MPAA to Sue BitTorrent Tracker Servers

Mirkon writes "The Register and Reuters report that the Motion Picture Association of America is planning to begin a legal assault on websites that host BitTorrent trackers for copyrighted movie files. An announcement is supposed to be made by the MPAA President/CEO today, along with help from CEO of private P2P network developer Red Swoosh, and the CEO of BayTSP, 'which offers file-branding and -tracking applications.' Not that they have any vested interests in this of course. Though the articles take care to mention that this action is not against standard users, how long is it until BitTorrent itself is targeted?" Apropos of nothing, I saw a movie in the theaters a few days ago. At the official start time, the lights dimmed. Then there were 14 minutes of commercials (Pepsi, hair mousse, cologne, etc.) followed by 13 minutes of movie trailers (which are also advertising), followed by a few minutes of junk, followed by a 100-minute movie. I can't imagine why people would want to download movies when they have that great theater experience to compare against.

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Re:Guess You'd

[lubricated]

> steal it.

nothing is getting stolen, you dimwhit.

It's not exactly someone's right to sell you a product, but before you get it, you have to sit through their shit.

It's like buying some electronics but before you can use them you have to sit on the phone and listen to telemarketers before they activate it for you. And by the way no where on the packaging does it say that this is the case.

If I pay for a ticket that says a movie will start at 9:30 it better start at 9:30 otherwise the movie theater is in breach of contract. And if they feel like they can skirt the law, they shouldn't be upset when others are also skirting it.