!)
I'd say SARS is a real menace. Or AIDS. Or rednecks in the white house. How many people has my piratred copy of Matrix 2 killed? Injured even?
OK, there was the Russian. But I didn't know he was standing there when threw the CD.
Clearly ones and zeroes are dangerous things. We shouldn't be teaching these things in school. Think of the children! Won't someone think of the children!
Oh, the humanity.
Jack Valenti must not have a very good grip on reality if he thinks my vain effort to figure out if Carrie-Anne Moss shows either of her no-doubt perfect nipples in that one scene is in any way dangerous to civilization as we know it. Fucktard.
-- I wanna decide who lives and who dies - Crow T. Robot, MST3K
In other news, the Associated Press is reporting that 85% of Matrix2 bootleg bytes flow over Cisco routers. Therefore, Cisco is to blame for bootlegging. Several users reported that their Cisco products simply began downloading a Matrix2 bootleg without their permission.
smd4985
I can share the Matrix on Slashdot. Here :
_O__-._O__
_|\___\|__ Dodge this !
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"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
The Matrix program just made you *think* you did, so you could believe you were sticking one on The Man. This made you happy and contented so the machines could suck a few more amps out of your neural synapses.
When I am king, you will be first against the wall.
Well then! Get back to work and stop wasting your companies money reading slashdot! :-)
I bought a NEW DVD from COSTCO no long ago. Got home and discovered I had already purcahsed the DVD previously so I put it on the shelf to give to a friend. Gave it to a friend later on, they cracked the seal, put in the DVD - label matched the cover - and were treated to the hated purple Barney!
:-) Unfortunatly I don't recall off the top of my head which one it was - funny as hell though!
I laughed my ass off when they called me up bitching and insisted on getting the DVD back. I can hardly wait for someone to ask to borrow it
Build it, Drive it, Improve it! Hybridz.org
thanks to the /. and bbc postings, downloading this bootleg will be in bullet-time.
Efren Belizario
headspeak.com
This had the effect of completely stopping piracy of copyright works owned by RIAA member companies.
Excuse me ?...
Jack Valenti and Hilary Rosen always go for the blond chicks.
Is it so wrong, after paying $30 total to see it in theatres, to download a low quality telesync just to double check your facts for arguements sake?
Yes. It is wrong that you are that much of a dork.
...for making a movie about Philosophy and then charging $9 to see it. No one with a philosophy degree can afford to pay $9.
-R
Everyone is trying to figure out the recipe for the OrgAsMo Cake.
Outdoor digital photography, mostly in New Engl
And hey, don't let age be a factor in bringing that family. Got an infant!? Grab an extra diaper or two and bring 'em right in with you! After all, what infant wouldn't love special effects blasting at 1000 db with flashing explosions lighting up the room. They were absolutely screaming with joy!
The best part about being a geek is going to see it, love it, and then come on /. and bitch about how much it sucks and about the philosophy of it and yadda yadda yadda..
Love it.
Dave
Humans Blamed for Piracy - MPAA Lobbies for their Extermination
Posted by CmdrTaco on 2003-05-27 15:32
Damnit, too late.
Shhhhhh! Don't let them know. :-) Let the RIAA believe it was successful.
Those who would give up liberty in exchange for security and DRM should switch to Microsoft Palladium!
I would be all for your right to make as much money as you want if you're doing honest work. Making a film once then profiting off it in perpetuity is not honest work.
So just what is "Honest Work"?
Garbage Removal?
Road laying?
Making License Plates?
Simon
Coming soon - pyrogyra
Escher was the first MC and Giger invented the HR department.
I hope no one here blames me if I'm a little bit wary of contacting a host with a name like Torrentse.cx!!
> I'd think any civilized country would have a
> similar law. Law enforcement agencies cannot pick
> the people and the time to enforce the law.
C'mon, we're talking about the United States of
bloody America here. The purpose of law in the USA
is to create a condition in which everyone is
equally vulnerable to being imprisoned and gang
raped, so that every one will keep their head down
and their mouth shut. This is not a "civilized"
country like, say, China, or Saudi Arabia. It's
the rabid, frothing, nuclear-bombing madman of
the world.
-I like my women like I like my tea: green-
When this movie was released there were actually people in Europe that FLEW OVER TO THE USA to watch that movie. Can you believe the insanity?
Don't tell everyone that... Now the MPAA will lobby Congress to restrict all international flights when they release a new movie.
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I guess you need to go out and destroy the Internet, then, huh?
What's this Submit thingy do?
Maybe GOBBLES got another contract!
perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5, (41*2), sqrt(7056), (unpack(c,H)-2), oct(115), 10)'
I believe it is our fate to be here. It is our destiny. I believe this day holds for each and every one of us...the very chance to download the matrix. When I see thousands of us here, on slashdot, and a program that thrives on distributed downloading, I do not see a coincidence.
Warning: Opinions known to be heavily biased.
" my buddy has it and I looked at it...after scolding him for downloading it....."
yeah, right. just admit it, bitch!
It's trying to connect to suprnova.dyndns.org, but they've changed the DNS entries to point to 127.0.0.1. Try pinging it, it'll come back fine from 127.0.0.1.
Matrix Reloaded
1. saw it in the theater
2. saw it twice or more in theater
3. theater, then Divx
4. theater, then Divx, then Matrix box set
5. there is no Divx
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The solution is to distribute
cpeterso
Let's make sure that a /. story about BitTorrent shows up every few days on this site so none of the damn tracker sites work. They are as fragile as eggs anyway. The RIAA or MPAA or whoever must be paying .\ to do this knowing that the nerds will post in their comments a web address to "their favorite sites" and that other nerds will gangbang the damn sites. Thanks \..
Is it just my stretched monitor settings, but does the photo of Mr Morpheus on the BBC news site make him look a touch tubby?
Now that you've downloaded BitTorrent, it would be silly to stop now. My advice is to download as many movies as you can. You might ask "But, wouldn't that make my a pirate?" I would just remind you that everyone knows they're doing it, it's just that no one talks about it. You would say "So, it's kinda like a secret society?" And I would say "Sure!"
I suggest you call the movie theatre. They have someone on staff that can talk you through the setup of your firewall so you can reach the right depth for The Matrix port. The theatres are secretly pushing p2p sharing as a way to pressure movie makers to increase dividends. Be sure to tell them that you're a n00b too. They'll hear your hacker lingo, and thus know that you're not some lamer MPAA geek.