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File-Sharing Winners and Losers of 2005

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the sucker-born-every-minute dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A lot happened in the P2P world in 2005 according to Slyck news. From the article: 'BitTorrent soared to new heights while Steve Jobs enjoyed record breaking iPod sales. Yet not everyone shared this success. The RIAA continued its fight against P2P networking with little effect, as Sony-BMG disgraced itself and the DRM concept.'"

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  1. Thank you, Internet by itsmekirby · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thank you, Internet.

    Without you, I wouldn't know what happened this year. You are truly the cure for my long-term memory loss.

  2. Re:Quick Summary by zurab · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why don't we revise it one more time then:

    Winners: terrorists and murderers
    Losers: patriotic all-American honest corporate cartels
    Biggest losers: Mr. and Mrs. [patriotic] Smith

    Does this labelling do any better for you? Just goes to show that you can label things any way you want to make your "point."

  3. Read ThePirateBay.org Legal Page by spack · · Score: 5, Funny
    ThePirateBay.org has become the most popular BitTorrent indexing site
    I have discovered this website thanks to the article. I have been getting some splendid laughs and guffaws out of their legal page. I suggest reading it for fun. http://thepiratebay.org/legal.php
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  4. Re:Quick Summary by cpt+kangarooski · · Score: 4, Funny

    Typical. The one place where the copyright industry seems to be acting the way people would like, and it's Poland. ;)

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