said by TKJunkMail :

I think that "PIRATE Bay" being the biggest torrent tracker says a lot about the bogus claims that bittorrent use isn't primarily used for pirating(coyright infringement) music and videos.

said by quatrix :

Yeah, and maybe if the government gave more handouts then criminals wouldn't rob liquor stores. Must be the government's fault.

said by Warez_Zealot :

Maybe if they offered content at the price of 10 cents a song or movies at like $2 - $3 dollars people would pirate less. If they can move more quantity and charge less instead of charging more and selling less they would still make a lot.

Anyways, guaranteed half they stuff downloaded is deleted right away after they realize the content is complete garbage.

Qtrax, which makes its debut Sunday, is the latest online music venture counting on the lure of free music to draw in music fans and on advertising to pay the bills, namely record company licensing fees.

Qtrax downloads can be stored indefinitely on PCs and transferred onto portable music players, however.

The service, which boasts a selection of up to 30 million tracks, also promises that its music downloads will be playable on Apple Inc.'s iPods and Macintosh computers as early as March.

said by Warez_Zealot :

lol, aren't people getting $600 each from your Fed gov?

said by TKJunkMail :

How about for free:
»ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gUiU···8UE4GC82
Qtrax, which makes its debut Sunday, . . .

said by stltech :

shame that Qtrax is down right now!

Please check back in 24 hours to download the first, free, and legal P2P music application.

said by quatrix :

Yeah, and maybe if the government gave more handouts then criminals wouldn't rob liquor stores. Must be the government's fault.

lol, aren't people getting $600 each from your Fed gov?

said by David :

After all the RIAA and MPAA made them famous.

Public prosecutor Hakan Roswall said last week he will charge the Swedish site's organizers with accessory and conspiracy to break copyright law, which could lead to fines or up to two years in prison.

The charges will be filed in a district court on January 31.

"It's not merely a search engine. It's an active part of an action that aims at, and also leads to, making copyright protected material available," Roswall told Reuters.

"It's a classic example of accessory -- to act as intermediary between people who commit crimes, whether it's in the physical or the virtual world," he said.

Roswall said it could take more than convictions in Sweden to stop Pirate Bay. "Because the infrastructure is scattered among several places around the world... no separate country will be able to stop the site," he said.

But he believes advertisers could have second thoughts about using Pirate Bay if a guilty verdict is handed down. "That can be the sort of thing that influences the site in the long run."

said by TKJunkMail :

I think that "PIRATE Bay" being the biggest torrent tracker says a lot about the bogus claims that bittorrent use isn't primarily used for pirating(coyright infringement) music and videos.

said by jgkolt :

actually i have downloaded a lot of free music and software off of that site. Now when you first hear that the slant you will put on is it is copyright infringement but they do have a lot of music on there that is free and open to the public without copyright infringing content. Just because its free and on pirate bay doe snot mean it is stolen.