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U.S. and Russia Announce Online Piracy Crackdown Agreement

The United States and Russia have announced an agreement to crack down on online piracy. The countries have agreed to disrupt sites that facilitate infringement and take action against their operators. As a result, uncertain times may lie ahead for the many BitTorrent and other file-sharing sites hosted in Russia.The agreement also allows for the improved takedown of infringing content and discussions on allowing Russian rightsholders to use the United States’ “six strikes” system.

For many years Russia has been viewed as a soft touch on the issue of copyright infringement.

Dozens, perhaps hundreds of allegedly infringing sites operate there with impunity, some due to aspects of Russian law and others simply because authorities have no interest in doing anything about them.

Of course, this situation is unacceptable to the United States where authorities and rightsholders regularly take the opportunity to complain about the poor levels of protection provided by the Russian authorities. Time and again Russia has given the impression that something might be done, but up to now progress has been slow.

However, yesterday came an announcement from United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk which suggests that for the U.S. things are moving more quickly towards a favorable situation.

Kirk said that the United States and Russian Federation have reached agreement on an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Action Plan aimed at improving copyright protection and enforcement online.

“Strong IPR protection and enforcement are vital to promoting innovation and creativity by securing the rights of innovators and the creative community, attracting high-technology investment, and fostering the jobs necessary for long-term sustainable growth,” the action plan reads.

If carried through, the plan could have serious implications in the file-sharing space.

According to the USTR, in addition to conducting enforcement actions against unauthorized camcording, agreement has been reached to “disrupt the functioning” of sites that “facilitate criminal copyright infringement.” In addition to disruption – whatever form that may take – Russia has reportedly agreed to take action against the creators and operators of sites through which copyright infringement is committed.

The plan also reveals an agreement on the thorny issue of takedowns. The removal of links to infringing content is a big deal at the moment, with Google being hit particularly hard by rightsholder and their agents. Russia has been criticized in the past for not doing enough on this front but according to the plan has agreed to “provide for takedown of infringing content.”

The USTR also reports that Russian authorities have agreed to conduct “meaningful consultations” with rights holders to take action against high-priority websites. In the short term the sites on that list will probably be the ones submitted to the USTR by the RIAA and MPAA for the “Notorious Markets” report. If that is indeed the case, expect discussions on BitTorrent giant RUTracker, cyberlocker RapidGator, and social networking site Vkontakte.

There are also dozens of public and private torrent sites, plus file-hosting services hosted in Russia at this very moment. Up to now they’ve had a very easy ride and only time will tell if that will change as a result of the agreement.

The plan also gives an idea of where the U.S. sees potential weakness in current Russian law that could hold back potential legal action. According to the USTR, Russian authorities have agreed to support “special legislation” to combat Internet piracy that will “establish a fair framework for liability of Internet service providers in appropriate cases of infringement of intellectual property rights over the
Internet.”

The vast majority of the report is targeted at larger entities that might be engaged in or connected to online piracy, but the USTR appears to have dangled a carrot that would enable Russian companies to target U.S. citizens in a limited way. The United States has agreed to discuss the possibility of allowing Russian rightsholders to use the upcoming “Copyright Alerts” system.

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  • Guest

    And the madness and the extraordinary waste of public money continues.

    • Jhguytdu6

      So long as we let them

      • wootz

        My first thoughts: Neither could beat TPB by itself but now they will succeed through working together!!!!! rofl, anyone have their doubts? lololol

        • S.U.

          Russia has more important things to resolve in their country
          than ruining the internet for their people. Bah, these governments…

      • Ama

        Do you still believe you are in control? So naïve…

        • wootz

          what I believe in… is that they, who keep file sharing alive, are all extremely capable people and have proven over and over they can/will one up anyone who attempts to disrupt the file sharing ecosystem

        • Guest

          Control? That is exactly what we are trying to abolish.
          We don’t want control. We want Freedom.

    • Guest

      Do there is a difference between capitalism and communism? No. It is the same thing. In communism nobody own anything since the government own it all. In capitalism eventually nobody ends up owning anything because and an hand -full of monopolistic corporations own it all.

      People are fucked both way. In communism people must kill the head of the party in capitalism they have to kill the executives at the head of these monopolistic corporations.

      In the west people shall start by killing all the executives at the head of the entertainment corporation followed by the banks and the energy.

      • lattari

        That was a formidably ignorant comment. If you go find work we can save the CEOs, and you get to own things, if that’s what you fancy.

        • Guest

          They will shutdown a Facebook competitor Vkontakte.

          WOW

        • dwpbike

          why save the ceo’s?

        • Anonymous

          “The United States has agreed to discuss the possibility of allowing Russian rightsholders to use the upcoming “Copyright Alerts” system.”

          WTF ?? What type of deal is that ??
          Russia has to shut down websites, and in return they’ve got the right to use this piece of shit “Copyright Alert” ??

          Blablablabla, this agreement is pure bullshit and Russia will not move finger !
          Nobody is listening to Russian music, and watching Russian movies, BULLSHIT !!

        • Na

          I like vk! They can show boobs there ;)

        • Anonymous

          It was far from ‘ignorant’ my friend. You have a lot to learn.

          Now go back to watching faux news like a good little sheep.

        • Guest

          Dud, YOUR comment is formidably IGNORANT!

          Open your eyes. Don’t you see? communist, capitalist It does not matter.

          It is a circle. If you go to far left or too far right you end up at the same point: Fascism in which a minority of parasites rob the rest of the population.

          With bad people in charge you get a bad society period.

        • http://profile.yahoo.com/V6MAVVVBC23RLJZLHBV3YA3ABY Rutherford

          formidably ignorant

      • Guest

        There is no difference because both use MONEY, ARMY, POLITICIANS

        • otend

          you have the coherence and apparent sense of a rabid Alex Jones fan

      • Star

        The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is the primary manufacturer and supplier of androids, robots and autonomic assistants for the known universe. They are known for their catchy jingles and catchphrases, supplied by their Marketing Department.

        They are not, however, known for the quality of their products.

        The Hitchhiker’s Travel Guide describes the Marketing Department of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as:

        “A bunch of mindless jerks who’ll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.”

        Curiously, an edition of the Encyclopedia Galactica which conveniently fell through a rift in the time-space continuum from 1000 years in the future describes the Marketing Department of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as:

        “A bunch of mindless jerks who were the first against the wall when the revolution came.”

        • http://twitter.com/#!/Topperfalkon Topperfalkon

          Reminds me a bit of Apple.

        • Guest

          @Topperfalkon

          lolnope

          If there’s one company that Douglas Adams wasn’t making a thinly vailed stab at with the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation it would be Apple.

          Microsoft, on the other hand…

      • noko

        for a second i though you think russia is a communist country

        • Guest

          Was may be.

          Some people will dispute even that.

        • xpmule

          Not if America has their way..

          The world police are hard at work still i see..

        • otend

          …xpmule, you don’t actually think that there’s one group in control of the world, do you?

      • MegaAssBlaster

        aye

        it’s like the basket of apples analogy, all it takes is one (or a small minority) of rotten apples to contaminate the rest of the basket, making them all rotten as well

        sometimes some apples get very lucky and manage to resist the effects, or somehow not really get in contact with the decay, but figuring out which one can be a PITA, and most likely the resistance only extends to the surface of the apple, not the core

        it’s best to just nuke the whole bushel and start over from the beginning

    • Wal-Mart

      A true comment from a true thief.

      Finally we see even countries like Russia come to heel to the United States which is the only country doing something about piracy.

      Communism and Capitalism working hand in hand who would have thought.

      It is more proof that the world recognizes piracy is ruining the internet and we are finally changing that so that people can have free content!

      And no it doesn’t matter if someone pays someone to watch a site it happens all the time.

      • Guest

        The only pirates are the governments and MAFIAA that steals millions from the people.

      • Guest

        ‘Come to heel’? Like dogs you mean? You infer Russian peoples are dogs?
        You must be, because it is not the people who want this action, just rich fat cats. Dogs being lorded over by fat cats.

        Just to put the record straight they are not working ‘hand in hand’, it is more like hand in glove with any dishonesty connotations you choose to apply.

        The internet, contrary to your statement, is working just fine. It is free and open and lovely. Yes, surprising to you perhaps but it happens to be positively laden with free content. If that is the ruination of the internet, and you say people can free content, then you’re simply talking in riddles.The content you refer to is the scraps your masters throw at the people to encourage them to spend on premium content.

        Yes it does matter who pays. Because once the internet is monetized the term ‘free internet’ becomes a misnomer. It actually then becomes a tool to extract money out of people. And then we all become dogs…begging for the scraps.

        • guest

          lol you are stoped eh for such a big mouth. “Imply” not “Infer.” Also, you need to say “you must be implying” to follow with “You must be.”

          What’s it like being a stoped fagot?

          ahahah

        • ScrewEwe2

          guest just imply you to be a stoped fagot. You are going to let him infer such a thing of scandalousness?

        • Guest

          Hell, yes.
          When a person is right, they’re right.
          If all he has to counteract my reply is a critique of my grammar then I can only conclude I got the message across. That’s the important thing.

        • Guest

          Russian people are not dogs but I am offended by this also in an other way.

          There is nothing wrong with being a dog.

          Most dogs will out-run you out-fight you and in many cases outsmart you even though technology and communication is not their thing.

          Ah human! They always believe to be the seven wonder of the universe!

          Sorry but they are not!

        • Guest

          Oh look, he removed his hateful comment and renamed himself ‘Guest’.
          Hypocrite.

      • Ama

        Such an ignorance. There is no communism in Russia anymore.

        • Guest

          Don’t feel bad. There is no democracy in the USA either.

      • Andrew Lee

        LOL A bold statement especially considering we stole this country in the first place.

        Hell while we’re at it we should just ban sharing in general. We don’t hear Black & Decker crying because someone lends their tools out to a friend. It’s the exact same thing whether you want to admit it or not.

        So keep on fighting piracy with the tactic of uploading the files yourselves then using them to extort people. You’re the con artist and in time you’ll all get busted and sent up the river.

      • guest

        FUCK OFF FAGGOT. Enjoy your death sentence.

      • Jimmy671

        WARNING! WARNING!
        Troll Alert.

      • ScrewEwe2

        Doy!

      • Hogspace

        So you think 2012 Russia is a Communist country? As we have all noticed you really are pig thick stupid ignorant cunt.
        Russia is a totalitarian State run by capitalist vested interests, just as China and ever more as the USA. They hold elections but you can only vote for the party candidates which have been selected for you and new parties are not tolerated.
        This is probably your idea of heaven.
        Fortunately strong encryption, alternative DNS and distributed systems are going to keep the internet and the free people ahead of the curve and some countries are always going to remain properly free.

        • Guest

          Do you really believe it isn’t going to go sour everywhere at this rate? Which country exactly remains uncorrupted? For how long would it remain so anyway, if the largest world powers (such as the US and China) start making demands? Hope is a lousy way to defend yourself. Inaction and blind hope has lead us to such a situation.

          “Fortunately strong encryption, alternative DNS and distributed systems are going to keep the internet and the free people ahead of the curve and some countries are always going to remain properly free. “

        • Hogspace

          I’m most likely to move back to the Netherlands, it’s better than most.

      • UraPhake

        “…who would have thought.”

        Well…we know for certain that it wasn’t you.

      • Andrew me

        Although governments and societies are doing everything to condemn their customers they will eventually have to come to terms with the fact that there is nothing they can do that will ever stop the growth of content sharing even if it is copyrighted.

        All of these stories of governments getting involved and blocking sites and taking down content or hiding search results is just like the last cries of a man drowning in quicksand. Very slowly and painfully, aware that there is nothing that can be done to stop it from happening and any fighting against it just makes it happen faster. People are trying to help but the man is so panicked that he ignores it and thinks he can save himself thereby making his death happen so much quicker than necessary.

        • Sebastian Forstrom

          If you aren’t paying, you aren’t a customer. You have no rights to the product.

          Most of the responses here show an amazing lack of understanding of how immaterial products work and why we have copyright.

    • Realist

      oh shut up already. Pony up for Spotify or something, you greedy dork.

      • Fredrika

        > “oh shut up already.”

        If anyone told you to do that, would you do it?

        > “Pony up for Spotify or something..”

        Why should anyone pay for a service if he feels that it doesn’t hold an economical value corresponding with the price?

        > “..you greedy dork.”

        The desire to save money by manufacturing things yourself at home instead of buying products where one don’t feel that the economical value corresponds with the asked price does not make one a dork, it makes one an economically sane capitalist.

        • Realist

          You’re a willfully blind buffoon, Fredrika.

          Most pirates aren’t making there own music at home; they’re ripping it off.

          Keep tilting at windmills and pretending it’s still 2003, dinosaur lady.

        • Fredrika

          > “You’re a willfully blind buffoon, Fredrika.”

          Because you can’t understand the text in front of you?

          > “Most pirates aren’t making there own music at home..”

          I never claimed they did, so why are you telling me this?

          > “..they’re ripping it off.”

          Piracy, as in manufacturing copies, is not the equivalent of ripping it off. Ripping it off is what you do with a patch.

          > “Keep tilting at windmills..”

          You having problems reading text properly doesn’t mean that anyone is tilting at windmills.

          > “..and pretending it’s still 2003..”

          Aah, ok, now i see. No..

          > “..dinosaur lady.”

          There were dinosaurs in 2003?

          And all this because i educated you on the fact that others might not share your opinion on that Spotify is worth it’s price, and because i explained to you what things that doesn’t constitute greed?

        • Realist

          *their

        • Fredrika

          > “*their”

          What leads you to believe that i’m interested in your spelling problems? Use the edit button.

        • Guest

          @Realist

          *their what?
          ‘they’re’ is a contraction of ‘they are’.
          You had it right the first time, then you made yourself look silly.
          Buffoon!

        • Realist

          LOL no, I didn’t, you moron.

          Go illegally DL some more lousy rips and malware.

        • Fredrika

          > “Go illegally DL some more lousy rips and malware.

          Now i get it!! You’re the one still pretending it’s 2003!? =)

          Kazaa is of the past, so let me educate you then. If you stick to quality downloads on quality sites such as the fully legal Pirate Bay, you won’t get any lousy rips and malware. On the contrary you’ll get rips that are better than what’s even available on authorized sites, and zero malware.

        • Guest

          I didn’t confuse ‘there’ with ‘their’. I just enjoyed playing with ‘they’re’.
          So there! THERE you have it.
          And you are a buffoon.

        • Fredrika

          > “And you are a buffoon.”

          You sir just made my hit list!! When you see the read dot, don’t try to catch it as the cats, run!! =)

        • http://gene-poole.tumblr.com Gene Poole

          Is that as opposed to the unread dot? ;-)

        • Fredrika

          > “Is that as opposed to the unread dot? ;-)”

          Hahaha, i missed that until now!! =)

        • http://gene-poole.tumblr.com Gene Poole

          As I’m pretty sure English is not your first language, you’re certainly forgiven.

        • Fredrika

          > “As I’m pretty sure English is not your first language, you’re certainly forgiven.”

          I would forgive myself for misspelling complicated words in all languages, including my native one. An easy word as red however, not so much.

          I write to fast, spending more time thinking about what to write in the next sentence instead of watching the screen to see what i’m currently typing.

        • http://gene-poole.tumblr.com Gene Poole

          (too fast)

          :-P

        • Fredrika

          You see!! :D

        • brudda

          Fredrika,
          Do you ever go outside and feel sunshine or smell fresh air?
          Do you have mental problems?
          We care, Fredrika. We want you to heal, to be whole again. Get the professional help you need. Please…

        • guest

          FUCK OFF AND DIE you CUNT. Go spend the five bucks the MAAFIA pays you per day. Maybe buy a giant dildo and SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS you FUCKING CUNT.

        • Matter-ist

          “Go illegally DL some more lousy rips and malware”.

          Wow, that’s offensive, no, not really.
          Lousy rips? Heh, you probably were the only one watching camrips for years,
          that’s why you’re so mad about rips and file-sharing.
          Malware? Who downloads that? Maybe you, that hardly know how to use a PC.

          Realist? You’re living your own fantasy inside your mind.

        • MegaAssBlaster

          “You’re a willfully blind buffoon, Fredrika.

          Most pirates aren’t making there own music at home; they’re ripping it off.

          Keep tilting at windmills and pretending it’s still 2003, dinosaur lady.”

          “Fredrika,
          Do you ever go outside and feel sunshine or smell fresh air?
          Do you have mental problems?
          We care, Fredrika. We want you to heal, to be whole again. Get the professional help you need. Please…”

          oh man! I can almost SMELL the irony! I can feel it! My GOD I can TASTE IT

        • Guest

          Okay, Realist, see brudda’s comment?

          That is what’s known as tilting at windmills.

        • Guest

          It is interesting to notice that “realist” once in trouble with “Fredrika” responded to his own posting under the name “brudda”.

          I know that these are pseudos but still, I wonder who need mental health assistance here.

        • xpmule

          Fredrika
          Your replies were on the money as usual :)
          But “they” need to try a little harder though i think lol
          Their not trying very hard if the best the can do to battle logic and reality
          is to point out spelling mistakes and mock your for posting a comment on comment system lol ..next you will get berated for taking a pee in the toilet

          Realist -> Stealing and copying is NOT the same thing.
          And its frightfully disturbing that your not smart enough to tell the difference considering how hard your trying to come off as the smart one lol
          But i’m sure you will try again next time and “we” will tell you the same damn thing over again lol

          Hmmm what is the definition of insanity ?
          Doing the same thing over again and expecting or even hoping for a different result ?
          So i can tell who is crazy by making dumb statements that even a small child could tell is false but i guess we’re maybe a bit crazy too thinking we’re ever gonna get through to people like Realist.. maybe we should face facts the guy/girl is a lost cause and just ignore them ?
          o wait we can’t because they hunt us down and terrorize and harass us on the back bone of lies and deceit..

        • Comingupforblair

          You really are a fucking idiot!!!!!!!!!!!
          How did you become so blinded by your own, over inflated sense of self entitlement?????
          The end of stealing other peoples work is coming to an end….Get over it and move on.

        • Fredrika

          > “You really are a fucking idiot!!!!!!!!!!!”

          For answering you?

          > “How did you become so blinded..”

          Blinded about what? What is it that you believe i don’t see?

          > “..by your own, over inflated sense of self entitlement?????”

          People feeling entitled to their own property that they have bought and paid for is an over inflated sense?

          > “The end of stealing other peoples work..”

          You silly goose, you can not steal other peoples work.

          > “..is coming to an end..”

          Something that doesn’t exist is coming to an end? Ok then..

          What isn’t coming to and end however is on-line non-profit piracy. Why don’t you read up and gather some technical knowledge, then you will understand why next generation F2F filesharing is both technically and legislative unstoppable. The entire earth’s population can pirate with it completely safe, and neither the authorities nor the copyright holders can do anything about it.

          Then the non-profit parts of the copyright monopoly, that society has no proven need form will be made obsolete and irrelevant once and for all.

          > “..Get over it and move on.”

          Sound advice for all freetard copyright holders that feel entitled to something that they never should have had in the first place.

    • djnforce9

      Including the US trying to dictate how Russian law should be just like they do with every other country and why does the Russian government care about some dumb US companies again??

      • Ama

        Russian government wants to extort more money from its citizens. This agreement will be used as convenient pretext for just that. They don’t care about american companies as there is Mikhalkov and his band for that.

      • Guest

        Those dumb US compagnies probably made themselves more profitable than the local pirate market, as in bribing the right people.

    • Bananas

      When they will accept that copyright and internet are just not compatible and any action is futile? Spending public money on it is a scandal that deserves impeachment.

    • JordanKratz

      United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk is a piece of old dried up Shit !
      The kind that looks like Stale Vomit.

      Same as the USTR which is nothing but a Corrupt Group of Assholes !

      Go ahead and waste more Money.This is all getting to be fun.Keep up the new Sites, Ways of Sharing, New Proxies, and watch these Assholes spend Millions.

  • Guest

    So Russia is taking the reins on pursuance of copyright breaches…
    Oh, wait…is that the shadow of the USA in the background…AGAIN?
    well, what a surprise.

    • Yapper

      Or the forefront…. AGAIN!

    • anon

      Dont go to fast with this new agreement between Russia and US.
      Russia has a special interest to have all this “piracy” goin on, it’s a benefit for them.
      My guess is (and i hope im right) , thats it’s just another “ghost agreement” by Russia to be pulled off the list of the USTR, and to stop all that shit the US is saying about them.

      Just look around you, some countires that were on the list said the same “agreement shit” , nothing moved, except some names who were pulled off the list.
      Just wait and see.

      • Guest

        They can do both : accepting the bribe money from the US representative, sacrifice a few pirates to make it look like they held their end of the bargain, and rake upped protection racket money (or whichever nicer name they call it) from all the other pirates who want to carry on as an aside.

        • guest from Russia

          also true. actually they do sacriface some pirates or spammers time to time. they publically arrest them and it makes the headlines. then in a week or so they pay off and get back under a different name. the police also cleared the streets from all the illegal cds and dvds and bluerays just to show they fight corruption and piracy. but you can still find them in the market round the corner or order online. so no worries.

      • GUEST FROM RUSSIA

        exactly. nothing’s gonna change.

    • WichBitch

      I dont even know why everybody is in shock here.
      Russia already have strong laws on piracy, and has always been commited to fight it.
      It’s well knows (at least in Russia), that they are very severe on their own copyrights and Im almost sure it will not change about other’s copyright.
      They benefit from it, on every sides and they’re not prepare to change. Here you have the typical type of agreement that the US has done with other countries and nothing happened !
      They can’t even shut down a website within the rule of law (Megaupload) working with New Zealand, so do you seriously think that they will be able to get a website in Russia ?? Have you ever been there, it’s fucking corrupt on every side, from the government from little associations…

      Im sure the US went to Russian and cried like little babies, trying to get something out of them, and well, they said “Ok, here is the candy bar stupid Fat American Boy !”

      Russia cant even agree on just anything with almost anybody except when they have personal interest in it.
      Russia is fighting with US over Viktor Bout : famous arms dealer, extradited from Thailand by the US (US probably pressured and corrupt Thailand)
      Russia is fighting with US over Syria, Iran, etc etc
      Russia recently reject the adoption law of Russians kids by US citizens.
      and more and more …

      If Russia seriously found a common ground in protecting US copyright lobbies, i would be amazed.
      Maybe im just reassuring myself but seriously…. Russia ?? To me it seems just unrealistic. To me it’s just another stupid shit to stop US go after Russia on it, and to be erased of the USTR,,oops MAFIAA list.

      • chronoss

        russia is selling india 200 russian 5th gen t-50 fighter jets
        the f35 is a tank and the t50 can run circles round it and longer and shoot while at top speed.

      • U.S.wAste

        “I dont even know why everybody is in shock here”

        Because this time, it’s USA which’s interfering in Russia
        and you know how these guys act, just look at Google for example.

      • Guest

        Again, what prevents USA people from bribing corrupt Russian officials, and what prevents these from making empty promises or sacrificing the least important pirate markets, so long as it’s in their interest (because of receiving more bribing money from the US than from pirates)?

    • chronoss

      russian mob should start killin cops that try….ill pay a few bucks donation to that

  • glomzz

    What a bunch of Motherfuckers.

    • Guest

      Not long ago the USA inferred them that, practically everyday, just for being Russian. Now, they lay down together. Money makes whores of us all, and makes for the strangest of bedfellows.

    • anon

      Thats why the USA shouldnt have reelected Obama and all his administration !

      If Romney was in office, all the administration would have changed !!! Including this Ron Kirk sucker !!

      • icec0ld

        If you put Romney in charge e would of sent womens rights back 40 years and in all likely hood of declared war on Russia instead of forcing copyright lawsuit legislation. Hell he’d of likely pushed copywrong just as hard as any other administration any way.

    • Ama

      All of them. From the both sides. :(

  • Herpderp

    Or, raise wages so people have money to buy stuff???

    • Ama

      Raising wages will just lead to an inflation.

      • Jimmy671

        NOT raising wages,will just lead to starvation.

  • Guest-007

    The USTR also reports that Russian authorities have agreed to conduct “meaningful consultations” with rights holders to take action against high-priority websites.

    So the MAFIAA have a foot in the Kremlin…

    The plan also gives an idea of where the U.S. sees potential weakness in current Russian law that could hold back potential legal action.

    And the USA get to rewrite foreign legislature again….

    Ah, well. Same shit, different day.

    • chronoss

      the mpaa IS THE MAFFIA

  • Guest

    Well, the six strikes scheme is officially only an industrial agreement.

    Russia is corrupt to the core and likely a good place for setting up a Righthaven copyright outfit. Letting Russian copyright holders participate is a poison pill. An American ISP can’t know if a Russian copyright claim is legit, or if the copyright claimant is authorized to complain.
    What’s next? Letting Chinese copyright holders participate in the six strikes scheme?

    It’s all sweetness as long as the US IP portfolio is on top, but wait ten years. China is learning the IP game faster than America did.

    China is buying up patents and IP very fast, and will have a leg over the US if the American government continues to play by the IP rules.

    • 7seven85

      China are a way more faster and intelligent than the US will ever be.
      And soon, it’s just a matter of days, the US will meet with their “fiscal cliff”, and will go even more bankrupt than they already are.
      Let US spend their money on stupid shit and wait for they fall.

      • Guest

        They can’t go bust, they have an independent currency.
        They’ll just print more money and borrow a bit more.
        Sure, inflation might rise and the dollar devalue to the point were your
        change is paid in gum balls but people wont starve. Not the rich ones anyway.

        • chronoss

          43 usa states are already bankrupt forced to pay people like cops and doctors min wage….
          yea they can thats how capitalism fails

        • Guest

          If they can afford to pay anything then it hasn’t failed.
          When there is nothing in the system for any bailout whatsoever that’s when it’s failed. Nobody has resorted to cannibalism yet. Money is still moving around the system. Unfortunately it depends who your circle of friends are which determines whether you get any of it.

        • guess who

          you can only borrow on what is conciderd a safe risk, america is far from that. anyone who lends money to america is playing the odds that america will go bankrup, that way they forclose and and take the ‘prize.’

        • Guest

          @guess who

          America is not a prize. It is a delusion nation. Who wants to win that as a prize?
          I wouldn’t piss on it if it was on fire.

        • ITK

          “They can’t go bust, they have an independent currency.
          They’ll just print more money and borrow a bit more”

          That only happens in USA, they print all the money they want
          then sell it to other nations, in that way, the U.S. dollar has some value.

  • Ronald Macdonald

    Does that mean the price of CD’s and DVD’s will drop since we were paying a levy to compensate for losses due to piracy?

    • Techanon

      Most probably not. USA has a levy too, do you see them not prosecuting everybody?

    • Xenu

      Oh, hell no.

    • Ama

      Just suck the fact that there is no such thing as a loss from piracy. It’s a construct that greedy and banal artisans invented to simplify selling their useless shit.

  • Jack

    SCC your next in line to be shutdown

    • Jacked

      Who is SCC? Can I meet this person?

  • salvagesalvage

    Russia is practically a kleptocracy so I’m not sure how high people downloading movies ranks on their criminals we nee do deal with list. I also doubt them saying they’re going to do stuff means they’re going to do stuff.

    • Guest

      Kleptocracy: A government characterized by rampant greed and corruption.
      I am always amazed the US and Russia had a Cold War.
      They have so much in common.

      • ITakeAPotatoChipAndEatIt

        I was thinking the same.

      • chronoss

        it was a a giant money making scam shhh dont tell anyone.

      • US of Russia

        You can consider the cold war like two greedy brothers
        fighting for the properties of their father, they didn’t want to share,
        just wanted to have it all for oneself.

  • Dynosauer

    Russia, the latest US titty sucker.

    Fuckin wankers

  • Thinktwice

    comunist has joined nazist :D

    • Guest

      Hardly, but it is a union which, like religions throughout the world and history, hope to suppress knowledge for their own gain. It is remarkable how many of the same facets of greed and corruption reflect the same, though at different intervals.

    • IHaveNoBalls

      haha

    • SadWorld

      Well, some Russians are neo-nazis and fascist, don’t you know?

  • Ray186

    I wonder how much in bribes this cost them.

    • Guest

      Probably nothing. They do it for mutual gain, little realising how they stifle true long term innovation for short term profit.

      • Guest

        You can sure bet that the US will benefit more than Russia and more likely that US threatened Russia with sanctions of somekind of they did sign.

        • Ama

          You are probably don’t know a shit about things in Russia. Previous commenter was more realistic.

    • YoudontneedtoknowwhoIam

      Considering that right now 1 US dollar=30.63 Russian rubles, not much.

      • Guest

        Really? Shit, I’d be a millionaire in Russia. Wahaaayyyyy!

  • TogTinToo

    Oh wow, ok so how messed up is that?
    http://www.AnonDo.tk

    • ImHelpful

      dont go to this link he is just trying to hack ppl.

      • ITakeAPotatoChipAndEatIt

        Flag and forget.

  • Russian Guest

    NOOOOOOO!!
    sorry people, I AM sorry for my country :(

    • Guest

      Don’t apologise. Our sympathy is with YOU.

    • Cdjhcdgwqj

      Putin speaks for you as much as Obama speaks for us…
      They’ve fucked us all!
      Who the fuck needs a purple toga when you have suits?

    • Xenu

      Don’t feel too bad. The US almost certainly strong armed them into it.

    • guess who

      don’t feel sorry, it could be worse, you could be a yank.

  • PirateSoldier

    I never thought the Russians would cave into the U.S. Next round china. Good luck

    • ITakeAPotatoChipAndEatIt

      It’s more likely that China will ask for ALOT in return for such an agreement, considering the USA is in their debt.

      • Guest

        Yeah. They might ask for Russia.
        Ah ha! You sneaky ??????????. I see what you’re planning.

  • Anonymous

    and exactly what good is this going to do Russia? if this was proposed by the USA, there has to be more to it than just helping to prop up the USA entertainment industries. they could look after themselves with a little common sense and effort, so the USA is after something else here, i bet! by the time the truth comes out, it could easily be too late!

    • chronoss

      like what good does it ever do LOL

  • sammyman

    i hope the antipirate people get what they want, cuz you know .. when they do … they’re gonna be crying in their beers … cuz i’ll never go see another movie in a theatre, i’ll never buy another music dvd, i’ll never get tv service again .. i hope the entertainment companies lose their shirts when no one is on the internet anymore .. business may think we can live without it, but i got news for them … WE can and willl .. f u … won’t get another cent from me ..

    • chronoss

      signed up for a bank account they gave me some movie card has two free movies ….had it now 3 months ….not been a movie id even see for free ROFL
      its all crap.

    • Realist

      You didn’t pay for anything anyway, pirate douche.

      Get a life.

      • Guest

        There, there. Calm down.

      • Jimmy671

        My My lots of insults from you,watch that Blood Pressure.

      • MegaAssBlaster

        “You didn’t pay for anything anyway, pirate douche.”

        i dont have to pirate douches, there’s always plenty of them availible on this site, my favorite ones are Wal-Mart brand!

  • Yapper

    If the USA is raking in all this extra money from Copyright, especially enforcing US copyright in other countries, then maybe this is the best time for China and other debt holders to call in the debts.

    C’mon China: Fingers crossed.

    • Guest

      The Chinese army is bigger than the US army :)

      • Guest

        My dad’s bigger than your dad.

        • guess who

          i fucked your dad so hard up the arse, and he liked it. /frankie boyle

        • MegaAssBlaster

          my ass blaster is bigger than yo ass

          wait a minute, this comments section got derailed

      • chronoss

        big macs are bigger then small macs….
        and the usa aint got any more any one wants….

  • Who

    WOW just like the crack down that they said was gona happen in the US and STILL to this day nothing has happened.

    personally I don’t think this has a dam thing to do with Russia’s copyright law at all. the so called copyright infringement laws that they keep lie’n to people about in the US seams to be targeting other countries more so then the US. and with good reason, they CAN’T go after infringes in the US do to what its stated in the actual copyright laws. so instead they target other countries as there laws differ. BUT the problem is they got NO authority in the other countries. *international treaties don’t imply jurisdiction* so they make some kind of agreement with them to target its residence and seek there so called justice.

    • Guest

      And, by extension, include extradition treaty. Just a thought.

      • Who

        and would allow the MPAA/RIAA to prosecute so called infringes by allowing them to be sent to the US for UNLAWFUL prosecution and in the proses VIOLATE other peace treaties.

        • Guest

          More frightening still is the thought that US may allow extradition of its citizens to Russian Gulags. That should put the average citizen off infringing.

        • Who

          @Guest: look up the US copyright law. or better YET how bought I provide the direct link to it.

          http://www.copyright.gov/docs/2265_stat.html

          “Chapter 5. Infringement is a crime only where it is done “willfully and for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain”

          so again WHO is infringing?

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu5JdmsLWVk

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvp37o1jZUo

        • Guest

          Look. Don’t say I told you so, but Wal Mart said it was you. There. You broke me

        • Who

          @guest: WFT are you talking about?

        • Who

          found some more info as regards to this copyright SHIT.

          “commercial advantage” they are defining this as internet/electronic device/computer.

          witch of course is incorrect as the internet is also used for privet use just the same as a electronic device or a computer but because they can be used for commercial and public use they think that’s a qualification.

          they are also re-wording copyright law so they can prosecute internet users.
          Ive looked @ a revised version of the US copyright act *last revised 2011* and and the section that’s defending intellectual property rights has been re-worded,
          and same goes for other sections.

          in other words it VIOLATES YOUR property rights and other rights.
          so the site that Im linking to has been partly removed from US copyright law but the part quoted is still there just in another location. they just added to it.

          so very soon this world WILL be in utter chaos.

        • ScrewEwe2

          I can’t wait to see how the public reacts when the first American copyright infringer of Russian movies gets extradited to Russia and sent to a Siberian Gulag. Do they make movies in Russia or do movies make Russians? Maybe Russian fuck films help make Russians.

    • IDIOCRACY

      No Russia agreed to all this because soon all dissidents will be prosecuted for copyright infringement, and there is no way of checking the truth in those allegations. Nice tool for Putin to get rid of his adversaries and there critical websites. He can explain all to the US that he did it for them…

      • Who

        the ONLY way Russia would agree to something like this would be of some benefit to there government.

        something like weapons to start a new war or a shit load of cash.

        • Ama

          I vote for shitload of cash.

      • Guest

        I second @Ama. All those in favour, type ‘Aye’.

    • Realist

      US ISPs have been busting downloaders for months now; throttling, capping usage, etc.

      They just haven’t publicized it.

      You guys lost. Deal with and move on with your life.

      • Who

        there also NOT soposta be ease dropping on internet communications. its against federal law. so how is breaking 1 law to enforce another a loss on the users part?

        so you can just FUCK OFF!!

      • Who

        BTW I forgot to add this

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKX00OKfdFM&list=FLZehVWSPOf0z-_wN9Wzr-IQ&feature=mh_lolz

        this also applies to the ones spying on us.

      • ScrewEwe2

        Sounds pretty unrealistic to me.

      • Jimmy671

        “You guys lost”

        Does this statement mean that you are a Mafiaa Troll,just asking.

  • http://www.facebook.com/c0ldbloodthe0ry Joshua Shawn Fricke

    if a tree downloads a song in the forest, is the sound loud enough for world leaders to unite? o.o

    • chronoss

      if a tree downloads a song in a forest , do i pee on that tree?

      • ScrewEwe2

        LOL, good one chronoss.

      • Jimmy671

        I would,trees like being peed on,it helps them grow big and strong.

  • FUCKUSA

    FUCK AMERICA!

  • Vkontakte

    I think it’s pathetic that they are trying to go against VKontakte, a social network. It doesn’t put ads on any of the audio/video results (doesn’t profit from it!) and responds to DMCA takedowns. I can understand why the USA would be against TPB, but VK? Seriously, USA, GTFO!

    • Vkontakte

      ^ Also, it doesn’t even offer downloading, it’s stream-only. :-

      I love it, I use it every day… if they dare touch VK I’ll… do nothing, but I’ll still be angry…

    • Guest

      Even if a site complies to every DMCA takedown request they will still remain forever in the firing line to be shutdown by the Entertainment Industries and copyright holders. Just look at Rapidshare for example.

    • joexxx

      Why would VK respond to a DMCA takedown? DMCA is a US law.

  • Neb6

    Senseless waste of time. World war for $5 a pop.

  • mary hinge

    Vlad will go along with anything if he stands to gain from it. then when the going gets slightly complicated, the rug gets pulled and leaves everyone else holding the can, just like with all those oil deals and share cancellations. the Russians and Americans cannot even agree on things like Syria, let alone a potential copycat infringement, hot air and smelly at that, but let us see, maybe the world is about to change…..maybe not

  • Bubanee

    There goes the neighbourhood!

    • ScrewEwe2

      Enjoyed that 2CDRip of Metallica’s Greatest Hit’s.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002639684444 Ryan Smith

    Well we made it to space. What should our next great venture be? Oh let’s try to create an artificial economy based on the arbitrary pricing of data.

  • Iseemtobelost

    “Strong IPR protection and enforcement are vital to promoting innovation and creativity by securing the rights of innovators and the creative community, attracting high-technology investment, and fostering the jobs necessary for long-term sustainable growth,”

    UHHH No….

    Nigel

    • FUCKGLOBALISM

      “Strong IPR protection and enforcement are vital to promoting innovation and creativity by securing the rights of innovators and the creative community, attracting high-technology investment, and fostering the jobs necessary for long-term sustainable growth,”

      In layman terms, Jews and there slaves in politics are trying to find another way to squeeze even more money from your pocketbook by forcing you to purchase more garbage.

    • ScrewEwe2

      Hmmm, Youseemtobelost.

  • RIAAtarded

    god lord what happen to the mighty russian bear from cold war time I remember so well. Seems the yanks slapped a little hat on the bear on gave it a unicycle….sad…

  • Zenamez

    I don’t see this working well. After all, money goes a LOT further in Russia than it does in America…..

    • Guest

      Don’t know about that.
      American money goes through a lot of plain brown envelopes before it reaches the grubby hands of a lobbyist.

  • downunder

    Hillary must of given a bloody good blow job to pult-it-in
    for russia to bow down to usa wishes

    do as we ask or we will nuke ya baby

  • Cwikcbu

    Who knew the bull and the bear would see their cannibalistic similarities after all? Everybody?

  • salvagesalvage

    And what’s really funny is in China there open air markets where you can buy counter fit everything and anything you can find on the bittorents yet China enjoys “Favored Trading Partner” status with the US. Now if Hollywood wants to look at real-world losses that’s it right there. An entire market of how many millions practically cut off because you get undersold by real pirates.

  • AmIRacistAgainstMyonwCollor

    I wonder when the 99% of the racist people in Russia will start to get upset about this. And yes 99% of Russia is racist most if not all of the white Russian’s will not allow anyone other than white people to go outside, or allow anyone other than white people to do anything outside.

    • chronoss

      i heard grey space aliens take exception to that and never listened

    • ScrewEwe2

      I thought a White ?ussian was an alcoholic drink. Or is it that most ?ussians are white alcoholics who drink? ?? ??? ????

  • Anon

    Soon, every country will have their own IP digital product to sell in the global online marketplace, and thus every country will have a stake in securing online transactions. Trading partners respect each others property in all formats. And they purchase it when they want to possess copies of it.

    With each passing moment, piracy is increasingly out of step, out of place, out of excuses.

    • Anon

      Here in the real world of the internet, Intellectual monopoly is grossly harmful, you delusional freak.

      > there is no evidence that intellectual monopoly serves the purpose that both
      > the U.S. Constitution and economic logic dictates. There is no evidence it
      > “works” to increase creation and innovation.

      http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/general/intellectual/againstfinal.htm

      • Guest

        But there is evidence it does the opposite. Hmmm.
        Surely the evidence to the contrary suggests it doesn’t work?
        Hell, what do I know I only shovel shit for a living.
        Maybe it will surface in some intellectuals mind in, what, 10 years or so?

    • Fredrika

      > “Soon, every country will have their own IP digital product..”

      In reality every nation on the planet already have products built up around the use of domestically created creative works.

      > “..to sell in the global online marketplace..”

      To sell digital products on-line that are built up around the use of creative works you do not need a copyright monopoly.

      > “..and thus every country will have a stake in securing online transactions.”

      Securing online transactions is not a problem in reality, they are already fully secured..

      > “Trading partners respect each others property in all formats.”

      In reality, no. Basically all nations on the planet trade one thing or another with basically every single nation on the planet, and many of those do not have neither a copyright monopoly nor patents, yet trade functions very well.

      And since IP is damaging to the economy and the creative process, as many Nobel price winners have already stated for decades, more and more nations will dismantle IP under the next 20 years. Those who hold on the longest will suffer big time. Those who dismantle IP the fastest will prosper the most, as we already see with many speedy economically developing countries around the globe.

      > “And they purchase it when they want to possess copies of it.”

      In reality all economically sane individuals and nations will obviously manufacture it themselves for free if possible. Doing otherwise would be completely economically and intellectually insane. Why would anyone not completely mentally insane voluntarily pay someone for air when they can just open their mouth and breath in for free?

      > “With each passing moment, piracy is increasingly out of step, out of place, out of excuses.”

      And that entire sentence describes your imaginary world only. Not reality, where there already exists fully functioning next generation F2F protocols that are legislatively and technically completely unstoppable, a well known fact that you are desperately afraid of even commenting on.

      And since you and the pro-monopoly people can’t come up with sustainable excuses for why society would benefit from use of IP, and since all burden of proof regarding excuses lies solely upon you, you will naturally lose what you never should have had in the first place, and you will finally have to grow up and start to compete on the free market as all normal entrepreneurs, instead of acting as spoiled little greedy dishonest fascist anti-capitalistic anti-free market freetards.

      Was there something else you had on your apparent ignorant mind? If so, please speak up and you will receive help.

      It’s so sad that some apparently fall through the public school system, not even learning the most basic fundamentals.

      • joexxx

        Couldn’t have said it better myself! Bravo!

    • You seem confused

      You seem confused.

      Fredrika, using alternative reality logic, has helped the UK Pirate Party and the Open Rights Org fight and win their recent cases gainst the BPI and Golden Eye.

      Oh, sorry, that’s wrong. Actually everything Fredrika has said has been disproved.

      • Fredrika

        > “You seem confused.”

        It can be really cool to turn someone’s words against them, but when i do that or when i use that catchphrase, i always explain in great detail what i refer to, so that an actual point comes through in the end. Maybe you should try that to, so you look less like a childish cheap freetard?

        > “Fredrika, using alternative reality logic, has helped the UK Pirate Party and the Open Rights Org fight..”

        No, that was something that you dreamed, remember?

        > “..and win their recent cases gainst the BPI and Golden Eye.”

        Cases? The Pirate Party UK thingy was not a case, that was economical extortion, that never got to court, because the economically superior party threatened the party that had no money, to get their will through. That’s not justice nor a law related outcome. That by every definition of the word is extortion.

        As is The Golden Eye thingy so far, because as you know, GEI will never bring anyone to court. They will just intimidate and threaten account holders despite the fact that they have no evidence that proves that the actual account holder has done anything wrong, and that also by every definition of the word constitutes extortion.

        Or maybe you don’t understand the difference between extortion and actual cases tried in court?

        And maybe you can explain how anything of what i wrote has any relevance to your point, that you forget to make? But i don’t think you’ll be able to do that, because i have never claimed that anything of what i have written could/would have any relevance in an actual court when an alleged offender is tried against a particular copyright law, now have i????

        Had you mastered basic reading comprehension you would have understood that on your own.

        What you’re doing is arguing or trying to score points against things that has never been uttered in the first place, which makes everything you write a straw-man, and you a failed obvious troll.

        > “Actually everything Fredrika has said has been disproved.”

        Maybe if you could bring up one single quote from me, which you believe has been disproved, then i will help you read what i actually wrote properly, so that even you can understand what i wrote, and why it hasn’t been disproved.

        Ok? Or is that to complicated for you? Of course it is. You can’t do anything.

      • MegaAssBlaster

        “Actually everything Fredrika has said has been disproved.”

        that’s funny, cause you haven’t done one single ounce of disproving, just a lot of smacktalk

    • Guest

      Sorry. I understood the part ‘piracy is increasing..’. Rest of it…shit.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Aaron-Scoggin/100000044792747 Aaron Scoggin

      It’s really a fallacy that if you eliminate piracy, everyone would buy the product instead. For example, if I download a game from 2002 (it’d be what, 20$ by now?) without paying for it, I’ll get to enjoy my game and the makers would get nothing. If I couldn’t download it anymore, I would just go without it, and they would still get nothing. If I could afford it, I would buy all of it, but since I can’t, I just download it and there’s no difference.

    • ScrewEwe2

      And you’re out of order mister, for disrupting the class . Please sit down and remain quiet until you’re called on. You’re a lose cannon mister Anon. Anymore disruptions and you will stay after class and write “I Am a Worthless Troll” in Cyrillic, 2013 times.

  • Anon

    Copright monopoly is a natural fit for strong, manly states, it should be no surprise the US/Russia/China embrace it. It’s wrong to question authority. It’s wrong to think for yourself. It’s wrong to freely share information when doing so may harm the interests of your masters and betters.

    • Guest

      Biggest troll fail, like, ever.
      That was piss poor.

      • MegaAssBlaster

        their name is Anon, anything less than fail would be … well … a bigger fail

        • MegaAssBlaster

          AKA all Anon posts must fail hard, or it will cause the world to explode

    • IDIOCRACY

      You are not the real anon because this is pure sarcasm hehehe

    • joexxx

      The bigger they are, the harder they fall!
      I would not call a country with > $16 Trillion of sovereign debt a strong and manly state.

  • chronoss

    russian govts main website was hacked “your fags” was written on hte main headline in russian.

  • bogdanj

    Kirk said that Russia is our newest bitch! Muhuhahahaa!

  • Posti

    Russia – Can we change DNS by block website, show alerts,slow down users etc. ,who don’t accept our standards freedom of speech, who criticize government etc.?
    USA – NO, sanctions we impose on you, for don’t keep freedom of speech! etc…

    Russia thinking… thinking

    Russia -Can we change DNS by block website, show alerts,slow down users etc. , for fight with internet piracy?
    USA – YES OF COURSE! You can, we give you technology,ideas, money, backup, everything what you need to this…
    Russia – stupid Americans, only we must say about fight with piracy, and we have more possibilities to deeper censorship WITH tag “fighting with piracy” :).

    • Fantastic

      That’s the endgame of the US plan as well cept we’ve got pesky things like a document that actually tells government what they can’t do and outlines rights that they can’t infringe on. Course that doesn’t stop them from using alarmist events or misdirection to do their damnedest to take away and skip what they are told they cannot do because “they know better than some document written a couple hundred years ago.” Last bit paraphrased from a Rep that no longer has a job in my parts.

    • http://openid.anonymity.com/g8d3f In Russia Democracy Votes You

      I think you hit the nail on the head

      This sound like Russia trying to get US approval for the ITU proposal (that US voted against in the last WCIT in Dubai)

      • Ama

        It’ll be a country of happiness after that. No negative comments. No criticism of the government. And a single party line that all netizens adore (supposedly).

    • MegaAssBlaster

      funniest thing i’ve read all day, because it’s TRUE

  • Gear Mentation

    Well it’s all very logical that the United States and Russia would be on the same page re copyrights. The next logical step is, of course, an agreement with North Korea.

  • joexxx

    Russia enforcing any type of copyright? It’s just a show gentlemen.

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  • No surprise here

    no surprise here Russia is all pro censorship anyway, this is not a “”win” for the entertainment industry. Russia agreeing to this stuff is no different than china agreeing to it, This is another way for these countries to control what their citizens see online and what information can get to them, They do not care about the people all they care about is control and how to control the citizens.

    • ScrewEwe2

      And comrade Putin is happily working on returning Russia to the glorious day’s of the ???? ????????? ???????????????? ????????? “Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik”.

  • ramu bhat

    six strikes= ss

    • I’m Not Not Surprised

      Heil Russia?

  • USAisGAY

    Boycott everything from USGAY, ops USA even if it is made in china. Too many corrupt criminals in the USGAY.

  • Goteorks

    Remember what happened to Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov? He was arrested while visiting Las Vegas and put on trail for writing software that unlocked Adobe’s ebook reader. Software that was perfectly legal in his home country, and arguably legal in the US.

    This is another reason why countries are pressured to accept the terms of these US trade deals: either sign on the dotted line, or your citizens become fair game.

    • Oh But I Do Remember

      On July 19, 2001, the Association of American Publishers issued a press release announcing their support of his arrest. Adobe initially supported the arrest, but after a meeting with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, they issued a joint press release on July 23, 2001, recommending his release. However, Adobe still supports the case against ElcomSoft.

      After Sklyarov was arrested he was held briefly at the North Las Vegas Detention Center; then he was held in the Oklahoma City Federal Prisoner Transfer Center until August 3, 2001, when he was transferred to the Federal building in San Jose, California. On August 6, 2001, Sklyarov was released on a US $50,000 bail and was not allowed to leave Northern California. The charges against Sklyarov were later dropped in exchange for his testimony. He was allowed to return to Russia on December 13, 2001. On December 18, 2002 following a two-week trial in San Jose, California, a jury found that Elcomsoft had not willfully violated the U.S. law.

  • Esn

    Hey TorrentFreak, can you please make the comments go from top to bottom like before? They’re all out of order now, and it’s very annoying to keep scrolling up & down to try to follow the conversations. This is a complete mess!

    • Fredrika

      > “Hey TorrentFreak, can you please make the comments go from top to bottom like before? They’re all out of order now, and it’s very annoying to keep scrolling up & down to try to follow the conversations. This is a complete mess!”

      The sorting option(popular now/best rating/newest first/oldest first) just above the comments doesn’t work for you?

      • Esn

        Oh, I didn’t see that. I changed computers recently, so that must’ve been the reason. Thanks.

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  • Hates being american

    USA: We fund and protect your countries at our expense! we offer a new feature, Piracy police!

  • Foff

    I am not worried. Russia is corrupt as fuck what some low level russian functionary says and what actually happens are two different things. Most cyberlockers hosted in Russia are shit and are not use much.

    There is one site I go to I think might be based in Russia but it can easily change if it feels threatened. I really find it surprising that Russia would agree to anything with the us and am skeptical that in their mind they really agreed to anything.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Aaron-Scoggin/100000044792747 Aaron Scoggin

    Either way, companies aren’t going to get any more money. They’re in for a big surprise. To me, at least, it’s not a matter of paying for the content or not. It’s either I’ll have access to it for free, or I won’t have access to it and it’ll still be free. If I really like something, I’ll pay for it regardless, but simply cutting off my means of getting it isn’t going to increase your profits.

  • Shuffle

    LOL…So they are all about going after anything that is copyright related? Is that where all the serious crime is? So the U.S. goverment will forge an alliance with the Russian goverment for the MPAA and RIAA to combat piracy? Yet the U.S. goverment can’t or won’t forge an alliance with the Russian goverment over all the botnets, finacial crime with credit cards, ACH transfers, ransome ware, carding, and phishing, zeus, citadel, pharma sites that exsist in Russian territory whose crimes far outweigh in monetary amounts copyright infringment do? Is it just me or does this smack of irony? So the criminals who plunder people and companies information for profit are o.k. but a person who shares a video or a mp3 are the serious criminals? What a joke!

  • guest

    why doesnt Fredrika use cpatial i? Is it becsause she’s a FUCKING CUNT?

    • Jimmy671

      “why doesnt Fredrika use cpatial i?”

      Why don’t you learn to spell,YOU FUCKING TWAT!

      • Guest

        ‘cpatial’ is a proper word where guest cumms phromm.
        I wonder why didn’t use cpatial ‘G’ in ‘guest’. Curious.

  • Guest

    Russia? You mean the country whose performance rights organisations hijacked a charity concert playing public domain folk songs, demanding that the organisers pay up?

    No wonder the RIAA teamed up with them, and no wonder cocksuckers like Anon and Realist are jizzing in their pants under Pelouzey’s special desk. Cocksucker is as cocksucker does.

  • Guest_of_guest

    no doubt the US offered the Russian goverment alot of money to secure that law.

    Well Done, U.S :) but you still cant stop piratepedia

    • ScrewEwe2

      It’s not real money, the guvment just prints more when they need to spend more.
      The American Dollar is backed by the “full faith and credit of the United States,” which is to say that it is not backed by gold. Dollars have value because people accept them as payment for goods and services on the expectation that others will do likewise.It’s just ink and paper, ROTFLMAO.

  • Syborg

    R.I.P whatever…

  • Zidoboy

    Nobody in Russia gives a rats fart about US and it’s kosher laws.
    Nothig has been done and nothing will be done. So, that filth from RIAA can screw filth in MPAA and vise versa.

  • Yellowcat75

    Hahahahaahahah yeah right. Good one Russia. The day Russia will start actively fighting piracy is the day there will be peace in the Middle East. No offense. LOL

  • Guest

    the us

    DARK KNIGHT BATMAN Rises MOVIE REVEALS SHOOTING LOCATIONS AURORA

    hand pointing at you

    h t t p s://w w w.youtube.com/watch?v=j2Ts2TLH­K6g
    h t t ps://w? w w.youtube.com/watch?v=dB-LtHyc­KGk
    SANDY HOOK

    AURORA
    ht tp://w w w.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-cana­da-19197407
    SANDY HOOK
    ht tp://w w w.dailymail.co.uk/news/article­-2249660/Sandy-Hook-shooting-T­he-moment-neighbor-surviving-g­raders-sitting-driveway.html

    The Lone Gunmen Pilot – 9/11 Predictive Programming
    ht tps://ww w.youtube.com/watch?v=z3WW6eoL­cLI

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  • 1hhh1

    They want to turn the clock back to pre internet days where everybody bought records/cd’s,books ect

  • Sololo

    just wow

    usa and russia are at each others throats because of restrictions by law (i just say adoption right…) but the hollywood lobby pulls through with their power and makes those two countries work together… frightening

  • Redirect

    …as long as all those illegal pirated kalasnikovs in the us get destroyed I’m sure russia can agree to prosecute children and students for downloading songs…

    Reciprocity is the magic word to never make those treaties happen…

    :p

  • Anonymous

    the only country that will benefit from stopping file sharing, copyright infringement etc is the USA. the only industry that will benefit from stopping file sharing, copyright infringement etc is the USA entertainment industries. call me suspicious but when the whole world is doing exactly what it is told by the USTR on behalf of the USA government it has to be for more than a freakin music or movie file! there is much more to this, there has to be! why the hell would every country, almost without fail, be falling over themselves to keep the USA entertainment industries in the frame of mind that it has has for 100 years? this is about control! it is about control of the most powerful media platform on the planet. get that control and you can implement what measures you like and the first of those measures is total citizen surveillance! we wont be able to piss with it being on camera. wait and see. within 5 years, the internet will be available only to governments and big business. the public will be banned completely. governments are so scared of the speed that information, particularly ‘bad for the people’ information travels because of the internet, it has got to be stopped. without doing so, governments very existence is threatened. the really ‘piss me off’ side is that all the so called democratic countries condemn so much of what is happening elsewhere when they are actually implementing it themselves behind their own people’s backs!

    • Jimmy671

      Well done,good post

    • Anon

      The United States is not the only country with IP to protect. Their entertainment industry is also not alone in this. Government and industry have always worked hand in hand throughout history. One provides jobs, income, tax bases, the other infrastructure, organization, curtailment of anarchy and unlawful behavior.

      You may be right. At first they only sought control of digital IP. That was clear as they took very limited steps each time to see if Pirates would stop. Pirates did not.

      Now they are seeking control of the entire network as a trading platform for economic development and they will get it. With increasing legislation and surveillance and eventually, secure identity online via biometric marker, piracy will by reduced to the very few hard core enough (and dumbass enough) to take increasing and extraordinary steps to cover their identities while the masses shrug, accept constant surveillance that reveals their identities while they check their wall on FaceBook.

      Piracy is the largest part of this, certainly the highest profile. Other forms of fraudulent behavior are also driving forces, but piracy has given the governments of the world the cover they’ve needed to take control of a network provided by industry and administered by government. No one even thought of this until Napster launched in 1999 when the ransacking began. History will record that this entire government oppression is a reaction to the willful destruction by some of digital price.

      • Anon

        oh look, victim blaming again. Look fact is, copyright monopoly is wrong, and it’s nothing to be proud of that authoritarian scum agree with it. “artrists” who work to promote despots are traitors to humanity.

        • Anon

          Search “artists in support of copyright” and be dumbfounded. Copyright has been embraced as a way to support price for IP since the early 1700′s, and consistently ever since by a global civilization, not just in the USA. Only a small anarchic destructive group continues to insist they get everything creative in digital format for free. Not only are you on the wrong side of this issue that effects creative artists around the world, increasingly you are on the wrong side of history.
          And history is already showing that. Stay tuned. The laws are just beginning. :-)

        • Fredrika

          > “Search “artists in support of copyright” and be dumbfounded.”

          First of all, that artists support copyright doesn’t necessarily mean that they support every conceivable part of the copyright monopoly.

          Secondly, that what a monopoly holder supports is irrelevant, because they aren’t the intended beneficiary with copyright.

          And thirdly, and most relevant, society has no proven need for the copyright monopoly, which was the point Anon made, which you hadn’t the guts to respond to, so it’s still wrong.

          > “Copyright has been embraced as a way to support price for IP..”

          No, copyright is IP, and it’s been used as a believed incentive to support creation, to benefit society.

          > “..since the early 1700′s, and consistently ever since by a global civilization, not just in the USA.”

          And? That something was believed to be right in the past doesn’t mean it is right in the present or the future?

          > “Only a small anarchic destructive group continues to insist they get everything creative in digital format for free.”

          First, the number of non-profit pirates range above one billion.

          Secondly, performing an infringement into a private monopoly has nothing to do with anarchy. Maybe you should read up on the concept of anarchy?

          Thirdly, not obeying the copyright monopoly or believing it should be changed does not mean that anyone believes they should get everything creative in digital format for free. It means they don’t want their property rights and their property(property that they indeed have paid for, so it’s no way near free) to be intruded into by a legislative monopoly that society has no proven need for. Every sane person who believes in property rights and just law would have that same opinion.

          > “Not only are you on the wrong side of this issue..”

          Wrong side? You mean the side that has all the facts and numbers on their side? The non-freetard side that doesn’t try to get their hands on something that they shouldn’t have?

          For your consideration maybe i should explain that the freetards i referred to are the weak failed entrepreneurs that try to get their hands or keep a legislative monopoly that freely gives them a privilege to intrude into peoples property rights, despite the fact that society has no proven need for this disturbance of the free market. They are the true freetards. The pirates are the non-freetards

          > “..that effects creative artists around the world..”

          Effects artists in a harmful manner, because as you know, IP is damaging to the creative process and the economy. Actual numbers and scientific research show this, and Nobel prize winners have said this for decades.

          > “..increasingly you are on the wrong side of history.”

          Had you actually studied any history you would have known how wrong you are, because the monopoly holders have never won when they have been challenged.

          > “And history is already showing that.”

          Current history shows us that Cipa, Pipa and Sopa gets shot down one after another, and it also shows us that current F2F technology is impossible to stop either technically or legislatively, so the outcome of the war on piracy is already determined, the pirates won.

          I’m willing to discuss past or present history with you any day, because it ruins your case from beginning to end.

        • BJonesTF

          Copyright as a concept, yes, many artists do support it, and many have lived off it since the 18th Century. Copyright as it is now, many artists do NOT like it. And it’s only been the way it is now, for the last 50 years or so.
          A 19th century copyright lawyer wouldn’t recognise modern copyright as copyright, just like a modern day one would see how the 19th century handled it as having ‘no’ copyright.

        • SoundnuoS

          Concerning Fredrikas answer below, I’d like to see these numbers and “scientific” work quoted along with an explanation of how anyone doing any kind of creative work whatsoever will have any chance of profiting from it without IP and copyright.

  • Truuuth

    I’m sure that Nejtillpirater would have some comments on this but according to his blog TF has censored/blocked him again.

    • Jimmy671

      He has a blog?
      Could you kindly post the address,I would like to visit,

      • guess

        google search his name its the first result im assuming

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  • Na

    So they finally managed to bribe the right ppl there in russia

    • Fantastic

      US agrees to turn a blind eye to Russia quashing free press and Russia agrees to help US quash a free internet

  • priss

    guessing there’s going to be a massive foreign aid increase to Russia also.

  • Hogspace

    Everyone cross fingers and toes for a nice military or diplomatic incident between the USA and USSR :o)

  • Trill

    They are very stupid.They did not think that in the Russia people just can’t buy DVD disc because they have very small moneys. What better buy DVD disc for 40 $ or foods,i think that food is better than plastic disc.

  • 44

    And now Russia too… why does no one in the world have the balls to tell the US to go fuck themselves anymore.

    • MegaAssBlaster

      i think you mean

      “why does no one in the world have the balls to tell the MAFIAA to go fuck themselves anymore.”

  • EricPost

    While bittorrent is awesome, it’s time for the file sharing community to develop the next generation fo file sharing software.

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  • Hannah

    The US has nothing left to bring the money in, other than

    The banks (which can’t survive without stealing tax money from the people)

    The gun industry (start wars yeah!)

    Hollywood (kill the pirate sites…. and persecute the sharers)

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  • chronoss

    not to worry comrades the honey moon was short lived….putin went on air yapping at bad american policies and a whole wack a other crap…
    even used the term “ruining relations” see american govt cant be friends with no one and as obama said during elections hes brought more trade wars to more nations then any other president.

    as i always say the mpaa and riaa and bsa are economic terrorists…

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    come to me in Russia!)))

  • Kirill Igumenshchev

    they just bribed someone to get this done. if that information leaks to US media, i’ll get some popcorn

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  • Jedi

    My opinion: it is very bad news because in the my country nobody don’t will be buy DVD discs because people just not have many moneys and what important: buy plastic dvd disc for 40-50 $ or food,i think that people better buy food than DVD disc with anime or series.

    Or better give moneys on the health,education and etc than give money on buy DVD disc.

  • cuimiu
  • http://www.facebook.com/sage.pointer Sage Pointer

    This reminded me “Pirate Pay”.

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  • Ivor Biggen

    Maybe if they didn’t continue to over price such things torrent sites wouldn’t exist. They bleed the working class dry!!! We are like lemmings. We go to work just to live and keep a roof over our heads, buying Dvd’s / CD’s / Blu-rays is a fuckin luxury in this day and age. They should keep their nose’s out of torrenting and work harder on bringing prices down.

  • dasdasda

    Didn’t we go against Russia (and China) from taking over the internet?

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  • Venterkyle83

    The only time U.S.A ever actually cares about freedom is when it is their almighty dollar that is at stake. Pathetic, all they have become is a nation controlled by mass media fear propaganda and pseudo gestapo. You think your free? And all their tactics they learnt from the Natzi’s at the end of WW2, just covered it up with clever slogans, Hollywood and false peace. We will see how quickly they start clamping down on so called freedoms when the dollars of the super wealthy start disappearing. As for Russia, oh well at least they have always been who they said they are, dictatorial communist, war mongering pigs. The internet, free? Yeh right, tell me another good one. With the new E.U world bank taking measures to centralise the banking units through one central unit, my friends, we are far from being free, in fact, we have a lot in common with sheep being herded into a pen just before they are culled.

  • Anyron1

    Movie thieves

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jack-Straw/100002694451161 Jack Straw

    Who cares? We always have China.

  • Myballsitch

    Figures Russia that gay country would do so, they don’t offer anything when it comes to military support in the war in the middleast, and produce the biggest scammers on the internet. Hackers go to work on Russia

  • Cadet

    I joined Ru Tracker last year. Using Google translate I managed to sign up (I’m an English speaker and there’s no English version of the site). After a few days I learned a few Russian terms and the different categories. A week later did my first torrent (they have strict format rules so it was actually my third torrent that they accepted after I’d filled in the description correctly and made sure it had all the fields entered correctly). Quite a lot of US basketball fans sharing the latest matches with Russian basketball fans – Basketball is a huge sport in Russia) and I found torrents that were not available anywhere else. Friendly Russian file-sharers and good admin. Ru Tracker is NOT a secret plot by the Russians to get at the US. The site has the same ethos as TPB – “one world – one flag”. They fight the Russian government for a free and uncensored internet where people can share information and to me proved that we’re all in this together. Bring it on Obama and Putin!

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