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The Pirate Bay Comes To Facebook
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "According to a report I just read in Mashable, Pirate Bay is coming to Facebook. Writer Ben Parr says that The Pirate Bay site now includes links under torrents to 'Share on Facebook.' Once posted to a profile, the Facebook member's friends can click the link on Facebook to begin the download right away, provided he or she already has a torrenting client installed. I just hope people do not use this feature to download copyrighted materials which are not authorized to be downloaded, or at least not materials copyrighted to litigation-happy RIAA Big 4 record labels. No doubt, if their song files were downloaded through this method, the record companies would sit back for awhile, derive profit from the promotional excitement generated for their dying industry, and then — armed with Facebook's data — sue the pants off all the hapless Facebook users who fell for it."
I am waiting for the **IA to sue Facebook for "aiding piracy." That will be a fun one to watch.
My sister opened a computer store in Hawaii. She sells C shells by the seashore.
I just hope people do not use this feature to download copyrighted materials which are not authorized to be downloaded, or at least not materials copyrighted to litigation-happy RIAA Big 4 record labels.
Knowing the Internet community at large, I think there is probably no risk of this happening. :p
Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
Fred has sent you a torrent. Download?
Send 20 more torrents to get a "FUCK THE RIAA" gift!
C'mon, gimme your best shot.
"In the absence of the ability to establish the attribute of truth they tried to establish the noble attributes."
Don't worry. If the RIAA tries to sue you, just remove them from your friends list. That'll show 'em.
they have been losing money from their lawsuits last time i checked
Yes but is it possible you are giving them credit for something they do not actually possess? The ability to learn.
Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful
please post link to - Ponies_n_kittens_playing.jpg
thanks in advance.
"You can kill the revolutionary, but you can't kill the revolution."-- Fred Hampton
are you enabling someone to download or find pirated content?
Only wimps use tape backup: _real_ men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it.
-- Linus Torvalds
I'm making an offsite backup. One such backup may not be available when I need it, so I better make many dozens.
He ain't sayin' nuttin'.
So he is saying something?
No he ain't.
Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful
That kind of argument would get thrown out of court, and if that was the basis of their case, they'd likely be on the hook for a juicy counter suit.
You must be new here.
Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful
I could have sworn the parent's comment referred to the "NewYorkPoultryLawyer."
An understandable mistake, since my RIAA adversaries are chickens and turkeys, and their methods foul.
Ray Beckerman +5 Insightful
Bad troll is bad.
torrent?