Have you heard about The Pirate Bay? |
 Apr 17 2009, 11:14 AM
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Four of the guys behind the The Pirate Bay, the largest torrent tracker in the world, were found guilty of being "accessories to copyright infringement", and sentenced to 1 year in jail and a $3.56 million fine. There are a lot of subtleties in this case. For example, The Pirate Bay's servers only enabled people to share copyrighted files; no copyrighted material actually passed through the servers. Does merely enabling the distribution of copyright materials make a server administrator an "accessory to copyright infringement"? Are copyright laws becoming outdated? Is this an example of a court bowing to corporate pressure over the good of society, or is sharing music and movies inherently immoral?
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Apr 17 2009, 12:09 PM
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Sharing is caring. Money is satan.
Just sayin' |
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Apr 17 2009, 12:37 PM
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i'm so sick of the buy vs download-for-free debate. what do people actually want to happen? that none of these musicians/artists get paid for selling their art? there are two extremes: 1. to never pay for music 2. to "legally" obtain them, regardless of buying the actual CD or buying digital formats. there can never be a grey area, because so far i don't see any actual legal way to enforce it.
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Apr 17 2009, 12:48 PM
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 Has a PhD in horribleness Group: Member Posts: 866 Joined: Sep 2008 Member No: 686,301 |
the pirate bay sucks anyways.
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Apr 17 2009, 01:06 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 6,349 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 455,274 |
QUOTE(shanaynay @ Apr 17 2009, 01:48 PM)  the pirate bay sucks anyways. pffft no way. |
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Apr 17 2009, 01:59 PM
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No, TBP is absolutely awful, but that doesn't make this any better.
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Apr 17 2009, 02:06 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 6,349 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 455,274 |
How's piratebay awful? I'd like to be aware as I've never had a problem with their services.
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Apr 17 2009, 02:09 PM
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Have you ever been invited to a private tracker? Worlds of difference.
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Apr 17 2009, 02:24 PM
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 Tick tock, Bill Group: Administrator Posts: 8,764 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 333,948 |
QUOTE(paperplane @ Apr 17 2009, 02:09 PM) Have you ever been invited to a private tracker? Worlds of difference. Private trackers are definitely the way to go. |
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Apr 17 2009, 02:49 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 6,349 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 455,274 |
QUOTE(paperplane @ Apr 17 2009, 03:09 PM) Have you ever been invited to a private tracker? Worlds of difference. No, actually I haven't... but how does it make it a world of difference?.. |
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Apr 17 2009, 03:00 PM
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a) you're infinitely less likely to get caught downloading from a private tracker
b) most everything tends to be consistently seeded because you have to maintain a ratio (also means better seeding to leeching ratio) c) quality of torrents is highly regulated d) everything downloads a hell of a lot faster etc etc etc Once you learn that there's better things out there, you'd never even dream of going back to something TPB. Christ, just using Demonoid makes me unhappy. |
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Apr 17 2009, 03:19 PM
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Tick tock, Bill Group: Administrator Posts: 8,764 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 333,948 |
Well, Demonoid has had its share of problems as well. That site is far too scrutinized as it is.
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Apr 17 2009, 03:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 6,349 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 455,274 |
QUOTE(paperplane @ Apr 17 2009, 04:00 PM) a) you're infinitely less likely to get caught downloading from a private tracker b) most everything tends to be consistently seeded because you have to maintain a ratio (also means better seeding to leeching ratio) c) quality of torrents is highly regulated d) everything downloads a hell of a lot faster etc etc etc Once you learn that there's better things out there, you'd never even dream of going back to something TPB. Christ, just using Demonoid makes me unhappy. Hm... interesting but... the first example you gave, I'm not entirely sure about that. Your ISP knows... and if they know, then there's really no "privacy". |
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Apr 18 2009, 05:28 AM
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 durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
QUOTE(divergent @ Apr 17 2009, 01:28 PM) Google will have it's day in court someday, as for now, it's your day. Google has/had lawsuits filed against them, although for various other reasons beyond this controversy. IDK if TPB is raking in revenue, but I'm sure Google can easily foot $3.6 million, should that be the case. |
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