Warez Moving From BitTorrent to Conventional Hosting Services

ericatcw writes "Driven by increased crackdowns on BitTorrent sites such as The Pirate Bay, software pirates are fast moving their warez to file-hosting Web sites like RapidShare, reports Computerworld. According to anti-piracy vendor V.I. Labs, 100% of the warez in its survey were available on RapidShare, which, according to Alexa, is already one of the 20 largest sites in the world. V.I. Labs' CEO predicts file-hosting sites such as RapidShare will supplant BitTorrent, as the former appear better protected legally."

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Re:Sucks to be American sometimes

[jim_v2000]

God this is hilarious. "Crazy copyright law" is law that says only the copyright holder has the legal right to produce and distribute copies of his/her work? Do you realize how ridiculous you're being? This is all about people who don't have enough money to buy something, but still think that they should have it anyway.

What's even funnier about watching all this is that I don't have to worry about it because I get my media from the myriad of legal, decently priced sources like Steam, Hulu, Amazon, iTunes, Zune, Napster, Pandora, etc.