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British Pirate Party Asked To Pull Pirate Bay Proxy
judgecorp writes "The British Pirate Party has been asked by the music business organisation BPI to pull the plug on the Pirate Bay proxy it has been running. The Pirate Party provides a way round the court-ordered ban on ISPs providing connections to the file-sharing site, The Pirate Bay. So far the Pirate Party says the proxy is a 'legitimate route' to the site, but the BPI says the Pirate Bay is 'not above the law.'"
only the bpi and the riaa are
While I dont defend infringement, I sure do support TPB. It is a valid service for people willing to share files. Taking it down is absolutely pointless.
I cannot wait for everyone here to come out and defend stealing. Oh sorry, it is infringement
Actually, that depends on local jurisdiction.
Ezekiel 23:20
Name 3 distinct products, created by different people, that are indexed on the pirate bay and that are not also provided through other avenues which are considerably less infested with infringing content, and which are not, themselves, little more than an alleged "proof of concept" that TPB has legitimate use.
Note that I'm not disputing usefulness of torrents... here, but it's my observation that legitimate torrents that are actually on TPB are (generally) also legitimately hosted elsewhere anyways, and could often easily be found at such locations via a google search, so TPB isn't actually serving any useful purpose in that regard.
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
Here's the dirty little secret Big Media doesn't want you to know; Big Media does not care one bit about pirates or piracy.
Almost every independent study shows the direct results of piracy (EG. the "lost sale") is negligible to the bottom line, and have sometimes even shown to improve revenues for lesser known artists. Big Media did not get to the position they are in by being stupid. What really scares Big Media is a free and open internet.
What most people fail to realize is that the profitability of the media empire has nothing to do with media sales. When mainstream media is owned by 5 conglomerates, they get to decide what's popular and what's not, what issues are talked about in the news, what is and what is not "popular opinion," and they even get to decide who we may choose as our president. This is not some tin-foil-hat wearing conspiracy, you can go to school for this, and learn from the masters of marketing how to sway public opinion. Big Media is not afraid of lost media sales from piracy, they are afraid that if alternative distribution channels of media exist, they will lose their control over popular opinion, and thus the source of their power.
To this affront on our freedoms, there can only be one response: Death to Big Media!
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Extortion:
The Police Raided a 9-Year-Old to Confiscate Her Winnie the Pooh Laptop
Outrageously unfair fines:
$222,000 Music Piracy Fine Not Unconstitutional, Court Rules
Hypocrites:
The RIAA Pirated $9 Million Worth of TV Shows
Ripping off the artists:
Courtney Love does the math
Making sure shit floats: ...
How Payola Works Today... Or Why You Only Hear Major Label
The biggest pirates:
Canadian Music Industry Copyright Class Action Settled
Pushing the worst laws: ...
Rockmelt Blog | Why PIPA and SOPA are a Very Bad Idea Ã" And
So, pirate everything, boycott all of them, destroy the scumfucks.
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