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MPAA Caught Uploading Fake Torrents
An anonymous reader writes "The MPAA and other anti-piracy watchdogs have been caught trapping people into downloading fake torrents, so they can collect IP addresses, and send copyright infringement letters to ISPs. The battle between P2P networks and copyright holders seems to be a never ending battle. It will be interesting to see how much the anti-piracy groups practices change once they begin begin selling movies and TV shows legally on bittorrent.com."
...because, you know, the cops can read your mind, and know exactly what your real intent is. /Thoughtcrime double-ungood.
"Only in this case, no actual theft has occurred."
:)
OK, are you the ONLY person on Slashdot that doesn't know that theft and copyright infringement aren't the same thing?
"infringe on the copyright"
Looks like I was wrong: You DO know, but are a hypocrite.
"If it's fake"
No offense, but, by definition, a complete, exact download of something that you requested cannot be "fake". You got exactly what you asked to be downloaded.
It might not have been what you wanted, but it certainly isn't fake.
Also, the mere fact that it was downloaded proves it must exist, so it is NOT a "nonexistent work", regardless of your expectations.
How your post got modded to +5, Insightful, in light of such egregious logic errors, is beyond me - the subscription helps, I suppose
Regards,
dj