Comments on: Anti-Piracy Measures Don’t Work, Report Shows

By: Infogringo

Infogringo — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:52:07 +0000

I used to use torrents, and Disney effectively made me stop after I downloaded a movie for my three year old son.

Since then I started to use http//www.grabaid.com , a service that allows you to easily download from the Usenet at 500+KB/sec. It used to be free forever, but now they only give you one free month. I pay $15/ month for one of their larger plans, and do not feel the need to spend $80/ month for all of the channels I would need just for the TV programming, not to mention the ‘illegal’ movies.

Worth a shot, looks like thepiratebay and isohunt will not last forever. ThePirateBay has been tricky lately. (I still use torrents for music)

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By: ilgioa

ilgioa — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:25:30 +0000

Hi everybody,
I took the time of downloading and reading the paper, something that apparently nobody here did.
The article title is misleading because id does not represent what the paper actually says.
The entire page 5 is dedicated to say how well hash-based detection methods work, to conclude that “Blacklisting based on file hashes or other file IDs
can provide a viable way to severely limit the
distribution of copyright-protected content.”
Sorry to wake you up, but Ipoque here is only trying to sell a hash-based detection system. period.

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By: Stolen Rhone

Stolen Rhone — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:07:12 +0000

“First, and most importantly, content providers need to provide other high-quality, well priced and easily accessible online content. New business models are inevitable. In the long run, this will make illegitimate sharing of copyright-protected material through the Internet a lot less interesting.”

Bingo. Somebody is finally getting it.

Adapt. The. Business. Model.

By: Anti-Piracy Measures Don’t Work, Report Shows | CyberLaw Blog

Anti-Piracy Measures Don’t Work, Report Shows | CyberLaw Blog — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:17:50 +0000

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By: Ellison

Ellison — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:08:01 +0000

Let's say that tomorrow the pirate bay decided to change their model. They decide that they're going to sell cracked digital content (music, software, movies, etc). They aren't going to pay the original artists/creators anything. They're just flat-out making money selling other people's work and becoming millionaires. Further, let's say that Swedish law was okay with this. You're arguing that there is absolutely nothing anyone could do to stop this rip-off because it would somehow violate the pirate bay's "rights" and any pressure to stop this rip-off would "be a the first step for the country to become an authoritarian state."? I call BS. But, according to your argument, this should be perfectly 100% okay as long as Swedish law was okay with this. Obviously, something is wrong if that's true.

By: guenthar

guenthar — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:45:04 +0000

You are getting civil and criminal law mixed up. Pirating (the illegal uploading and downloading of copyrighted material) is part of civil law and the rest of what you are talking about is part of criminal law. What this means is that the government prosecutes criminal law and civil law is comprised of law suits by companies and individuals. For the government to go after pirates would be a violation of their constitution and any case would get shut down by the judge in charge of the case. The only way they could charge pirates would be to pass an amendment making copyright infringment a criminal offense. That would be the first step for the country to become an authoritarian state.

By: Ellison

Ellison — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:58:06 +0000

The phrase was not "act together" but "got their act together". But, thanks for your input. What are you even talking about with "breaking civil law". Do you mean that Sweden should not be pressured to act like a responsible global citizen? You know, I recently read an article about how people in East Africa like the pirates (the pirates stealing ships and demanding ransom). If the people of east Africa got together to vote on the issue, they might agree to let the pirates continue to operate because they bring money into their communities. The fact that a majority of people in some country agree to something doesn't mean it's right. Similarly, what would you say if Sweden allows child porn to be distributed by people operating servers in Sweden? Should that be allowed because the people of Sweden think it's okay? What's going on in Sweden is that a bunch of freeloaders like getting shit for free and want to pressure the government to keep getting shit for free – which is exactly what would happen in east Africa, as well.

Please stop breathing my air, idiot.

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makin257 - Anti-Piracy Measures Dont Work, Report Shows — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:45:44 +0000

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By: meep

meep — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:51:03 +0000

How do you know there has never been child porn on TPB? It could have been removed or there could still be stuff out there labeled as something else. I agree that everything should be done to remove it, but it's next to impossible to get every last bit of it down.

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Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:32:08 +0000

By act together im guessing your talking about breaking civil law and violating peoples rights.

Please stop breathing my air, idiot.

By: Ellison

Ellison — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:51:36 +0000

The article is mis-titled. What it should say is "these anti-piracy measures don't work". If governments really got their act together (I'm looking at you, Sweden), they could *easily* shut down piracy by going after the sites. It's not like we don't know who runs the pirate bay.

By: mister_playboy

mister_playboy — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:32:01 +0000

Actually, I think it's primarily on Usenet.

By: Barney

Barney — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:16:08 +0000

The day I trust a piracy site to interpret a report for me, and to report on piracy objectively is the day I cut off both my hands and learn to play the piano with my mouth.

Thanks for your "objective" reporting Torrentfreak but no thanks, stick to just blatantly lying about piracy and making tons of money from advertising based on pimping other peoples work like you, TPB and other piracy sites do. Stop trying to justify it.

By: Cleetus

Cleetus — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:57:46 +0000

Well, your momma is though!

By: MusikManiacs

MusikManiacs — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:37:32 +0000

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