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LokiTorrent Shut Down

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'm-sure-those-donations-will-be-well-spent dept.

wan-fu writes "LokiTorrent, a popular torrent site, has officially been shut down. After asking for donations from users for the past couple of months to fight the MPAA's lawsuit. LokiTorrent succumbed today and the MPAA took over the website with a stern warning, stating, "You can click, but you can't hide." A variety of outlets are carrying the story."

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  1. Prove it by nurb432 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    **Prove** they have lost compensation . You cant.

    You can only make assumptions that its a lost sale.. you can not prove intent of another person just because you "feel its that way".

    If I say I wouldn't possess the media if it wasn't free, I mean it.. its not some excuse. And you are calling me a liar, which you have no facts to base that on. None. Zero. Zip.

    So shut your face, moron.

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  2. Re:Parent is flamebait and trollish. Mod down. by ceeam · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'm sorry - you are saying that I cannot give a VHS or DVD I bought to my friend?! I mean - you would say that it only has been paid for once (by me) but watched twice. Also - you mean I can't invite my friends to me so that we watch a movie together? Wow, who knew... I've been a criminal all the way. Will MPAA pardon me if I submit myself and all my friends now? Please....

  3. Re:Parent is flamebait and trollish. Mod down. by blanks · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    1) There was no copyright violation from use of the site, this is like saying the bit torrent application violates copyright material because people use it to access the torrent files that this site "links" to.

    2) The site had no links to copyright material, or any copyright material on the systems.

    3) What isnt allowed? From what I understand what he did was legal, but what the problem is that a very large group of companies did not like what they were doing, so they stopped this, but it dosen't mean its not legal.

    4) US COPYRIGHT LAWS ONLY AFFECT THE US! Just because a company in the US has a copyright, that dosent mean someone in a country that does not use the US copyright laws are affected.

    I only bring up this last point because from what I think I remember, this site was located in sweeden (which again I thought did not follow us copyright laws).

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