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Webcomic Little Gamers Shut Down By MPAA

Posted by Zonk on from the wrong-combo dept.

webhat writes "It seems that the website for the webcomic Little Gamers has been shut down by the MPAA because it '... facilitates the illegal downloading of copyrighted motion pictures via so called 'Torrents'.' Sorry guys. Good luck with whatever you're doing next. Update: 04/02 18:02 GMT by Z : April 1st hoax story.

20 comments

  1. Hahaha by AtariAmarok · · Score: 1

    Haha. Yet another funny April Fools hoax news story. This one is funnier than some of the others.

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    1. Re:Hahaha by nomadic · · Score: 1

      See, this is almost believable. Almost. I mean, there are logical holes you can drive a truck through, but I can see a fair number of people taking it seriously.

      Now if they had just posted all real stories today then this one they might have caught some people.

  2. April 1st post by LennyDotCom · · Score: 3, Funny

    Linus Torvalds had the crowd at the VFW hall in Keokuk, Iowa mesmerized as he spoke on a wide variety of subjects - from 64 bit support in the kernel to what it was like being married to the former karate champion of Finland. The KILUG members let out a collective gasp, however, when Torvalds, asked to sign 5-year-old Seth Cronchman's stuffed penguin, held it up and asked the crowd: 'Don't you think its time to get rid of this stupid little bird?'.

    Read the full story here.

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  3. In the spirit of... by webhat · · Score: 2, Funny

    April Fools I forgive you for changing the text, it was actually:

    Webcomic Little Gamers violates MPAA copyright

    It seems that the wesite for the webcomic Little Gamers has been shut down by the MPAA because it "... facilitates the illegal downloading of copyrighted motion pictures via so called 'Torrents'." It has the smell of a practical joke, it being April fools and all.

    Oh, first post!!!

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    1. Re:In the spirit of... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      Not by a mile, hat.

      Huuzahhhhhhhhhhhhh!

  4. Its in the source by jonfields · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you look at the source, the images aren't coming from the MPAA's site as well. http://t1.extreme-dm.com/i.gif

  5. Pretty lame attempt. by Seumas · · Score: 1

    That's a pretty lame attempt at an April Fools joke. Couldn't you even be bothered to hide the "extreme tracker" link after the MPAA image?!

    1. Re:Pretty lame attempt. by Alarash · · Score: 1
      Uh, you don't need to look at the code or images source to guess it's a fake. Just read the last sentence : "Sex before mariage is a sin". No need to check further after that :)

      I for one think this is a great April's Fool, despites all the "f34r my HTML sk1lz"-wanabees opinion!

    2. Re:Pretty lame attempt. by sharkey · · Score: 1
      Just read the last sentence : "Sex before mariage is a sin".

      Well, it IS a sin.
      [LOVEJOY]Have you ever sat down and READ the Bible? Technically, we're not allowed to go to the bathroom.[/LOVEJOY]

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  6. But but but... by numbski · · Score: 1

    I need my hot swedish love!

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  7. April Fools... Not! by kernel_dan · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I always thought that MPAA page looked like a joke, but it's the same as the one on LokiTorrent, which has been looking like that for quite a while now.

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  8. Re:April Fools... Not! by drinkypoo · · Score: 1
    http://www.lokitorrent.com/ | http://www.little-gamers.com/

    Compare and contrast. What's that extra tracker link about? You'd think they'd go back and do it to old ones, too.

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  9. Re:April Fools... Not! by damsa · · Score: 2, Funny

    If it is a joke, I expect the MPAA to shut down the site as they are misappropriating a copyrighted image, also blatant trademark violations, and probably violating some patent.

  10. Stats by gmerideth · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Hey, if you click on the stats tracking URL you can see that IE is down to 60% and Firefox is up to 29.1% on that site.

    http://extremetracking.com/open?login=madsenlg

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  11. April Fools....Not.....NOT by superultra · · Score: 3, Informative

    -cough-

  12. Re:April Fools... Not! by Malizar · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I would guess this could be protected as a parody, at least I hope it can be.

  13. Yay for the rest of the site by neoslovakia · · Score: 1

    Pretty obvious, you can still go to the archive and visit any part of the site. The only thing you cant get to is any strips. The forum also seems to have been reset. I registered and tried to post, but they dont have any unlocked topics yet.

  14. Re:Butt butt butt... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Don't you mean "hot Greek love"?

  15. huh? by CMiYC · · Score: 1

    The guy doesn't seem to understand that all of Slashdot's posts today were April Fool's jokes.

    He's making it sound like /. got fooled.