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EZTree Shuts Down
John3 writes "Easytree.org, a popular Bittorrent tracking site also known as EZT, shut down today after their ISP received threatening letters from attorneys. Unlike sites like Lokitorrent that have been shut down in the past, torrents on EasyTree were usually unreleased live musical performances rather than commercial product. Is a site that shares old Stevie Nicks, Frank Sinatra, and Ian Hunter live shows really that much of a threat to the music industry?"
Have you read it? Or understood it?
Orwell was afraid of, and loathed Communism - which seems to be the goal of the FOSS information wants to be free set.
Orwell would think the average slashdotter is a douchebag with his head up his ass, and he'd be right to think so.
...but a site that offers Stevie Nicks videos for download should be shut down on general principle.
I'm not good in groups. It's difficult to work in a group when you're omnipotent. - Q
Unfortunately, the only way you could think most of those bands were any good would be to smoke something that's currently *illegal* in the US.
Fucking hippie jam bands.
If you were me, you'd be good lookin'. - six string samurai
You filthy fucking thief. Copyright infringement is listed under "Stolen Property," and here you still insist it's not stealing. Here's a clue, shitstain: nearly EVERYONE AGREES that copyright infringement is a form of theft, and that stealing from content creators is morally indefensible. Practically nobody disputes this--no one, that is, but the pirates swapping files from one basement reeking of stale semen to the next.