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Feds and Hollywood Seize Domains of Movie Pirates
adeelarshad82 writes "The federal government and Hollywood teamed up to seize domain names of seven sites that allegedly trafficked in copyrighted movies without due payment. The so-called 'Operation in Our Sites' sting targeted TVShack.net, Movies-links.tv, Filespump.com, Now-movies.com, PlanetMoviez.com, PirateCity.org, zml.com, NinjaVideo.net, and NinjaThis.net. The operation was run by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, in conjunction with several Hollywood studios. Unlike past anti-piracy efforts, the sites did not actually offer the movies for download, but instead streamed the movies and TV shows against ads. Previously, movie crackdowns had concentrated on sites that distributed movie files, most recently using the BitTorrent protocol."
I beat The Last Ninja 2 on my Commodore 64 in a Saturday morning. I was so upset. I think I also beat Impossible Mission 2 that same morning.
On an unrelated note, lucky for the folks involved that they didn't meet any Lumberjack Commandos.
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It's the corporations that are most harmful to your freedom
The pirate distributor is also a corporate enterprise.
The only difference is that he pays nothing for the product he sells.
The geek's notion of "freedom" intriques me.
The budget for Star Trek was $140 million. The Dark Knight $185 million.
High School Musical $4 million.
The instant franchise product for amatuer production, theme parks and ice shows. Money in the bank for Disney and not a penny spent on fan service for the geek.
It never occurs to the geek that each dollar he spends at the Red Box gives him a vote on what films will be produced.