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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."
According to anti-piracy vendor V.I. Labs, 100% of the warez in its survey were available on RapidShare
It's was available no RapidShare, and no, writing "were" where it is not needed and not correct does not make your sentence "sophisticated" or "advanced."
Now for a statement related to the article: How is this new? Illegal content was always more prevalent on standard web sites. P2P was always more of a niche thing, even after BitTorrent and ThePirateBay caught on.
"They steal from us, we steal from them. Let's see who breaks first.
Maybe we'll reach a stage where some kind of peace agreement is the only way forward. Reasonable copyright terms being one of the clauses."
How exactly did "they" "steal" from you?
Companies release music and movies that they produced. If you don't agree to their terms, don't listen or watch them. It's that easy.
The same rules apply to GNU software.
"Corporate controlled copyright has perverted copyright by exploiting artists more often than not, while increasing scarcity and decreasing quality of material."
With digital works, the scarcity is the talent needed to create said work, not the bits used to distribute it. Artists aren't forced into a contract at gun-point. They understand the terms of the contract when signing.
"People have always shared information, and while p2p reduces revenue, it's more a reduction from "obscenely fucking profitable" to just "fucking profitable"."
Not really. P2p and the Internet is putting any industry that can be digitally copied out of business. What's your excuse for movies? Are the Actors getting screwed? How about books? Do you not like the publishing contracts?
P2p is and always has been an easy way for freeloaders to get easy access to movies, music, and software. There is no noble cause behind it, and all of the excuses that are given are laughable.