File Sharers Can No Longer Hide - Page 2

**Paul** · 15-02-2005, 18:27

Okay - back on topic please.

AndrewJ · 15-02-2005, 20:00

what if fileshared hid in the local pub? we could have hidden rooms of mass servers underground..and spy people with laser eyes checking all those who enter......

:|

ntl customer · 15-02-2005, 22:37

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Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja

OOOOhhhh!

And heres a little something i made earlier...

Also here's another spoof I found then I saw on someone's blog ...

@ TheBlueRaja's poster.

jtwn · 15-02-2005, 23:02

Haha theyre great

More closures

Torrentz.com and UK-Torrents.com

Torrentz.com closed as the owner called it a day, UK-Torrentz, well follow the link :/

TheBlueRaja · 15-02-2005, 23:07

It dosent matter - something else will come along to replace it.

punky · 15-02-2005, 23:19

There is on prominent torrent website I am hoping won't go down. If it does, it won't be the end of the world.

BitTorrent was designed to prevent its own death from the MPAA et al. The shared file can't be stopped while the .torrent file can be moved around and everyone can be trackers. Some of the major torrent groups have their own IRC channels for distributing files, and the more websites get shut down, the more it will be pushed towards IRC. The MPAA won't be able to shut that down.

It winds me up though, I don't even download bloody movies. I rely heavily on US TV episodes though, which should be out of the MPAA's juristiction. I wonder if a site deals with only TV episodes would get shut down?

ian@huth · 15-02-2005, 23:28

Nothing is impossible, it may just get harder or have to be done a different way.

(applies to both sides)

Strzelecki · 15-02-2005, 23:43

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FirstSource monitors for the first uploads of a client's intellectual property to the eDonkey and Bit Torrent networks. When the system spots a file name matching the client's content, it initiates a download to confirm that the file is what it appears to be.

Ok so people could upload huge amount of fake stuff and waste the systems resources whilst it downloads and checks everything! I'm going to upload my own 3Gb linux distro called WinXPPro.torrent

**Maggy** · 16-02-2005, 00:02

Sigh!

Do any of you realise that when you do this illegal activity you are not just cutting out the fat cats you are affecting the people who are the reason the products are made.The artists need to be paid as well.If they aren't how do they keep going?They need to eat and pay their way in the world.

I'm all for cutting out fat cats who have been very guilty of over pricing the products but I still wanna reward the guys who make the films/music and who's blood,sweat and tears go into the creation of the products.

Just my outlook on the situation.

Stephen · 16-02-2005, 08:54

How am I stealing from them or losing them money if I d/l a film I would not actually go see at the cinema, and wait till it comes on TV or DVD. In the instance I have d/l movies then I usually have been to see it at the cinema and will more than likely purchase on DVD if I enjoyed it( I have over 220 DVDs).

poolking · 16-02-2005, 09:04

Instead of the RIAA, MPAA etc hounding file sharing sites and shutting them down, why don't they help them offer legal material? I'm sure it would cost them far less to take them to court?

etccarmageddon · 16-02-2005, 09:18

the poster is stupid anyway - it says 'if you are downloading copyrighted movies without authorisation you are breaking the law' - this is dumb as what it should say is 'if you are uploading/sharing copyrighted movies...'.

SOSAGES · 16-02-2005, 09:40

think this has been posted a 2-3 times here already

anyway http://www.shutdownthis.com/

**Maggy** · 16-02-2005, 10:46

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Originally Posted by DarthYoda

How am I stealing from them or losing them money if I d/l a film I would not actually go see at the cinema, and wait till it comes on TV or DVD. In the instance I have d/l movies then I usually have been to see it at the cinema and will more than likely purchase on DVD if I enjoyed it( I have over 220 DVDs).

For every film/song you download and listened to or watched without buying the original record,DVD means that the artist,directors,singers,actors,stuntmen,writers etc DON'T get their cut of the royalties.That's what I mean.

In doing the fat cats out of their money you also do the people who make and work in the movies/music industry lose out on what they should rightfully get.I don't give a toss about fat cats of industry but I do care that the originators get enough money to be able to WANT to continue to produce the music/films that I enjoy.Why would anyone work for diminishing returns.Would you?

Stuart · 16-02-2005, 11:03

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Originally Posted by DarthYoda

How am I stealing from them or losing them money if I d/l a film I would not actually go see at the cinema, and wait till it comes on TV or DVD. In the instance I have d/l movies then I usually have been to see it at the cinema and will more than likely purchase on DVD if I enjoyed it( I have over 220 DVDs).

I have to admit, I don't like the action the MPAA (and RIAA) are taking, but look at it this way. You purchase the movies you like (as do I, and, I suspect, most people). However, a lot of people (and I do know a LOT of people like this) download movies because they can, and have no intention of ever paying for them. If one person downloads a movie without paying for it, then there is no problem. If 1,000 (or 100,000) people download a movie without paying for it, then that *will* be a problem.