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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.

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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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

  4. 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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  5. 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.

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

    -cough-

  8. 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.