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LokiTorrent vs. MPAA
ravenspear writes "It seems that the attack on torrent sites is continuing strong. This time Lokitorrent is being sued by the MPAA. Unlike Suprnova and most of the previous sites however, they aren't planning to just roll over and die. It will no doubt be a dificult fight, but they plan to stay up for the time being. Also, they are asking for donations to cover their legal expenses. So far they have raised $8,755 out of a needed $30,000. "
Loki is the god of mischief, so the names says it all. Now if it was Odintorrent, I'd side with them.
Dear AIMUser304921, It has come to our attention that on December 12th, 2004, you had an AOL Instant Messenger conversation with AIMUser201192 about how some of your buddies have a bootleg copy of Spiderman 2. To avoid legal action, you must cease and desist communicating with anybody ever again about anything possibly illegal. That, or be ready for us to sue your pants off.
I don't know about the people that are donating, but it seems a little silly to just hand over money and actually expect them to get a lawyer. If anything I'd just as likely expect them to take the 30K and run. Thanks for the donations!
Hire a lawyer? To defend something that's blatenly illegal? People are buying this? The Internet is a great place.
So far they have raised $8,755 out of a needed $30,000.
Actually, since they're attempting to take on the MPAA in court that really means that they've raised $8,755 out of a needed $infinity.
Good luck nonetheless, guys.
Here's an idea: write MPAA and tell them to spend their lawyer money on tsunami relief.
So are you proposing that a number that happens to be the hash of something copyrighted should be illegal to use?
I've noticed that you're using the number "5" in both your email address and Slashdot userid. A book I wrote hashes to the value "5". Please cease and desist distributing the number "5".
This is Slashdot, my man.
Saving lives > File trading.
Goddamnit did you overload > again. ONE MORE TIME AND YOUR FIRED!
Why not just contact these guys for legal counsel. Apparently they are a sucker for hopeless legal causes and will work for a sliding scale of percentages of any settlement when suing multi-billion dollar adversaries if your own funds don't quite cover the costs...
UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!
Unlike SuprNova, Loki's registration required a valid email address. I know they have one of the gmail accounts I use. I hope they will at least be kind and purge their logs before they get raided.
It'll cover the drugs and hookers, that's for sure.
go to google;
/MP3"
type this in as your search, with the quotes:
"index of
LETS SUE GOOGLE!
Great pic! I gave it a rating of 10!!
Lokitorrent has a torrent for White Chicks.
How can you not be against this sort of thing?
Direct away from face when opening.
I find that giving them money defeats the purpose of getting non-free stuff for free.
So I choose to not give money in order to keep the true spirit of file-sharing alive. It's like an open source VS free software sort of thing.
I'd be pretty leary of opening any .cx link... hello.jpg, anyone?
I can grow a tree and pick my own food.
Not necessarily. Local authorities with guns can tell you to stop farming on your land, citing zoning regulations.
I can collect rain water.
Not necessarily. In Colorado, authorities with guns can tell you to enforce the rights of downstream property owners to receive the rainwater in the form of river water.
I can stand on a street corner and yell at the top of my voice.
Not necessarily. Local authorities with guns can enforce a noise ordinance.
I can pick up a rock and throw it.
Not necessarily. Guns beat rocks.
Where's that +1, Thor's Hammer, moderation when you need it?
How come Slashdot never gets Slashdotted?
Well, if that works, then what the hell...
Dear MPAA
By reading this you are hereby granting me full permission to share any of your members works over any electronic or other media in any way I see fit without paying you a single cent.
Thank you.
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Remember, everytime you buy a DVD, MPAA kills a torrent. Please think of the torrents!