>> A grokster case is a little differen than running a
>> website that hosts pirated material.
Which is, in turn, different than running a site like torrentse.cx which hosted no pirated material.
[ the more you know ]
I guess the fact that their coloc provider pulled the plug and demanded that they remove the site has nothing to do with any of this.
The admins removed the offending file the instant they received the notice, which was all they needed to comply. The coloc facility had different ideas. Take it up with them.
I don't think anyone's downloaded anything from the site other than hash files. In all reality, the lawyers trying to fight torrent trackers are finding themselves in a bit of a quagmire precisely because trackers don't actually offer files themselves. Trackers just organize the ad-hoc network among all the peers, who then obtain the needed pieces of the file from each other.
The C&D letter sent to torrentse.cx's admin and coloc facility was, essentially, incorrect as it accused the site of hosting copyright materials, which it in fact wasn't. Unfortunately, the coloc wasn't interested enough in the details of the BT protocol to scoff at it, nor were they interested in hosting a site of dubious legality. (the precise legality of torrent trackers will be decided soon, methinks).
You're looking in the wrong places for the answer to this question.
Torrent sites are being attacked because they take the control of distribution away from the IRC kiddies who have had it for so long. When anybody can hop on a large file and grab it at such a fast speed it maxes out their pipe, the channel operators and ftp admins whose ass you used to have to kiss to get a rip are suddenly irrelevant.
They're angry, and they're a bunch of script kiddies. Combine the two and you get lots of DOS attacks.
One of the most disgraceful reoslutions the UN ever passed and the reason it has so little credibility in the west.
What do you expect from a body that has 50 muslim states, and doesn't allow the sole Jewish country (Israel) to sit on the Security Council; the only nation to receive such treatment, btw.
Fuck the UN. All they're good for is making racist statements, making the world laugh by appointing nations such as Libya and Cuba to oversee human rights, and committing New York City parking violations.
That's funny. Because every time I try >console, it sends me to a login prompt.
Moron.
I guess you figured 'doesn't ask for another password graphically, despite the fact that it opens a standard UNIX text-mode login prompt' to mean "doesn't require a password". I would expect better of you, but then again, you're a typical slashdot
Not if Open Firmware password is enabled. Then you can't change anything about your boot (boot from CD, single user mode, verbose mode, boot into OF, anything) without the OF password. Which can't be reset without removing the RAM, I believe, three times.
I almost posted a long rant about how you're completely wrong (you are, since the BSD layer underlies the rest of OS X, not the other way around).
But then I realized I would fall victim to a quality troll.
Kudos to you, sir.:)
Actually, when using the conjunction of YOU and ARE, the correct spelling is "you're". Anything else makes you an uneducated imbecile. I WEEP FOR THE FUTURE.
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Hoppin on
Hahahahahaha.... You mean because I called out the UN on being what they really are? Pity. I don't think I'm the racist one here, buddy.
>> A grokster case is a little differen than running a >> website that hosts pirated material. Which is, in turn, different than running a site like torrentse.cx which hosted no pirated material. [ the more you know ]
Um, this was the new server. It was up for 5 days before the coloc facility pulled the plug.
I guess the fact that their coloc provider pulled the plug and demanded that they remove the site has nothing to do with any of this.
The admins removed the offending file the instant they received the notice, which was all they needed to comply. The coloc facility had different ideas. Take it up with them.
You posted as an AC yet still made a "not safe for work" warning? Get the fuck back to GBS, stat.
I consider that a proper response coming from a site which has been brought down multiple times by slashdottings.
I don't think anyone's downloaded anything from the site other than hash files. In all reality, the lawyers trying to fight torrent trackers are finding themselves in a bit of a quagmire precisely because trackers don't actually offer files themselves. Trackers just organize the ad-hoc network among all the peers, who then obtain the needed pieces of the file from each other.
The C&D letter sent to torrentse.cx's admin and coloc facility was, essentially, incorrect as it accused the site of hosting copyright materials, which it in fact wasn't. Unfortunately, the coloc wasn't interested enough in the details of the BT protocol to scoff at it, nor were they interested in hosting a site of dubious legality. (the precise legality of torrent trackers will be decided soon, methinks).
You're looking in the wrong places for the answer to this question.
Torrent sites are being attacked because they take the control of distribution away from the IRC kiddies who have had it for so long. When anybody can hop on a large file and grab it at such a fast speed it maxes out their pipe, the channel operators and ftp admins whose ass you used to have to kiss to get a rip are suddenly irrelevant.
They're angry, and they're a bunch of script kiddies. Combine the two and you get lots of DOS attacks.
goat != torrent An explanation of this common misidentification of websites is available here.
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One of the most disgraceful reoslutions the UN ever passed and the reason it has so little credibility in the west.
What do you expect from a body that has 50 muslim states, and doesn't allow the sole Jewish country (Israel) to sit on the Security Council; the only nation to receive such treatment, btw.
Fuck the UN. All they're good for is making racist statements, making the world laugh by appointing nations such as Libya and Cuba to oversee human rights, and committing New York City parking violations.
They're a fucking farce.
lol
i am laughing out loud on the internet
bigpeeler, i wish i had your life
Nothing ever originates at fark. :GB2FARK: :GB2FARK:
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I wish I had your life, Bigpeeler. 5!
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Oh really?
That's funny. Because every time I try >console, it sends me to a login prompt.
Moron.
I guess you figured 'doesn't ask for another password graphically, despite the fact that it opens a standard UNIX text-mode login prompt' to mean "doesn't require a password". I would expect better of you, but then again, you're a typical slashdot
MORON
MORON
MORON
MORON
Just thought you should know.
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Wow. A 1-year-old exploit that was fixed within a week or two of its announcement and never used. MODDED INFORMATIVE.
GOD I LOVE SLASHDOT.
FUCKING MORONS.
Right, because, you know, OS X uses X11 as its windowing system and to log in users.
I almost forgot.
STFU, n00b. You're way out of your league on this one.
Not if Open Firmware password is enabled. Then you can't change anything about your boot (boot from CD, single user mode, verbose mode, boot into OF, anything) without the OF password. Which can't be reset without removing the RAM, I believe, three times.
I almost posted a long rant about how you're completely wrong (you are, since the BSD layer underlies the rest of OS X, not the other way around). But then I realized I would fall victim to a quality troll. Kudos to you, sir. :)
Actually, when using the conjunction of YOU and ARE, the correct spelling is "you're". Anything else makes you an uneducated imbecile. I WEEP FOR THE FUTURE.