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Swedish Authorities Attempt Pirate Bay Shutdown
Several sources are discussing the recent attempted shutdown of The Pirate Bay by Swedish authorities. It seems that following the recent court defeats and the pending civil actions, Swedish authorities threatened TPB's main bandwidth supplier with a hefty fine in order to get them shut down. Not surprisingly TPB has relocated and is back online although the tracker still seems to be down. As a gesture of their "appreciation" TPB plans on sending a mocking t-shirt to the people believed responsible for the takedown attempt.
I put poop in your shoe.
I know, because we only use TPB for Linux distros, right?
You're a pirate and you steal movies, music, programs, and games.
At least fucking admit to it.
If your point is "you can't eliminate piracy entirely", then, yes, you're right. If your point is "you can't eliminate piracy entirely, therefore, we should stop fighting it", then you're absolutely wrong. You can marginalize and reduce piracy. Take, for example, the fact that you can't stop shoplifting - even the most draconian store policies can't bring shoplifting to 0%. So what does that mean? That we should just live-with shoplifting? No. You work to marginalize it so that stores can survive despite some losses due to shoplifting. Same thing with piracy, you suppress it so that creation of digital media can continue to thrive.
Case yo0 want, to Niggers everywhere
Nobody gives a shit about the lost item.
People give a shit about the last sale for that item.
Theft = lost sale.
Piracy = lost sale.
"If I weren't going to pirate it, I wouldn't have bought it otherwise."
"If I weren't going to steal it, I wouldn't have bought it otherwise."
For there to be any difference (because after piracy, the copyright owner can still sell the original copy, which is not true in the case of physical theft) you basically have to believe the line above by the pirate. And if you believe that bullshit, you're beyond help.
Remember in the story earlier where you guys were wondering why John Carmack wasn't making an Linux version of Rage? Well, why should he cater to your community which clearly sides with pro-piracy rings like Pirate Bay that directly impact what he does for a living?
Now you know why Carmack no longer gives a shit about Linux.
You cannot get around that with technical reasonings like "but we dont host the files, we just provide .torrent files".
You can not get around that with technical reasonings like "but I did not stab anyone, I just sold him the knife".
More correct analogy would be "but I did not stab anyone, I just gave the movement to the knife. It wasn't me who stabbed him, it was the knife!"
If it's something I care enough to pirate it's something I'd care enough to buy, rent, borrow, demo, or trial legally, if piracy weren't an option.
This is true for 99% of all instances of piracy.
Hey Grandpa, nobody gives a shit about your anti-corporate rant.
So I can come over to your house and use your computer and try out various Linux distros and OSS apps?
Sharing is caring.
Yes.
Derp.
Right, you steal them. That's what he said.
"16MB (fuck off, MiB fascists)" - The Mighty Buzzard
Let me fix this for you.
The law is nothing more than a legislative grant to content owners to use criminal laws to preserve their own ability to recover the money it cost to produce, distribute, and promote, the copy-written materials I think should should be free.
The law is widely misused and doesn't do anything to all me to continue taking other people's content while giving nothing of value back myself. Let's face it, I want a free lunch. It's just a bad law that won't go away.
You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer. - Winston Churchill