SilverSurfer
join:2007-08-19
| Whack A Mole: The Saga Continues
Since this case is not in the United States of, by and for the mega corporations (e.g. the **AAs) this latest news is largely symbolic. A lot of posturing/lip service will happen, and, in the end, TPB will once again live to see another day. Nice try, though. This is better entertainment than anything Hollywood could have written. |
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nklb
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join:2000-11-17
Ann Arbor, MI
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| Yet again
I wonder how many times this will happen? I doubt their luck will run forever.
Even if the laws are on their side currently (in all fairness they only host the links to torrents of potentially copyrighted material and not the material itself) the laws will be rewritten until they will lose.
It's a strange and rocky world we live in right now. It will be interesting to look back on this time 50 years from now.
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LaZ3R
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join:2003-01-17
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| Haha, pirate bay will never die
They are truly the number 1 survivors of this shit  ... Torrents will take a huge blow if pirate bay ever shuts down .
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someone2
@pacbell.net | The pirate bay admins have already scattered TPB servers in several different countries.
Even if the servers in Sweden dissappear, TPB will live on. The "copyright cops" cannot police the entire world. |
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smokarz
join:2006-07-24
West Hartford, CT | reply to LaZ3R
when one goes down, ten others will pop up to replace it. the torrent revolution will live on....power to the thiefs!!! |
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neufuse
join:2006-12-06
Indiana, PA | Thats all?
for all that is on that site you'd think they'd of goten more infringements |
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abouttime
@comcast.net
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| You know they are going to prison
It's just a matter of time. |
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bctrainers
join:2004-08-03
Olathe, KS
| Not surprised...
This isn't all too surprising to see... either they will walk on or be charged big time with others to follow suit. 
If one goes down, many, many more will come up to take its place. 
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wifi4milez
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join:2004-08-07
New York, NY
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Re: Haha, pirate bay will never die
said by smokarz :....power to the thiefs!!! I believe the word you were looking for is "thieves".
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jgkolt
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join:2004-02-21
Lakewood, OH
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| marketing
This whole thing is marketing for pirate bay again. Whether they win or lose more people will come to their site and anything thye pay will be recovered in higher ad revenue.
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knightmb
Everybody Lies
join:2003-12-01
Franklin, TN
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| reply to SilverSurfer
Re: Whack A Mole: The Saga Continues
I like the new logo they are using, maybe this should be used for the story  |
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jgkolt
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join:2004-02-21
Lakewood, OH
clubs: | $4million
I also read that they are making about $4million a year at tpb
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jmn1207
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join:2000-07-19
Reston, VA
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| reply to abouttime
Re: You know they are going to prison
said by abouttime :
It's just a matter of time.
I was not aware that this was a criminal case, I thought it was a civil case. They may be legally required to pay punitive damages if found guilty of copyright infringement, but they should not be sentenced to a prison term. |
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PToN
join:2001-10-04
Houston, TX | reply to knightmb
Re: Whack A Mole: The Saga Continues
That image reminds me of "Monkey Island" game |
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karlmarx
join:2006-09-18
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Re: Haha, pirate bay will never die
Actually, the correct term is "infringers". A THEIF is someone who deprives the owner of the object. An "infringer" does not STEAL from anyone, a perfect copy does not 'magically deprive' the original copy, or stop it from working *(unless you are talking about DRM, in which case the megacorp IS STEALING from the customers)
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karlmarx
join:2006-09-18
iraq
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| The proscuters are LYING
The listed all this stuff as being downloaded from the pirate bay. That is a lie. If the prosecutor was correct, then Dell would be liable, because a dell computer was used to infringe. Microsoft would be liable, because windows allowed a user to infringe.
They have as much chance of winning as they have of accusing 'google' of infringing, because it's exactly the same thing. A site that indexes information. There are no laws being broken by the owners of the site, only the USERS of the site are breaking the law. BIG DIFFERENCE.
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P Ness
You'Ve Forgotten 9-11 Already
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join:2001-08-29
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| So when do they charge google? Yahoo? next?
i can get the same movies from these two sources...of course its not quite as easy...but the funny part is that you can find any PB seed link on google.
so google links to the PB torrent file...so does this not make google also guilty?
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Xizer
join:2004-02-05
New York, NY
1 edit | They won't get convicted.
Even if they do, it'll be a vacation. This is Sweden we're talking about. Swedish prisons are like summer camp. Many aren't even fenced, and you can actually get days where you're allowed to leave to visit family and friends, etc. |
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MrMaster
What If
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join:2000-12-16
Austin, TX
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| said by Xizer :Even if they do, it'll be a vacation. This is Sweden we're talking about. Swedish prisons are like summer camp. Many aren't even fenced, and you can actually get days where you're allowed to leave to visit family and friends, etc. lol that's because it's probably more of a punishment to visit family than staying in jail. |
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