Comments on: P2Pnet Wins Landmark ‘Hyperlinking” Case

By: Borderliner

Borderliner — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:12:50 +0000

That can be argued. After all, the principle stays the same and BT does use HTTP, so one could say that a .torrent is an advanced form of hyperlink (with the advantage that it does not even specify the location of the material, only what server *might* know that location, ie it links to a link).

Wether anyone would go to court to get this view officially approved is another matter.

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:46:34 +0000

This won’t change anything for BitTorrent sites. A torrent file is not a hyperlink and they must be hosted somewhere even if it means pushing them all into the DHT.

By: or

or — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:05:01 +0000

Or your asshole, which is what you were talking out of.

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By: Keloran

Keloran — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:37:37 +0000

@16 America does not own the Internet, and is not the only country in the world, as your mum always said think before opening your mouth

By: NastyBedazzler

NastyBedazzler — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:05:07 +0000

This is good news.

I think, however, if the courts educated themselves a little bit concerning the nature of Bittorrent we wouldn’t have Tracker issues and lawsuits in the first place since there aren’t any illegal files on their servers. It’s like getting arrested for merely posting pictures of marijuana on a personal website, it doesn’t make sense and it doesn’t happen.

By: UNITED HACKERS ASSOCIATION

UNITED HACKERS ASSOCIATION — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:27:13 +0000

@9 you suck my chicken
seems the CRIA is around being sore little losers today

way to go wayne

By: um addon

um addon — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:25:09 +0000

@#16

this is canada its talking about btw
NOT THE USA.

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By: the ruling as regarding torrent sites

the ruling as regarding torrent sites — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:21:15 +0000

@#8
the files do NOT link to files on there own servers but link up other people to files and chunks a files elsewhere, that’s how this benefits torrent sites

NOW in a defense one can say the supreme court said that a torrent file is effectively a link to something NOT on its own server and YOU or someone ELSE is the originator and thus it is no longer illegal for a torrent site in canada.

By: ...

... — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:59:08 +0000

@ shmo

The world is ROUND not flat..
Figure that one out yourself..

By: shmo

shmo — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:52:27 +0000

wtf does this have to do with bittorrent sites? bittorrent sites in the US are liable under contributory copyright infringement. there is no contributory defamation under US law.

By: wow

wow — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:59:22 +0000

What a crook.

By: pjstewart@ualberta.ca

pjstewart@ualberta.ca — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:05:57 +0000

I think this is a good idea.

pjstewart@ualberta.ca
pjstewart at ualberta.ca
pjstewart[at]ualberta.ca

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:13:07 +0000

Luckily, not all judges are crooks like Wayne Crookes or whatever his fu*kin’ name is.

By: MiKEOViC

MiKEOViC — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:20:05 +0000

Lol, “crook” Good for P2Pnet. Never heard of them, but still a big step forward.

By: ha

ha — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:16:41 +0000

Now lets hope isoHunt win their lawsuit against the CRIA in the Canadian courts, hopefully this case will go some way towards that.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:12:49 +0000

Aww, poor wittle Crooked Wayne. His bid to subjugate the entire Internet because BAD PPL SED MEEN THINGZ ABOOT HIM, BAAAW has ended in predictable failure.

Hear that, Wayne? It’s me playing the world’s tiniest violin.

Also, since “defamation” obviously makes you ball up your fists and go cry-cry, let me just say this:

FACT. Wayne Crookes fucks chickens.

By: Hyrrokkin

Hyrrokkin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:11:02 +0000

It’s still possible for them to say that since Bittorrent Trackers link to files on their own servers, even though both you and I know they aren’t infringing anything, it can be counted as publication…

By: www.eZee.se

www.eZee.se — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:56:00 +0000

Well, thank you Mr.Crookes, or shall I say crook?

http://Www.eZee.se

By: andyness

andyness — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:54:25 +0000

“Wayne Crookes, a former Green Party organizer, had sued p2pnet claiming that the news site defamed him by merely linking to articles he didn’t agree with.”

i LOLed

By: hell yeah

hell yeah — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:53:07 +0000

well great for the 30 million canadians ;)

but surely a great set up for isohunt’s upcoming lawsuit against the canadian RIAA

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:52:27 +0000

Who? Wayne Crooked?

By: Roze

Roze — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:46:46 +0000

I hope so as well, although I say that there would be a better hope if there were public opinion on its side, and I see no evidence of public opinion on its side. Surely the courts matter, but I think that there is little safety in courts if it does not also have the backing of the legislative body.

Roze
http://10ch.org

By: DW808

DW808 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:41:36 +0000

Hellz to the Yeahz!

By: ytb

ytb — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:34:01 +0000

yay p2p!!