Comments on: Online Piracy Becomes a ‘National Sport’ in France

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:48:44 +0000

most people I know in france don`t really bother downloading movies from torrent sites anyway because it takes far too long. Mostly people just go and rent a dvd then rip it, pass the copy amongst their friends and family to copy the dvdrip at their leisure. It is incredibly easy to rip a dvd once you know how to. Yes piracy is a national pass time in france but coming up with this insane idea of ‘ three strikes and you’re out’ will change absolutely nothing.

By: NBT: Francia, la pirateria online diventa uno sport nazionale

NBT: Francia, la pirateria online diventa uno sport nazionale — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:13:48 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:04:41 +0000

With the bitorrent protocol it is impossible to know how many files are exhanged.

Sure, y measuring traffic on trackers one can find a botom limit but this is all.

This is because each torrent file can be downloaded multiple time from any computer and each of them can be used to seek a torent multiple time as well.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:21:58 +0000

great artical.

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Sun, 09 Nov 2008 07:41:00 +0000

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By: Blackbeard

Blackbeard — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:59:50 +0000

I don’t just pirate, I also smoke weed and chase girls. I quess these things are all connected… I’m a very bad man. SO SUE ME! ARRRRR!!

By: some guy

some guy — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:55:33 +0000

Sharing is a good thing

– GOD

By: iptorrents/torrentleech

iptorrents/torrentleech — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:10:08 +0000

i think all those figures are way too low!!

By: h33t

h33t — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:50:33 +0000

piracy is theft

piracy is the illegal manufacture and sale of conterfeit products. piracy is stealing revenue which belongs to the copyright holders

filesharing is copying

By: hmmm

hmmm — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:36:01 +0000

Btw, as a french dude, I download (I wouldn’t call it pirate) music and movies. And buy cds/dvds quite often.

If that law passes, I’ll just rent a seedbox in a foreign country, get a usenet access, and stop buying cds/dvds.

As usual, our politicians are complete retards. But that’s not big news, and it’s true in all the lobbies-lead countries.

By: hmmm

hmmm — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:25:33 +0000

China is like a big Auschwitz concentration camp. Take miserable people, make them work 6 days per week 14 hours a day, sleeping at their workplace, paid 200 ucks a month, and fired after they are 30yo because they start to work slower.

And who supports that heaven ? It’s the USA \m/

But from a fascist government to another one, it’s only normal everything goes alright.

The same as the USA were so keen on doing business with the nazis, from 1933 and until 1942.

What a great nation ! I’m glad I’m not an american retard :D

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:46:13 +0000

keep fighting and downloading French

By: Neverhood

Neverhood — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:37:45 +0000

All noncommercial copying must be legalized.

The only victims of “pirating” are the ones that are too stubborn or too stupid to change their business model to fit with the technological advances of our time.

Like the horse carriages and typewriters perished, so shall the old music and movie industry. And from the ashes a far more productive and successful industry will emerge.

By: dr.J

dr.J — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:24:15 +0000

as long i dont see those rich guys in holywood and elsewhere living a more normal life or p’diddy daddy losing his what 12billion mansion. i dont care if im not paying for their copyright. music and movies should be stupid cheap to buy. it like food u consume it then u put it away until u consume it again maybe a few month later…. it is different with software programs where modern people use it everyday to do their meaningless things so yeah i buy the lic. therefor hopefully get good support if needet.
so, p’daddy, mariah carey, metallica… all i pay u is: nothing for your creativ product to have.

By: citrouille

citrouille — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:35:28 +0000

OUI, VIVE LA REVOLUTION !!!!

FUCK ^__^

By: mosab

mosab — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:32:45 +0000

Hey guys,
you reminded me of a documentary named “steal this film”, http://www.stealthisfilm.com

My opinion is that copyright law is first made to protect the “author”’s right in having credit for what he has created and to give him a chance of making a “decent” living out of it.

The author’s right not the distributors’ !!!

and this is the first time in my life that i see an industry dealing with its clients as criminals and chasing them!!

By: The Technology Blog: Online Piracy Becomes a National Sport in France

The Technology Blog: Online Piracy Becomes a National Sport in France — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:28:18 +0000

[...] a new report suggests that online piracy has become something of a national sport in France.Source:http://torrentfreak.com/online-piracy-becomes-a-national-sport-in-france-081107/ Posted by Makin at [...]

By: meneame.net

meneame.net — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:48:24 +0000

"La piratería en Francia es un deporte nacional"[ENG]…

Bajo este eslogan, el diario francés Le Figaro muestra un estudio en el que se dice que hasta el 34% de la gente dice tener reproductores con contenidos "piratas", así como un 20% que declara tener un disco duro externo para almacenamiento …

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Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:12:48 +0000

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By: rek

rek — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:15:47 +0000

Uhm…

i think the percentages are more around 70%….at least 70% of the online population has committed some sort of “illegal operation” during their everyday browsing, most often uncosciously.

The internet is for anyone, likewise, so should its content.