Pirate Bay Closure Sparked P2P Explosion

Barence writes to share that the closure of The Pirate Bay seems to have done nothing to stem the flow of potentially copyrighted materials. In fact, there has been an estimated 300% increase in the number of sites providing access to copyright files, according to McAfee. "In August, Swedish courts ordered that all traffic be blocked from Pirate Bay, but any hope of scotching the piracy of music, software and films over the web vanished as copycat sites sprung up and the content took on a life of its own. 'This was a true "cloud computing" effort,' the company said in its Threats Report for the third quarter. 'The masses stepped up to make this database of torrents available to others.'"

Comments

Buzzwords, because thinking is hard

[Virak]

This is cloud computing like buying another pair of pants is cloud clothing.

Re:Buzzwords, because thinking is hard

[megamerican]

"No officer, I'm not naked. I'm a trend setter in cloud clothing. That man over there is wearing pants for me. Honest."

Re:War on Drugs

[megamerican]

I didn't know the CIA was behind bittorrent.

Re:Eh Sonny?

[Conspiracy_Of_Doves]

"Strike me down and i will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine"

Re:Eh Sonny?

[Sumbius]

Commander, tear this ship apart until you have found those torrents, and bring me the seeders! I want them alive!

Re:War on Drugs

[BenBoy]

Kinda like having a war on dandelions by goin' out and kicking them every spring. "Hey, what are those floaty things?"

Re:Eh Sonny?

[Captain Splendid]

Yah, this sort of behavior should be called the Tarkin Effect, not the streisandeffect as currently tagged.

I think the Catholic church might claim prior art.