MPAA Goes After More Bittorrent Site Operators

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MPAA Goes After More Bittorrent Site Operators

Posted by michael on Thursday December 23, 2004 @01:55AM from the money-for-nothing dept.

Just another Coward writes "DSL Reports grabbed a copy of the lawsuit threat letters sent by the MPAA to the bittorrent website owners. This latest document was sent to a Torrent site called 'demonoid.com', which is now offline."

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They should at least post funny responses... by djeddiej · 2004-12-23 01:59 · Score: 5, Funny

They should at least post funny responses, like like pirate Bay

http://www.piratebay.org/frame.html

Here was a sample response PirateBay sent to Dreamworks

As you may or may not be aware, Sweden is not a state in the United States of America. Sweden is a country in northern Europe. Unless you figured it out by now, US law does not apply here. For your information, no Swedish law is being violated. Please be assured that any further contact with us, regardless of medium, will result in a) a suit being filed for harassment b) a formal complaint lodged with the bar of your legal counsel, for sending frivolous legal threats. It is the opinion of us and our lawyers that you are (expletive) morons, and that you should please go sodomize yourself with retractable batons.
lol. oh and first post?

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66.250.450.10 - www.demonoid.com by nutznboltz · 2004-12-23 02:00 · Score: 5, Funny

Where can I get an IP address like that? :)
This is what happens when... by CodeWanker · 2004-12-23 02:04 · Score: 5, Funny

people mistake "free exchange of ideas" and "I don't have to pay for it."

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Re:And? by rxmd · 2004-12-23 02:06 · Score: 5, Funny

Last I checked piracy was still piracy.
Damn straight! And last I checked, piracy still required a boat of some sorts, rather than a computer.

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As a state gets corrupt, its laws multiply; the most corrupt states have the most numerous laws. (Tacitus, Annales 3:27)
Re: I'm just waiting for someone to find a way.... by wpmegee · 2004-12-23 02:06 · Score: 5, Informative

Just use filetype:torrent. Not pretty, but it works...
Re: I'm just waiting for someone to find a way.... by Zocalo · 2004-12-23 02:11 · Score: 5, Informative

What, like this? You just type "filetype:torrent moviename" into the seach box. Of course, this means that Google will be in violation of the INDUCE act should it ever get passed...

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The List by theraccoon · 2004-12-23 02:21 · Score: 5, Funny

Did you happen to see the list of movies they're accused of pirating? Dodgeball, 50 First Dates, and Catwoman, to name a few. How sad.
I'd hate to be his mom. "You went to jail for WHAT?? Couldn't you have been doing something I wouldn't be embarrassed to tell my book club about, like drugs or attempted murder!?"
First they came for... by akepa · 2004-12-23 02:39 · Score: 5, Funny

First they came for Napster
and I did not speak out
because I switched to Kazaa.
Then they came for Kazaa
and I did not speak out
because I switched to bit torrents.
Then they came for bit torrents
and I did not speak out
because I switched to ED2K.
Then they came for ED2K
and there was no one left
for the entertainment industry
to blame for their troubles.
So they went out of business,
and now there is only me.
Comment removed by account_deleted · 2004-12-23 02:46 · Score: 5, Funny

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Re:Can any swedish lawyers comment? by Lachek · 2004-12-23 03:43 · Score: 5, Informative

The Pirate Bay is run in parallel with Piratbyran ("the Pirate Company") which is a Swedish organization created to encourage new approaches to IP laws and media culture. They are probably Sweden's foremost champion of P2P file sharing, having participated in numerous national radio and TV interviews and debates, and organizing and sponsoring events related to P2P file sharing and internet media culture.
If you know Swedish, their site provides you among other things with P2P and IP related news, tutorials on ripping, compressing and distributing media on various P2P networks, papers on how various P2P protocols work, links to articles and research papers on P2P, internet media and Open Source, as well as an entire section on legal matters regarding P2P in Sweden and abroad.
This is not what I would consider typical "geek fare", although I must say that I would generally lend more credence to a well-informed geek's knowledge of IP law than, say, whatever FUD the **AA happens to be spouting on a particular day.