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Mininova Removes All Copyright-Infringing Torrents

Posted by Soulskill on from the another-one-bites-the-dust dept.

Pabugs writes with news that popular torrent site Mininova has abandoned their attempts at filtering and simply deleted all torrents other than the legal ones they facilitate through their Content Distribution service. According to their blog post, they were left "no other option than to take [their] platform offline" after a court ruling from August. "The judge ruled that Mininova is not directly responsible for any copyright infringements, but ordered it to remove all torrents linking to copyrighted material within three months, or face a penalty of up to 5 million euros."

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  1. Re:Debate! by masmullin · · Score: 5, Informative

    That was sort of dumb of you. The answer to ANY request an RIAA person has for you is "no"... not some big shpeel about "how you sue people who know stuff". Just say No and be done with it.

    Eg.
    Q:Could you help me flash my NintendoDS?
    A:No

    Q:Could you find me the latest cd on thepiratebay?
    A:No

    Q:Could you grab me a coke?
    A:No

    Q:Could you call 911 since I am about to go into cardiac arrest?
    A:No

    Q:Could you stop aliens from kidnapping my children?
    A:No

    Q:Could you give me the time of day?
    A:No

    See, its easy.

  2. Re:Oh no! What will I do? by Krneki · · Score: 5, Informative

    You forgot Google with file:torrent.

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