Music Piracy Unit Raids ISP in BitTorrent Assault

renai42 writes "Australia's music industry piracy investigations unit has raided an Internet service provider in Perth, Australia in what it says is the first Australian assault on the use of BitTorrent technology for copyright infringement. Outgoing Music Industry Piracy Investigations (MIPI) general manager, Michael Speck, said the raid was launched this afternoon at the offices of Swiftel Communications."

Comments

Re:What does bittorrent have to do with this?

[mark-t]

Yes, I know that most people do not use it for that.

Guess what?

I don't give a crap.

Bittorrent is just a file distribution tool that happens to have been hijacked by the piracy community to fulfill their own demands. The creator of Bittorrent does not condone or encourage this use of his software, but he correctly realizes there's not a lot he can do about it. Bittorrent happens to be very good at what it does, so it's not terribly suprising that the community of people that illegally share copyrighted content would eventually adopt it for their own use. If somebody makes a better tool, the pirates will then probably migrate to that one.

Re:What does bittorrent have to do with this?

[mark-t]

If you don't give a crap that I don't give a crap, put me on your foes list and keep me modded down by -5 or something. As for nobody else caring that I don't give a crap, well that's for the slashdot community at large to decide via its moderation system.

And yes, I do happen to have more than a tangential interest in the subject of copyright law and consumers rights with respect to coypright law. My reasons for this level of interest are my own, but that doesn't diminish my right to express my views.

Re:Time to switch...

[NoGuffCheck]

you bastard! you may have well as told us to fcuk our mums :(