Doctor Four
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The MPAA may have won the battle against TorrentSpy, but they
are losing the war. There are dozens of other torrent sites to
take their place, and indeed some new ones have started up in
the past few weeks.
So all the anti-p2p trolls, corporate shills and MAFIAA
apologists on the Net can crow and trumpet all they want, claiming
that another major "piracy" site has been taken down. In
reality, it was just one site, indexing torrents available
elsewhere. And in many p2p users' opinions not a very good
one, doing things like foisting pr0n ads upon site visitors.
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quatrix
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| said by Doctor Four  :The MPAA may have won the battle against TorrentSpy, but they are losing the war. There are dozens of other torrent sites to take their place, and indeed some new ones have started up in the past few weeks. The war against what? Crime and the protection of intellectual property rights? Why do you try to make it sound like you're the good guy? |
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INT0CABLE
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Bronx, NY | we are the good guys |
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Hawkmtnman
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said by quatrix :said by Doctor Four : The war against what? Crime and the protection of intellectual property rights? Why do you try to make it sound like you're the good guy? ummm....cuz he is ... |
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PhiloVance
join:2001-11-20
Bakersfield, CA | reply to Doctor Four
FWIW, pirate bay is what I use, but they also force pr0n ads on you, but then hey, what's the internet for, if not pr0n. |
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way2evil
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You are right in saying copyright infringment commiters are not the good guys, but the mpaa is worse. They are trying to "own" the Internet and everything that goes on in its vast amounts of data. Whether or not you support illegal downloads you should support net nutrality to the fullest. How would you like to use an Internet where few corporations run it? Its like gas. A few big guys run the show, gouge the prices, and the end user suffers. |
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GOLFnSUN
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said by INT0CABLE :we are the good guys NO - you're not. |
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INT0CABLE
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Bronx, NY | you are mistaken on what is good and what is bad it seems |
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Kearnstd
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the MPAA/RIAA are much much much worse then the pirates. they are anti competitive and anti consumer on all levels and they get away with it in ways that make the phone company drool.
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james
join:2001-02-26
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Good = whatever we do.
Bad = whatever anyone else does. |
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Doctor Four
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said by INT0CABLE :we are the good guys You know, I said absolutely nothing about good vs. bad in
my post. But Quatrix (whom I have on ignore, BTW), is putting
words in my mouth, assuming I said that. Seems all he did was
post a knee-jerk reaction to my comments.
But the MPAA, IFPI, RIAA and all the rest are indeed losing
the war. Piracy/infringement/filesharing/bootlegging cannot
be stopped.
It is like the wars on drugs, poverty and terror. Yes there
may be a few high profile victories here and there, but it
will never be completely eradicated.
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Kearnstd
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Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to Doctor Four
the difference is the war on drugs atleast targets something that is causing harm. ive never heard of driveby shootings related to downloading the latest pixar flick
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Dogfather
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Wrong. |
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EricS
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It's legal to download.
If you upload and share, you will get caught by the MPAA. |
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Sean
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said by quatrix :said by Doctor Four :The MPAA may have won the battle against TorrentSpy, but they are losing the war. There are dozens of other torrent sites to take their place, and indeed some new ones have started up in the past few weeks. The war against what? Crime and the protection of intellectual property rights? Why do you try to make it sound like you're the good guy? The RIAA is stealing from the artists. Of all the money won from these "scare tactics" and "out of court settlements" (read: not a single court case has been won), the artists have seen NOTHING.
It's funny that the RIAA talks about the protection of the artists intellectual property, and yet, of a CD sale, something like 95% of the money goes to the label.
Big fucking scam. And you've fallen for it. |
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Rob
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| said by Sean :said by quatrix :said by Doctor Four :The MPAA may have won the battle against TorrentSpy, but they are losing the war. There are dozens of other torrent sites to take their place, and indeed some new ones have started up in the past few weeks. The war against what? Crime and the protection of intellectual property rights? Why do you try to make it sound like you're the good guy? The RIAA is stealing from the artists. Of all the money won from these "scare tactics" and "out of court settlements" (read: not a single court case has been won), the artists have seen NOTHING. It's funny that the RIAA talks about the protection of the artists intellectual property, and yet, of a CD sale, something like 95% of the money goes to the label. Big fucking scam. And you've fallen for it. lol. So because you feel it's wrong, then stealing MUST be right.
Great logic there. |
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dvd536
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said by PhiloVance :FWIW, pirate bay is what I use, but they also force pr0n ads on you, but then hey, what's the internet for, if not pr0n. pr0n? you'll go blind looking at that stuff!
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Mchart
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America was founded on people stealing goods from the British empire. America truly was founded on piracy. Debate all you want - But thats just the way it is. So for a person with an American flag as their avatar to support the RIAA goes against logic. The RIAA is literally stealing money from the people who diserve it because said people created said product. Yet since the RIAA controls all venue's said people get 'taxed'. Sound familiar? It should. |
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Kearnstd
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i dont like my tax dollars being wasted on the court cases related to fighting P2P based piracy. first off as a tax payer this doesnt and wont ever gain me a single thing nore will it gain the nation a single thing. if Piracy of media where to go away totally, i can assure that prices would not go down infact they would go up because the companies wouldnt have to compete with free.
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EPS
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I thought drive-by shootings over the next Pixar film was the MPAA's next strategy if the suing people fails... |
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