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MPAA Files Lawsuits Targeting Major Torrent Sites
diverge_s writes "Slyck news reports on a new wave of lawsuits the MPAA has filed against major Bit Torrent search sites including: Torrentspy, Isohunt, Torrentbox, Niteshadow and Bthub. From the article: '"Website operators who abuse technology to facilitate infringements of copyrighted works by millions of people are not anonymous - they can and will be stopped," said John G. Malcolm, Executive Vice President and Director of Worldwide Anti-Piracy Operations for the MPAA. "Disabling these powerful networks of illegal file distribution is a significant step in stemming the tide of piracy on the Internet."'"
bit torrent more like butt torrent /s/ will never stop.
a place for slashdot fanboys to download anime/asian porn disguised as child porn
the flood of granny porn against 4chan's
a worldwide pandemic is coming.
not aids.
not grids.
not even birdflu.
tacoflu is coming. guard your tacos.
You mean people actually use public BT sites?
oink oink.
really 867993
Karma schkarma
Because, if it happens often enough, a deterrent effect will be created.
Now before you lecture me on my "fight Club fantasies", how effective has peaceful methods like lawsuits, writing letters to politicians, who elections the RIAA helps finance, and boycotting been?
Yeah, exactly.
Apologies for the bad paraphrase, but it's late.
By motivating nefarious evildoing individuals to devise new, more secretive ways of furtively sharing information more anonymously, the MPAA is supporting terrorism. So I say, GO GET 'EM, DUBYA!
it's a blue bright blue Saturday hey hey
P.S. That's the explanation why USA has such high crime rate. That's explains why you Americans at large has no understanding what's going outside: since you have no culture (but show business) one can hardly expect you to understand way others are living.
There's one thing missing from your little rant:
Why does the rest of the world spend so much of their euros/yen/RMB/won/pesos/etc on American culture if it doesn't exist?
You need to stop reading back issues of PRAVDA for your news.
GBP = Great Britain Pounds
You cannot buy culture
Last I checked, nothing in this world was free. You go to another country, and you have to pay their taxes, not to mention their airline fees (depending on which airline you choose, if you need to fly at all), and must meet any prerequisites for entering their country. Once you're there, do you just stand around gawking? Well, some people do, but everyone I know goes travelling to see the sights. That costs money. You can buy culture, or rather, you can buy the chance to experience a certain culture.
As for debate, I'd put more credibility in the parent poster's debating ability than yours, as you've just proven that you have no concept of the first rule of debating: attack the issue, not your opponent.
Now, whether or not music can be considered "culture" from a consumer standpoint, I'm not so sure. See, as I understand it, in many cases the artists themselves see little to no profit from CD sales and the like. Much of their revenue comes from touring and concerts, which I don't think are generally free anywhere in the world. And it's not like you can download an illegal copy of the concert and get the full experience of having been there.
The artists have their rights same as the rest of us to protect their works, but the fact of the matter is that many artists prefer to share their music for free, as it gets them publicity and good PR, which leads to a large fanbase and high concert attendance. The real aggressors here are the folks at the MPAA, who have, in the past, filed lawsuits against filesharers without even informing the bands they represent.
The MPAA has become a powerful middle-man entity, that, personally, I believe serves absolutely no purpose.
"You will pay for your lack of vision..." - Emperor Palpatine to Ray Charles
"You can use a search engine to find a prostitute or drugs and other forms of illegal "entertainment" so why does copyright infringement the ipso-facto crime of the century?" It's called $$money$$...copyrights are worth billions...where your poor little prostitute is just a $20 crack whore.