Kickass Torrents' KAT.ph Domain Seized By Philippine Authorities

hypnosec writes "Kickass Torrents hasn't been accessible since sometime yesterday, and now it has been confirmed that the domain name of the torrent website has been seized by Philippine authorities. Local record labels and the Philippine Association of the Recording Industry said that the torrent site was doing 'irreparable damages' to the music industry and following a formal complaint the authorities resorted to seizure of the main domain name. The site hasn't given up, and is operating as usual under a new domain name. The government of the Philippines has confirmed that the domain name has been seized based on formal complaints and copyright grounds."

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Re:You know

[Camembert]

Yeah right, it is soo typical if this entitlement generation to find excuses like that. If you accept that the material itself can be illegally acquired by simply clicking the links, what is the issue with taking the site down?

Re:You know

[girlintraining]

... it doesn't pass a strict Constitutional muster.

Article One of the United States Constitution, section 8, clause 18:
The Congress shall have Power - To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

Unless you're suggesting that Congress shouldn't be able to regulate the sale of goods and services within the United States, I think your argument is shit.

The law as it stands is clearly following a different philosophy than the only justified one...

"The only justified one" mandate is not listed in the Constitution. Perhaps you'd be so kind as to point it out?

Believe it or not, the law can be wrong, and often is.

Naturally, this means that any law you disagree with is thus no longer enforceable and you don't have to worry about the consequences. Well, I disagree with the speed limit down my road... it's not in the "public's benefit", as I'm the public, and I see no benefit in it. VRRRRRrooooom!

Also, your broken latin phrase doesn't apply, since the law is not harsh, but injust.

This just in: Fining Grandma a couple hundred grand, stealing away her retirement fund, and shoving her into the street over circumstantial evidence she may have downloaded a single song is not harsh.

but the bigger flaw is that it's based in medieval economics, and has no place in the modern world.

So we have a complex marble-cake system of Demesne, feudal lords, and serfdom, and more urgently: We don't have taxes to worry about, just as long as we produce at least one son for the military? Or... perhaps, you have no idea what the hell you're talking about and are going for emotional rhetoric.

'Copyright' originated from the right to copy, back when it conveyed a positive right to make copies, because it was part of a censorship regime in which proliferation of unsanctioned knowledge was forbidden.

The term "asshat" originated from the two root words, ass, which refers to a donkey, and hat, an ornamental head wear. Therefore, to call someone an "asshat" means they are a hat-wearing donkey. When the king hears of your blaspheme, it'll be off with your head.

Sweat of the brow arguments are legally invalid in regards to copyright law, per Feist v. Rural

Amazing. First "the law can be wrong, and often is", so I'm shocked, shocked I tell you, to find your rhetoric including an argument about the legitimacy of the law. Perhaps it's only certain laws we should follow. You know, like a law buffet. Just put on your plate what looks tasty and ignore the rest.

And ethically, sharing information is generally a good thing, with only a few exceptions. I do no oppose supporting the arts, and I likely have done more towards that end than you have.

Well, as I have done more than just "support" the arts, but actually been the starving artist, I do oppose the arts... unless of course you're going into them either because you're gay, or really really want to piss off your parents. Otherwise, get a real job -- there's no money in art. Okay, maybe I don't oppose it per-se, but let's just say don't quit your day job, mmm?

And as for sharing information; I suppose now's a bad time to point out that information comes in more than two varieties (one and zero)... and amazingly, different kinds of information has different value. You can't abstract so far away from what it represents to say it's just "information"... This is a false equivocation in the extreme.

ou've also thrown out the term 'freeloading,' yet another sign of an incompetent copyright propone