Comments on: US Government Made Painful Mistakes In Torrent-Finder Seizure

By: David Brown

David Brown — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:14:00 +0000

Whilst you answered your “why” question without asking it (because kiddiporn doesn’t contribute to the TAX/VAT bucket) I thought I might point to an answer for your stated question, to wit: “HOW”.

Actually, it’s quite easy;

you completely circumvent half a dozen VERY IMPORTANT LAWS, including the bulk of the (Universal) Declaration of Human Rights as well as your Rights to Privacy etc. Once that is done, all you need to do is display a TOTAL contempt for your entire indigenous population. (Nice one USA, almost as offensive as the UK this time).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:38:00 +0000

A site dedicated to providing access to stolen goods is and should be illegal. Just because people make their money by producing entertainment does not mean they should be targets. I do not work in the industry but would be upset if the business I worked in suddenly had a new business open up next door and provide everything we have at no cost. 20,000 people would lose their job in my company. No matter how you try to parse it these sites exist to allow people to access content without compensation to the people who created it. It is really a horrible thing to do when you think of the millions of unemployed today.

By: MaTe

MaTe — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 22:13:31 +0000

if that is the case the us goverment have to shutdown google because google is the best way to find everything people need and find tutorials to do a lot of “pirated things”

By: Online Global Week in Review 24 December 2010 from IP Think Tank

Online Global Week in Review 24 December 2010 from IP Think Tank — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 05:46:39 +0000

[...] Undue process: how Uncle Sam seized BitTorrent domain names (Ars Technica) (TorrentFreak) [...]

By: Eeek

Eeek — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:45:24 +0000

This sort of thing can’t be blamed on any one politician; politics in general have become completely corrupt. Many lost faith in it completely and no longer vote since it doesn’t appear to make a difference.
The government fights against the internet for one major reason: they can’t control it. It empowers us as individuals and allows us the chance to make our voice heard, or distribute our wares.
I think that big business has been raping us for years by sending all the jobs overseas, but not passing the savings down as a result; instead, CEO’s and other heads reap the benefits at our expense. When they want a law passed, they have the clout and money to accomplish it, and there’s been no equivalent to that sort of power and influence until now.
The internet will set us free.

By: Police Raid ‘Devil’ Warez Piracy Topsite | PornDL News

Police Raid ‘Devil’ Warez Piracy Topsite | PornDL News — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:42:45 +0000

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By: BitTorrent Domain Exodus Continues As Torrentz Dumps .COM | PornDL News

BitTorrent Domain Exodus Continues As Torrentz Dumps .COM | PornDL News — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:37:49 +0000

[...] So there can be little doubt that Torrentz, the Internet’s second biggest torrent site, eyed the recent developments with an element of disbelief. As a meta-search engine it should be absolutely fine but the unofficially established rules of the game appear to have changed, despite being based on a case filled with serious mistakes. [...]

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 04:30:32 +0000

Next thing you know, they will seize TorrentFreak.com for linking to piracy links and news, perhaps even some of the comment links that link to websites that link to websites that host .torrent files which may or may not lead to pirated wares.

Haha, hope that bill gets fu*ked in the ass.

By: Follando

Follando — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:49:27 +0000

As to search torrents. I would like to advise to try http://www.torrentoff.com Itself often it I use.

By: Ninja

Ninja — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:39:30 +0000

Google collects links and whatever that may lead to illegal content. Shut down Google. O wait, my ISP points me to potentially illegal content. It should be shut down too.

Sarcasm apart, it’s interesting how they are completely sticking their feet in the mud with this. Movements across the globe have started to decentralize DNS, file-sharing is moving towards more and more decentralized and anonymous methods. Sure, this is intended for the good ppl that just wanna share but I don’t nuclear power was intended to make bombs at first…

Way to go US. Way to go.