Comments on: Comic BitTorrent Tracker Writes Open Letter to Marvel, Ends Up a Target

By: VirtualBilly

VirtualBilly — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:51:24 +0000

“if you continue, it will be at your own risk”

haha, lol… whatever JACKASS fabricated this clearly made-up “response” obviously doesn’t realize that no company as large as marvel or dc would ever make an official response containing a threat like this, because they tend to hire pr reps who are smart enough NOT to include vague statements which could be easily and CONVENIENTLY misconstrued as whatever type of threat the receiving party feels would be beneficial. nice pathetic try, however smart people aren’t so easily swayed by horseshit propaganda like this. seriously, fucking jackasses.

By: Trying to Be like Bill Gates » Marvel Looking To Follow In The Footsteps Of The Recording Industry

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:49:45 +0000

[...] variety of Marvel and DC products. Unfortunately, TorrentFreak is reporting that Marvel and DC are following in the footsteps of the recording industry, threatening people who are sharing their comics online without making any real effort to provide a [...]

By: TorrentFreak Hosts Brawl Between Marvel Comics and ComicSearch | Welcome Back Rosenthal

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:03:07 +0000

[...] past week TorrentFreak reported the very strange exchange between Marvel Comics and ComicSearch. I highly recommend reading the post itself AND the comments. [...]

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Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:05:35 +0000

By: JimmyX

JimmyX — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:35:17 +0000

If I had a site I’s try to host it in Iran or maybe even Syria. Let the MPAA\RIAA try to enforce their shitty DMCA on a site hosted there.

By: JimmyX

JimmyX — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:33:57 +0000

If I had a site I’s try to host it in Iran or maybe even Syria.

By: Meh

Meh — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:47:14 +0000

Is ComicSearch run by kids? An open letter to Marvel and DC is just drawing attention to yourself. You’re facilitating the illegal downloading of copyrighted material; they will come after you.

Now, I do think the downloaders tend to fit into one of two categories: the first, those who would never pay a cent for a comic book, and the second, those who download in addition to buying print comics, whether for crossovers or to prevent damage to the physical medium. Neither group really leads to lost revenue, but one group creates potential revenue.

Comic companies don’t care about the first group, and they figure that the second will pay a low subscription price for the same service, thus gaining revenue where there was none. Further, they think that they will work out quality issues in the long run. So now they go after the pirates.

The corporate mindset will never care about pirates’ rights. Drawing attention to yourself if you’re not willing to pay fight and possibly lose in court is idiotic.

By: nose-typist

nose-typist — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:30:24 +0000

1 – Sweden _ain’t_ Switzerland, doofus.

2 – When Radiohead ‘released’ “In Rainbows” it was _still_ using the ‘pay-what-you-want’ model. I have no doubt whatsoever that they’ve made more from it than they would have by using the antiquated method that pays the record company the _vast_ majority of the profits…

3 – You’re normally quite lucid. do NOT drink the bongwater! :P

By: zar

zar — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:57:16 +0000

[quote comment="229508"]That said, I want to CONGRATULATE the ComicSearch admin who wrote that letter to them.

Exactly what they need to hear, very maturely and correctly stated.

It might not be too late yet.[/quote]

Hear bloody hear!

By: Tard Spanker

Tard Spanker — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:53:35 +0000

[quote comment="229536"]I hate to be picky over this kind of stuff, but the response letters to Marvel may have been taken more seriously if they had used proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling. The message is there, but credibility is lost because of these errors.quote]

You don’t ‘hate to be picky’ – you’re a pedantic prick who gets wood posting typing lames. Your response is no more constructive than the twat who replied thus: “What a fucking idiot, what does he expect?”

The content is excellent & I have no doubt whatsoever that the recipient of the emails knew _exactly_ what was being said…