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LokiTorrent Shut Down
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."
What I want to know is, if I were to work for the MPAA, would I get a cute proto-fascist uniform? You know, maybe black or a rich tan color, with a little armband and small hat. Because if I did then I'd definitely work for them.
I just checked out the hijacked site and saw their warning. It claims that downloading copyrighted files leaves a trail and the only way not to get caught is to stop. I wonder if this is the same trail that led them to the 80 year old woman that didn't own a computer that they sued (repealing the suit only after she died). I heard as she died she exclaimed, "Run, run as fast as you can (MPAA) you can't catch me I am the gingerbread man!!!!"
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"You can click, but you can't hide"?
This is a wonderful illustration of the creative genius of the entertainment industry. I have a few more suggestions along the same lines.
"Guys don't make passes at girls who click torrents."
"You can lead a horse to water, but you better not click that torrent!"
"Click on a torrent, break your mama's back."
"What would Jesus Do? Not click on torrents, you betcha!"
"I wouldn't click on a torrent if it were the last torrent on earth."
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Since so many media outlets are covering this, now would be the perfect time for some ambitious person to change the lokitorrent.com website to display this image and with this quote:
"The more you tighten you grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."
Just askin', that's all.....
eat shiat and bark at the moon
"There needs to be a P2P code of conduct with a corresponding logo on list sites to tell users that their privacy will be protected if the site comes under legal fire."
You seem to have added a spurious v and swapped the r and i around in one of the words there.
jc
If they REALLY wanted to scare people this would have been better: D1Z S1Te was PWN3d Bi Da R1AA Cr3W!!! K33p Stealing Our Sh33t n U B3 n3Xt!!!
Dear Kind Mr. Dancinsanta Sir
My name is Julian Gilby Mulahmulah, son of the late King Abwar Mulahmulah III of Ivory Coast.
As it happens, my country's underground torrent has been taken over by evil Movie Picture Association Rebels and have taken hostage my father, the former king, and other members of the royal palace. Praise be to Allah, before the takeover I was able to smuggle out the kings royal coffers, totalling in the amount $10,000,000 (ten million United States Dollars).
Sadly and with a broken heart, I cannot deposit this money in a local bank account, as every move made in the country is done under the watchful scrutiny of the MPAA rebels. I humbly and most abashadly ask that you help me in this matter. If you could provide me with the name and universal resource indicator of your underground torrent, I will gladly offer you 5% of the royal king's coffers in exchange for your assistance in this most urgent matter.
I most humbly and anxiously await your speedy reply.
Kindly,
Julian Gilby Mulahmulah
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Remember folks, when you download a movie online, you are literally taking their caviar out of their kids' mouths.
Stop piracy. You are making filmmakers homeless and keeping their kids out of Harvard.
Didn't people learn anything from all those gangster movies?
Totally! When Michael when through Fredo's server logs and found out that he was hosting torrents against the family's wishes, I knew that eventually Michael would have to whack his own brother.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur
The illegal downloading of motion pictures robs thousands of honest, hard-working people of their livelihood, and stifles creativity.
Christ! "stifles creativity"? I didn't realize people have been downloading movies since the 50's. I mean how many rehashes of the same plot lines are there? not to mention remakes.
E.
Never rub another man's rhubarb - The Joker
There are websites that provide legal downloads. This is not one of them.
Bittorrent link please?
Furthermore - 80% of the movies I download I don't watch more than 15 minutes...
So...80% of the movies you watch are porn?
<?php
$you = $_SERVER['REMOTE_HOST'];
$now = date('r');
mail("legal@mpaa.org","Got another one","$you - $now");
`echo $you - $now >> shitlist.txt`;
include("scarymessage.inc");
?>
perl -e 'foreach(values %SIG){$_="IGNORE";}while(){}'
Is that why all the fucking movies coming out now are remakes of old movies or crappy 70's TV shows? Damn you, file swappers! Damn you to Hell!
From TFW:
"The illegal downloading of motion pictures robs thousands of honest, hard-working people of their livelihood, and stifles creativity."
Oh boy. I can't wait 'til the MPAA go after the patent offices!
Well, in this case, I'm guessing even a true communist would be okay with torrents. I mean, they are the People's movies, no?
LokiTorrent, a popular torrent bootlegger site
.torrent files from popular trackers, make copies of them, and then post those .torrent copies on Usenet!
I'm a torrent bootlegger.
I download
I was in the theater with my friend when we first saw this commercial. During the silence immediately after the commercial my friend burst out "Cool! I should download that when I get home." Everyone started laughing.
Yeah, if I cook a hamburger at home, McDonald should sue me. Because it's illegal to use my knowledge to save money I would otherwise spend buying stuff from a large corporation.
Call us when you get sued for refilming Lord of the Rings in your back yard with your friends.
--Won't that be grand? Computers and the programs will start thinking and the people will stop. - Dr. Walter Gibbs
In our society, we exchange money for goods and services. If you circumvent the exchange that is required for a good or service you are committing a crime.
You are advocating a very scary society where refusing to be a consumer is a crime. You can offer your service, and I can turn it down because my friends watched you work before and now they can provide the same service to me for free. Get off your butt and keep inventing something new or develop enough talent so that people want to see you in person rather than just copy what you do. People in non-technical areas like farming, cooking and car service are doing just fine and got over your problems long time ago.
Next they will pass a law that forces you to watch, click and buy from ads. How dare you circumvent the exchange between yourself and the website?
If I'm paying to go see a film for 10 bucks plus, I should be able to eat what I damned well please.
I can recall always wearing my cargo pants and stuffing food in my girlfriend's purse before a movie.
Contraband rules!
You should have used a Windows PC, since they don't have Mac addresses.
Logic can be used to prove or disprove *anything*. Ahhh, but can it be used to prove that statement?
Dyolf Knip