Comments on: QuebecTorrent Clone Outmanoeuvres Music Industry

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:23:15 +0000

LaughingOutLoud (spelled for you illiterate baboons.)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:33:41 +0000

thats why they put a encryption protocole in bittorrent client so ISP cant sniff what you are sharing

just use it :)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:29:12 +0000

im sure you get message all the time,so im hopeing you might read this one,are you aware of the problem with isp at the moment,im sure you are, if on a torrent site a film was upload like this,Batman as the tiltle which becomes the folder then within the downloaded folder the film Batman.avi.
is there not a way to advertise on the site the title of the film,but the dowload folder would state B and within that folder B.avi. that way once download was finshed we could rename the folder and avi,this way isp could only see the file size downloaded but could not prove what it is,as torrent clients are not ilegal its the contents which we might download which could be

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:05:44 +0000

A big problem is that CRIA keeps on their propaganda influencing court results and having superior resources, whereas the file-sharers have almost no avenue to get their message out, and get the support from fellow file-sharers or supporters or possibly financial help, putting them at a severe disadvantage to the CRIA.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:22:35 +0000

Badass move. And all they did was spread it’s name even further

By: Norm

Norm — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:07:28 +0000

at 43:

You are obviously out of touch with the modern world. I am a musician, and I give my music away for free. My music is too strange for a record company to take a risk, but thanks to the internet, I get more exposure. I am able to play live shows and I get payed well for them. If it weren’t for torrent sites, which I use to distribute my music, me and other experimental artists would not be heard by most people. Reduced choice of music? Bullshit. If we reduce the barriers to obtaining music, people will discover music they would not usually listen to. Increased piracy can only make music better. It’s when record companies dominate the media and dictate radio playlists with tired tracks from mainstream artists that music suffers.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:21:29 +0000

I lol’d

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:43:24 +0000

Yeah, all members received an e-mail giving the new name and address of the site, now hosted in Malaysia without restrictions on the material posted (I don’t think they allow porn though, that doesn’t bother me). Up and running right now, it was good news for users of this active site. Don’t stop ’til you get enough.

By: CRIA

CRIA — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:41:09 +0000

In 2003, world wide sales of legitimate sound recordings produced by the major record companies and leading independent labels reached $32 billion US. In contrast, pirate sound recordings were estimated to account for sales of approximately $4.5 billion US. An estimated 35% of music CDs sold in 2003 were pirate products. Total sales of pirate CDs, including CD-Recordables, topped 1.7 billion units.

Canada is currently the sixth largest market for the sale of legitimately produced sound recordings in the world. In 2003, the total retail value of all legitimate sound recording sales exceeded $940 million CDN. Based on industry statistics and international comparisons CRIA estimates that sales of pirated sound recordings drains an additional $23.5 million CDN from the legitimate Canadian market.

The loss to the industry, however, is measured in more than the monetary terms. Lost sales for record companies result in lower revenue and consequently lower investment in new Canadian recording artists and music. It is estimated in the recording industry that only 1 in 10 new releases actually generates revenue. It is the revenue from this small portion of new releases that allows for investment in new talent.

Sales of pirated sound recordings contribute nothing to Canada’s cultural industries. Manufacturers and distributors of pirate recordings focus only on commercially successful recordings. The manufacturers and distributors of pirate recordings do not develop talent or pay royalties to performers and composers. Often sales taxes are not paid by the vendors or the distributors of pirate recordings. Consumers will ultimately be the victims of piracy as the lost sales translate to less investment, fewer new artists and reduced choice of music.

By: The Wandering Perv

The Wandering Perv — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:45:59 +0000

Take that up your virgin asshole, l’ADISQ! We will never die for we are the people! We are humanity! We are free!!!

HAIL HYDRA!