Was the Lokitorrent Suit a Hoax?

kamhp writes "Recently earthreactor.com published an article stating that the whole Loki Torrent suit was a fraud and that it was all staged to collect donations toataling in the tens of thousands then sell the domain. "It seems that the owner of LokiTorrent decided to take the donation money and run, and to cover his tracks, scare the hell out of the entire p2p community. The scare tactic was probably nothing but a decoy to convince intelligent people not to ask the right questions" "

Comments

Simple solution

[Anonymous Coward]

Shoot him.

Re:Simple solution

[ThePDW]

Or Lok him and up and throw away the ki! Sorry, I know, that was bad...

Re:Simple solution

[OrangeTide]

Next time don't hit "Submit".

Re:Simple solution

[halivar]

>>> Next time don't hit "Submit".

>> Take your own advice

> You too.

You too.

(I'm sorry! It had to be said!)

example of capitalism

[Anonymous Coward]

I've been looking for a good example of pure capitalism to follow. Now I have my new religion :)

What did you expect?

[October_30th]

"Intelligent people"? What else did you expect when you're dealing with people whose stated goal is defending against a blatant case of copyright infringement in court.

Where can I find these intelligent people? I have a bridge to sell to them...

Re:What did you expect?

[Reignking]

I think that the bridge is in Project Entropia. You can use it to get to the $25000 island.

Re:Class-action lawsuit, anyone?

[One of the abnormals]

If you gave $0.02, Paypal would have taken it away in fees anyway ;)

OMG!

[RaboKrabekian]

Purveyors of Bittorrents can be unscrupulous?! WTF!! Where's the honor amongst thie^^^^H content aggregators!?

of course he could cover his tracks

[Anonymous Coward]

because in teh internet ur anonymus & supr leet.

I wouldn'y be surprised

[Ossus_10]

I think its smart knowing that the MPAA or RIAA will come after you next and just cut your losses and quit there. I think its really decietful to claim you are being sued to raise money so you can live in the Carribbean. A mixture of knowledge and deciet. He sounds just like a corporation.

Re:Class-action lawsuit, anyone?

[Celestial Avenger]

Oh crap, I hope I didn't offend that Macromedia Flash artist I donated to then when I said that was all I could afford..

Here's an idea

[Donoho]

Find 'em. Beat the living shit out of 'em. Post torrent with play by play pics.

If done correctly, everyone that donated shoud feel they at least go their money's worth ^_^

Re:Does anyone bother checking facts?

[Anonymous Coward]

Facts? On Slashdot?

21st century existancialism

[Scrameustache]

So...if it's not on the internet, it must not exist right....right!?

I can be googled, therefore I am.

Re:21st century existancialism

[Kaeva]

If people like Paris Hilton have taught us anything it's that the original declaration of "I think, therefore I am" also does not work in reverse...

Re:21st century existancialism

[Black Copter Control]

I can be googled too, but I'm just an AI program attempting to pass the turing test.

Re:21st century existancialism

[maxwell demon]

Given that your posting was moderated as informative, I guess you passed the turing test :-)

Clairify that comment,plz

[TiggertheMad]

...Are you taking about Lokitorrent or the RIAA?

Re:Clairify that comment,plz

[Rei]

Now that you mention it, both, :)

The MPAA will be interested + 3 steps to profit!

[javaxman]

Someone found a business model to get pirates to pay for content!!

Step 1) set up torrent site
Step 2) claim MPAA takedown
Step 3) collect money from torrent downloaders, then run away and PROFIT !!!

The process probably can't be repeated too many times, though... do you figure they made more money than they would have through advertisements ? I'm guessing they did...

Anyone got a copy?

[thebra]

The site is blocked for "sexuality" by websense. Thanks

LokiTorrent users pwned...

[Lovepump]

OK, so many, many LokiTorrent users coughed up cash to the owner of the site. I've no problem with that, and the owner of the site looks to have come out of it for something like 30K.

Seems fair enough to me.

Lokitorrent + PayPal + Illegal Downloads + Hoax

[loggia]

Can we add a Nigerian email to this story, please?

Re:Lokitorrent + PayPal + Illegal Downloads + Hoax

[Phil246]

ok :)
i would have put it all in caps to increase authenticity but slashdot doesnt seem to like it :/

hello friend,
i have recently come into possession of THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, unfortunately due to legal costs from the evil empire of the MPAA i require your help.
I am willing to pay you 33% of the balance, TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS in thanks for letting me tranfer this balance out of texas through your bank account.
I require your bank details and all the information you can give me about yourself as a reply.
Many thanks for helping me
your friendly nigerian email con artist

hows that? :)

Re:Lokitorrent + PayPal + Illegal Downloads + Hoax

[FunWithHeadlines]

"Can we add a Nigerian email to this story, please?"

My most esteemed colleague,

I find myself so grateful in the knowledge that such persons as yourself exists and are willing to add such value to group conversations. I myself have been such a man, and it warms my hear to deal with a fellow man of honor.

It grieves me to say that such conversations are threatened by those who would profit from misfortune. I speak specifically of the president of my country who has forbidden the same. It is not easy in these troubling circumstances, but rest assured that I have powerful friends who are in a position to help. They lack on the means to a vast sum that can free up all such conversations. I know a professional man such as yourself will be in a position to help free my country from such dire matters, and reap a huge reward for your troubles.

I am contacting you because of a business concerning a huge sum of money from a deceased deposit in the Security and Finance company where a colleague of mine works in the Netherlands. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. I actually decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.

I shall be compensating you with 30% of the total money while 10% will be for any expenses incurred the rest will be mine on final conclusion of this project. Please note that your share stays while the rest shall before me for investment purposes.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you, I await your urgent mail. Please reply to my private and confidential email.

Loki was a front for the MPAA

[Anonymous Coward]

I heard the loki torrent site was a front for the MPAA to defraud piraters out of money by convincing them to donate.

As the saying goes, I sleep with gay guys but the jokes on them because i'm not gay!

Re:Loki was a front for the MPAA

[Stephen Samuel]

All that would do is prove that customers are, in fact, willing to pay for the 'right' to download movies and the MPAA is willfully refusing to respond to that market (and related revenue source).

On the other hand, if the site were put together by (or with the blessing of) the MPAA then anybody downloading movies via it would have been legal.
Bwahahahahahahahah!

I hear that.

[gandell]

I mean, if I were paying a thief, I'd expect him to be honest with me.

Re:Does anyone bother checking facts?

[Anonymous Coward]

Mod down parent! This is Slashdot - this is no place to be posting "facts"!

Hmmmm... Loki.....

[PHAEDRU5]

Norse god of, among other things, practical jokes.

Hmmmmmm....

The lawsuit is not a hoax...

[halivar]

But the money was still collected under false pretenses. He asked for a legal fund, and instead used the money to fund his settlement.

I say hang him.

I dont think you have to worry about Edward

[inteller]

He is in a dumpster somewhere in a dark alley with a gunshot wound up the ass. It was buckwheats for him.

Re:Claims against what exactly?

[nocomment]

Reminds me of that episode of Cops where the guy flagged down the cop car to tell him that they had just been stiffed buying crack. It was fake crackand the guy wanted the cops to go get his money back. He even gave the cops his fake crack.

I just laughed and laughed. I couldn't believe it.

Re:Claims against what exactly?

[Dorothy 86]

but how exactly would you mount such a case?

man mount will tell all

Re:Claims against what exactly?

[Anonymous Coward]

I've always tried to avoid man mounting. Especially when it involves hard drives.

Re:Does anyone bother checking facts?

[JudasBlue]

Actually, I think the full quote, is "Facts are meaningless. You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true."

Re:Does anyone bother checking facts?

[Anonymous Coward]

And before modding this up, did anyone check this? :)

Re:Does anyone bother checking facts?

[newend]

Why don't you just create a torrent of it ;-)

Re:Doesn't make sense!

[isorox]

Imagine what would happen if the copyright holder of Happy Birthday just woke up one day and forbid anyone from singing it again?

They did I believe, hence the song in futurama is

#What day is today?#
#It's nibbler's birthday#
#what a day for a birth day#
#lets all have some cake#