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Pirate Bay Court Loss Won't Stop the Flow of Files

Posted by timothy on from the magic-eight-ball-seems-to-be-working dept.

Adrian Lopez writes "According to PC World, 'Hollywood may have won a battle, but the war against piracy is far from over. Unauthorized file sharing will continue (and likely intensify), if not through The Pirate Bay, then through dozens of other near identical swashbuckling Web sites. ... What Hollywood needs to remember is sites like The Pirate Bay are like weeds. When you try to kill one, they grow back even stronger. In this case, The Pirate Bay already moved most of its servers to the Netherlands, a move that could keep the site running even if The Pirate Bay loses its appeal.'"

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  1. Re:Hooray! by theheadlessrabbit · · Score: 5, Interesting

    OMFG people will stop buying bottled water!!!!

    you think bottled is good, I've got the stuff on tap...

    seriously though, wasn't FM radio supposed to be the death of recording industry, and VHS the death of movies?

    oh my god! humanity is progressing!

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  2. I Bet H'wood Would Like to Stop All Sharing by Velska1 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This is typical of a situation, where a dinosaur on top of the food chain tries to defend its position.

    I am pretty sure that MPAA/RIAA/Big Publishers would like to put the whole filesharing technology back to the bottle until they find a way to monetize it. Then, of course, it would be accepted.

    And I can't get over the Swedish court's argument that making the service available is criminal, because it can be used illegally.

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  3. Re:Hooray! by MartinSchou · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You can't polish a turd.

    Sure you can. The Mythbusters even managed to get a very nice shine on it.

    Mythbusters: Polishing a Turd