MPAA targets core BitTorrent, eDonkey users
The MPAA strikes again
Wednesday, December 15, 2004 by Frogboy | Discussion: Personal Computing
Ratcheting up its previous online antipiracy efforts, the Hollywood group is working with law enforcement agencies in the United States and Europe to target and arrest individuals who play a critical role in the functioning of each type of network.
Full article: [Here]
Reply #22 Thursday, December 16, 2004 9:43 AM
Reply #23 Thursday, December 16, 2004 10:41 AM
Reply #24 Thursday, December 16, 2004 11:38 AM
So, if the MPAA and RIAA succeed in bringing down BitTorrent networks and eDonkey, the smaller less popular P2P networks will get some play time. But eventually that will stop. And the time of piracy will end... and the era of smuggling (also can be defined as secret piracy) will begin.
Reply #25 Thursday, December 16, 2004 10:37 PM
Reply #26 Friday, December 17, 2004 1:38 AM
Is the givernment gonna confiscate my computer?.... im sooo Scared! |
It's possible. You should be...
Reply #27 Friday, December 17, 2004 3:40 AM
in my opinion filesharing is NOT a crime !! |
Filesharing as such isnt illegal, it rather much depend on what you share and how the file(s) were optained
Taking down BitTorrent for being the application it is would be a real shame. Alot of (legal) companies use BitTorrent for destribution of their software and updates of the same.
....BUT if I read any of the articles correct only the hardcore illegal trackers will be targeted
Reply #28 Friday, December 17, 2004 3:56 AM
i'd rather have them attack the legal ones
guess we'll see what's going to happen.......
Reply #29 Friday, December 17, 2004 10:38 AM
i'd rather have them attack the legal ones |
ummmm...... that makes just s much sense to me as sticking my head into a turned on blender...
Reply #30 Friday, December 17, 2004 11:18 AM
ummmm...... that makes just s much sense to me as sticking my head into a turned on blender... |
Indeed. Ozzy, what're you talking about?
Reply #31 Friday, December 17, 2004 11:34 AM
i'm just saying that i would not
very much like to see 'm target the illegal trackers
was it really that hard ???
that would be a pretty big blender snowman....good luck with that !!
Reply #32 Friday, December 17, 2004 5:03 PM
adios
Reply #33 Friday, December 17, 2004 5:43 PM
It's because Ozzy doesn't care about the legal trackers since they provide no service to him (i.e. pirated games, pirated music, etc.).
I guess the person named messybuu must work for the riaa or mpaa. |
I wish! But I'm sure in the same boat as you and your kind (i.e. jobless).
Reply #34 Saturday, December 18, 2004 11:58 AM
Who cares..... WAREZ IS DA SHIZZ! BITTORRENT EDONKEY ANY FILE SHARING IS THE BEST! WHO CARES IF IT IS ILLEGAL! Whats gonna happen? Is the givernment gonna confiscate my computer?.... im sooo Scared! |
Couldn't stardock give this guys IP over to the 'authorities' to get him prosecuted, since he's blatantly admitting that he takes part in illegal activity?
Reply #35 Monday, December 20, 2004 11:02 AM
Reply #36 Monday, December 20, 2004 2:19 PM
suprnova.org is now down and possibly for good.
Reply #37 Monday, January 3, 2005 10:23 AM
Regardless of which side of the aisle you are on concerning pirating music/movies, here is a thought.
Treating your customers like criminals is always a bad business practice. They only true way to eliminate piracy (and I know that it cannot be 100% defeated) is to offer a low cost alternative. ITunes and the like that offer music for 99 cents is a good start. Instead of trying to twist the internet to fit your business model, adjust your business model to fit the internet.
Reply #38 Tuesday, January 4, 2005 10:15 AM
I recently read an article that made me laugh... Basically, about one teenager out of two massively uses firesharing to download huge amounts of music. According to the survey, stores such as iTunes make no difference. Teens responded: Why pay for something I can get for free?
On the other hand, and here is the irony, those same teens will gladly and proudly pay 2 or 3 dollars for a 30 second RING TONE for their cell phone... and yet they won't pay 1 dollar for a complete 3 minute song. Funny, isn't it? Busted me up when I read that.
Anyway, online stores such as Apple's, much appeal to the adult population but very little to the teens - which were typically the #1 customers for CD's and records.
Movies are a different matter though. Teens were never a big client base for the purchase of movies. On the other hand, it might be hurting the video rental industry... or maybe not, dunno. There seems to be as many people in the video store now than there always was.
Reply #39 Tuesday, January 4, 2005 11:21 AM
Reply #40 Friday, January 7, 2005 10:10 AM
Well personally i don't know what all the hype is about, they been trying for years.... I have yet to see in our constitution, or laws that states that sharing is a crime, but of course as far as the RIAA, MPAA and Many others, basicly call it a crime simply because they have no control (just like anything else) and are not making finacial gains by it (basicly Greed).... once the little guy makes a move, and major organizations can't control it, they convienently call it a crime, (look at what happened to companies like 321 Studios, who offered product that the RIAA/MPAA didn't approve of), and trust me these industries and organitions aren't hurting, they still make billions every year, not to mention the behind the scenes crap you don't see or hear about (i know i worked for a few). Now don't get me wrong i don't condone pirating one bit, those ignorant enough to pull stupid SH&T, should be locked up (and are basicly the reason why this is such an issue). But if your using these for your own personal use, and not using it by means of obtaining any finacial gain (which is the base of copyright infringement laws) i don't see anything wrong with that (when it is freely being offered). I know no-one in here, if you were offered something for free, would turn it down.... But it makes me wonder, what are we turning into, when we pass judgement and consider things like sharing a crime, just because some organizations say so.... "THE WAY OF THE WORLD HUH" Just my opinion (maybe I'm just talking outta my butt )
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Reply #21 Thursday, December 16, 2004 9:16 AM
A BitTorrent tracker or an eDonkey server itself does not host the data. It merely plays the role of a traffic cop, directing people to the data. But none of it ever travels across the tracker/server itself. So is it illegal to direct people to warez?