Comments on: MPAA Not Done With TorrentSpy Yet

By: madlars

madlars — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:31:37 +0000

i forgot to mention.
torrentspy is ideal for people who lost a cd of theyr game.
i did a few times, i downloaded, put in MY serial, and it was legal.
for example, i have age of mythology. i lost the cd, couldent find it, searched on torrentspy, downloaded it, inserted the serial key froom the guide in it.

By: madlars

madlars — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:25:19 +0000

torrents arent illegal, they’re invented for programmers to let people test theyr programs, even with movies. and some programs are just free, its user submitted, should torrentspy die because of some guys submitting illegal content?
i think that sux. i always used torrentspy.
ofcourse i’ve donloaded illegal things, but was it meant for that?

By: LoCoPyRo

LoCoPyRo — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:46:51 +0000

I think everyone is missing the point of the article. It doesn’t even matter if bittorrent is legal or illegal (in a civil or criminal sense -of which it can be either- depending on which charges are brought up). This case deals with a much bigger issue that is going to have a profound effect on all future generations.

It illustrates the danger to net neutrality.

If the MPAA can convince US courts to force organizations like torrentspy to hand over logs (which they dont even have in the first place) then what stops them from making ISPs to make logs and then hand them over? Currently ISPs in America and most of the world are not required to log internet activity and are not responsible for the actions of their users. But, in 20 years it could be completely possible that all of your internet activities will be monitored and restricted to prevent you from getting to parts of the internet (like torrent sites or whatever is deemed ‘dangerous’ by the government or even the ISP or just what they feel like blocking on that day of the week). If the middlemen who provide access to information on the internet (ISPs and search engines) become responsible for the way their users use the internet things are going to go sour pretty fast. The laws on all this are still pretty loose and they are going to be set in stone soon by court cases such as this.

I support Torrentspy in their endeavors much as I support someone who goes to court to try and protect their freedom of speech or press or anything. It doesn’t matter if their original reasons were illegal or even stupid, they are still doing the right thing by trying to protect a right they have.

Furthermore, saying Torrentspy did something illegal is inane. They would probably not be convicted if this issue had gone to court. The analogy to a phone book is probably the best example anyone gave. Also the fact that they are doing the exact same thing as a site like google, who doesn’t get persecuted.

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By: Ceri

Ceri — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:41:05 +0000

Torrent sites and profit… Hmm, trying to think of any torrent site I know that profits from the copyright infringement. Nope none come to mind. Though most have donation links the donations go where they’re meant to in most if not all cases, to help cover server costs.
And many the site administrators have no part in downloading/uploading torrents so they don’t profit in that manner either.

Learn to phrase things better if you meant something different. The moment a torrent site makes profit from breaking the law that takes things to a whole other level, professional piracy which only **AA has to rights to judging from these court battles.

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By: Squ33

Squ33 — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:37:53 +0000

So can torrentspy still call themselves torrentspy? Especially when they show this to US IPs:
Torrentspy Acts to Protect Privacy

Sorry, but because you are located in the USA you cannot use the search features of the Torrentspy.com website.Torrentspy’s decision to stop accepting US visitors was NOT compelled by any Court but rather an uncertain legal climate in the US regarding user privacy and an apparent tension between US and European Union privacy laws.

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By: h33t

h33t — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:42:55 +0000

ON TOPIC:

TorrentSpy tap dancing for time … those advertising bucks must be worth something hey Justin ;D

shame you didnt establish an anonymous tracker site outside of US jurisdiction or your model would be still alive today. did somebody mention destructive technologies?

NO NEWS:

Justin has started several torrent sites to replace the dead duck and will be around for awhile yet, only he wont be called Justin anymore, Samantha is as good a name as any

Sammy says “i am from Scandinavia, a small provence of Holland. i like all boys and i want to be a film star and save all the turtles”

meanwhile Sammy hosts her sites off-shore someplace …

By: h33t

h33t — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:34:23 +0000

technically bittorrent and all p2p is a destructive technology. destructive to the old technologies and that includes systems and laws and hardware and way we live our lives

before the invention of the internal combustion engine (the automobile) how many horses were there on the streets of your city? how many are there now? the horse population has been destroyed and reduced to the playthings of the rich. destructive technologies bring about change

destructive technologies are very well understood as arbitrage opportunities (difference in price can be harnessed to profit). x years after the printing press arrived we see a quasi-global publishing authority the **AA who have cynically implemented a system of generating revenue from a change in technology. how? because the law changes very very slowly compared to technology (most lawmakers are old and do not have an iPod or a multimedia desktop or an Xbox360 or PS3 like me and you)

in time it will be demonstrated the **AA acted cynically and with malicious extortion. do you think in 10 years time we will be still talking about the **AA? LOLOL

By: Nietzsche

Nietzsche — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 18:25:33 +0000

Rick Dublin, I do not know how you could possibly not be smart enough to know that it cannot possibly be stealing. I mean, people should not have a monopolistic control over ideas. The fact is that copyright is a MONOPOLY and that these monopolies should be gone. If I share some file, the fact is that I did not steal anything because stealing is taking things away from others, and the fact is that the original “copyright holders” still have their copy. People should not have the right to own ideas.

By: AJ

AJ — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:15:01 +0000

oh did i mention that its all FREE. goto the site and start watching.

By: AJ

AJ — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:13:15 +0000

wanna know something funny i think. all the torrent sites like torrentspy, which i still use in the us, is getting flammed. but sites like online cinema doesnt get even a glance by them. i havnt heard of one government action against them. they do the same thing as the torrent sites. a site that doesnt host the material but links to where thier storred. half the sites are japs. more of a “torrenttube” as u could call it. so how come they arent getting flammed by the movie industry?

By: wepackemandweshipem

wepackemandweshipem — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:23:51 +0000

These companies need to move with the times. I regualarly download entire TV series because they aren’t gonna be shown on british TV (or I can’t wait for it to be shown). The show I wanna see is available, albeit via torrent. If I could I might consider paying to download them legally from the actual tv network that owns them – if it was a reasonable fee. (Although truth be told I might not!)

Would it still be illegal if I did have an actual friend in the US to tivo it, burn it to DVD and mail it to me in the UK?

Because you only have to listen to radio shows or whatever to hear the listeners saying “OMG the new season of Lost or Prison Break etc has just started in the US. My friend has just sent me the first episode!” You know damn well that the post doesn’t work that fast and that they must have downloaded it. In fact even some of the DJ’s have said that they have seen new episodes of whatever and it has been sent in by someone who has an American friend!

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