Torrent sites under attack
Written by Ernesto on February 24, 2006The MPAA filed lawsuits against Torrentspy, Isohunt, Torrentbox, Niteshadow and Bthub. This could have a huge impact on the BitTorrent community since Torrentspy and Isohunt are two of the most frequently visited torrent sites.
But on the other hand, Isohunt and Torrentspy are torrent search engines and DO NOT host any torrents so the MPAA may have a hard time to built a strong case.
Slyck got a chance to talk to the operators of Torrentspy and Isohunt, and they responded quite relaxed:
“Funny, they didn’t email me,” Gary from ISOHunt said. “I’m not too concerned because we deal with copyright requests everyday, some of them from studios MPAA represents.”
“Justin” from TorrentSpy echoed Gary’s skepticism. “I guess I will learn more when I see what they have filed exactly. I’m not sure why they are suing when we comply with DMCA requests but I guess we will learn more down the road.”
Let’s wait and see, here’s a copy of the press release. Besides the 5 torrent sites ed2k-it.com (Edonkey), nzb-zone.com, binnews.com and dvdrs.net (newsgroups) are also targeted.
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We use broadband to download and watch movie not to surf net only that what my comment… Dun come and disturb use for our downloading. once torrent site down we must CUT OFF OUR telephone line so that the company can ready for shut down pack their backpack go home sleep.
its stoopid :) u download stuff.. play/listen/watch it a few times… get bored and delete da file neva to play/watch/listen to again… if software makers cud make software dat worked for everyone then piracy on software would b quite low.. peopl download software as a try-b4-u-buy an some may find that the software/games dont work so no sense n buyin da game in da first place
WATS WRONG WITH DOWNLOADING…???..its just an advance in technology that occurs on everything right….we use to have sun glasses…then …we have sunnies with mp3 on tham …evolution ..like recording songs from radio and recording tape from tv video recorder…that wasnt illegal ….downloading mp3 n avi are an evolution of recording right?….who agrees with me?…
shit i can’t have those sites go away
I love the comment about google being a torrent search engine, although not directly marketed as such it none the less can be used for nefarious purposes. This argument alone should be able to get the case thrown out on torrent search engine sites, I would love to see the RIAA go after google that would last about 2.2 seconds. Piracy will NEVER end it doesn’t matter what they do, before BT there was P2P programs, before P2P there was FTP and before the NSF created what we know today as the internet there were BBS’s, and before that there was sneakernet.
simple fact, if they close down any website/service 2 more spring up or everyone moves onto a different way of downloading things, just think though, if they DID manage to defeat piracy, what would they do all day then? they’d be pointless and out of a job lol
I use BitTorrent on a ‘try before you buy’ basis. If the MPAA fuckers come and examine my PC, they’ll find illegally downloaded copies of albums that are sat right next to my PC in their original purchased packaging. The MPAA are cunts. Capitalist wankers. Die.
the mpaa have made a few copies of a film called not yet rated, by kirby dick, currantly as we speak mr dick lol, has asked a team of legal’s to build a case against the mpaa because they were made without his permission, how the fuck can they talk, sue or charge anyone for what they call piracy when they practice it themselves. Oh yes i was forgetting, it’s ok were the mpaa
Feel free to harass the following if you feel you can do so without getting caught ;)
Kori Bernards or Michelle Greeno
MPAA Los Angeles
(818) 995-6600
John Feehery or Gayle Osterberg
MPAA Washington, DC
(202) 293-1966
hahaha well said, a massmailer might come in usefull for that.
But really, we all know why we download.
Could someone just make a list of the different “digital” ways MPAA can be counterattacked, vaporised, nuked?
if the mpaa waNTS US TO WATCH MOVIES MAKE THEM CHEAPER
but i still wont go to the cinema
Just as the music industry took down Napster in order to usher their own pay per downloads services, I expect taht these moves by the MPAA are only an effort to curtail free downloads in order to give them the time to set up official pay per dowload services.
Look for a Universal motion pictures dowload site next year.
All of this is an effort to tighten their grip on the common man and milk them for everything imaginable in ever form possible.
With the evolution of new technologies I wouldnt put it past the movie industry to pioneer new efforts much like cell phone music and video downloads. All of which are billed automatically to you by your cell phone company on a per download basis. Everytime I see one of those comercials where she changes her clothes to “My Humps” by the Black Eye Peas, I see droves of children hemoraging funds for stupid downloads that they will never own or be able to use again.
It all saddens me because these people paying massive amounts get ripped off as they have no substantial product for the payment. I beleive that is exactly what the industries want. They are just shitting themselves over the concept of pay per view services where you watch a movie or hear a song and then aftwards have nothing to show for it. If you want to hear it or see it again, ha ha ha ha you have to pay all over again. And they win Win WIN.
The MPAA didn’t even register the software used to create the press release!
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I think their lawsuits will fail miserably becuase TorrenySpy and isoHunt are search engines, just like Google except that they have torrents.
You can’t sue Google for pornography, so you can’t sue TorrentSpy/IsoHunt for illegal downloading.
And they will never stop stealing. Mankind has been stealing since like forever, and it will never stop.
What can be said except seeeedddddddd
They claim $5.4 billion was lost in the film industry because of offline and online piracy. You can’t prove this whatsoever first off. Second, where is that $5.4 billion then? Is it in my pocket? Did I spend it on something else? No. It’s no where. Because I didn’t have the money to begin with. That’s why I downloaded it. Lost sale? BS. First off… for the record the majority of my downloads are music. 2nd: I don’t burn any music I download. 3rd: the only reason I download the music is to see if I like it. If I do, I go out and I buy the CD. I don’t steal music. I borrow it though.
Hey… if I was a musician… and someone wanted to download my music, I’d say GO FOR IT! Cause at least someone want’s to listen to it… and they shouldn’t be denied that right…otherwise no one would ever know who I am. The music industry is TOTAllY different than the film industry…in respects to the artists behind the art. No musician is doing it for the money. Only a select few in the film industry are actually doing it to make good art or whatever you wanna call it…The less creative simply want to put out as many shitty movies as they can and take our money.
Sorry for the ignorant post.
you are all idiots, ooo, I’m cool, i talk in web lingo and talk about capitalist pigs being bad. Capitalism is what everything in your wolrd is based on, even you, you freakin’ morons. Grow up and get a job. Who cares if you use torrents and download crap illegally, just quit sounding like 10 year old idiots, or maybe you are 10 year old idiots….
Capitalism Rules!!!!
hey does anyone know about some invite only sites…..i would really like to join one i have lots to offer……….
If all else fails, everyone input their AIM screen name into an online database, and put what files they have, and then send them that way, but meh, leechers would screw that system up. Either way, there are so many ways to share files.. the community shall never die out!
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