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

By: Anonymous

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

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

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

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

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By: Anonymous

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

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

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

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

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:21:58 +0000

great artical.

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

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By: Blackbeard

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

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

By: some guy

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

Sharing is a good thing

– GOD

By: iptorrents/torrentleech

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

i think all those figures are way too low!!

By: h33t

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

piracy is theft

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

filesharing is copying

By: hmmm

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

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

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

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