Remember How Shutting Down The Pirate Bay Was A Huge Victory For The Entertainment Industry?
from the how's-that-going? dept
Remember a few months back, when the entertainment industry gloated about their raid of torrent tracker site The Pirate Bay? It was one in a long line of the industry claiming it had made a significant blow against piracy. Of course, as most people know, the site was back up within days and has remained so. In fact, the whole thing acted as a huge advertisement for the site who now reports that they continue to grow rapidly in the months following their supposed death.
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by anthony on Nov 1st, 2006 @ 10:44pm
HAHAHAHA... stupid entertainment industry.
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by james on Nov 1st, 2006 @ 10:51pm
Thats great. But remember kids, downloading movies and music is downloading communism
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piratebay response by scoots on Nov 1st, 2006 @ 10:51pm
start>run>cmd
tracert piratebay.org
Take notice of the final line. Piratebay crew is amazing, keep up the good work.
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Re: piratebay response by Anonymous Coward on Nov 1st, 2006 @ 10:53pm
lol thats awsome
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HAHAHA by Steven on Nov 1st, 2006 @ 11:35pm
That is priceless
for thoese of you too lazy to do a tracert
the last one is
hey.mpaa.and.apb.bite.my.shiny.metal.ass.thepira
tebay.org [83.140.176.146]
you just cant beat that
:) Pirating the best way to keep the record and movie indestry honest(well sort of...) with out pirates there is no compation and prices go sky high(er...)
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by Anonymous Coward on Nov 1st, 2006 @ 11:35pm
lol that is hilarious, gotta love DNS
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thats friggin great! by smokebreak on Nov 1st, 2006 @ 11:37pm
just used the tracert command, and i think it's freakin awsome........
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What happened to the police chief that authorized by Anonymous Coward on Nov 1st, 2006 @ 11:42pm
Since Pirate Bay wasn't breaking any laws, the raid on their offices was illegal and probably politically motivated. The end up moving their servers to another country but what happened to the police person that OK'ed the raid? Any legal action against the police for illegal search?
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Back to proper stealing by Poonty on Nov 1st, 2006 @ 11:52pm
But if we can't steal music it will be back to cars, handbags and DVDs!!
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by Tom on Nov 2nd, 2006 @ 12:00am
A tracert on my IP shows I'm somewhere in New Jersey. Way off!
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by Re: Tom on Nov 2nd, 2006 @ 1:59am
I give up -where are you really?
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Tom by Wolfger on Nov 2nd, 2006 @ 5:09am
Wow... you have a direct link to the internet???
Or is your ISP in New Jersey?
Or did you tracert 192.168.0.1?
;-)
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by Mousky on Nov 2nd, 2006 @ 5:20am
Perhaps the RIAA should focus on getting its members to promote their products, their artists, their music? Just a suggestion.
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Re: by Cura on Nov 2nd, 2006 @ 7:02am
Where did you heard that crap? Dont say it loud, becouse some of us had a great pleasure to feel communism on our asses.
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Perhaps they should... by Myrmidon on Nov 2nd, 2006 @ 7:09am
Perhaps the RIAA should...
1. Stop deciding for the public what they ought to listen to and buy via the RIAA's strangle hold relationship with the radio & broadcast media.
2. Stop ripping off their content producers (the musicians) and start paying them reasonable royalties and pay them *ALL* the money they're rightfully owed. (How many times has the Music industry been sued by the artists who's cause they're supposedly championing?)
3. Stop price fixing CD costs and gouging the living crap out of the buying public. (Frankly I wouldn't even mind current prices that much if most of the money went to the artists, but it sure as shit doesn't.)
If the businesses that are the core of the RIAA want people to obey the law - then they ought to start by setting a better example. When I hear the term "RIAA" all that comes to mind is 'Thieving Pukes!'
As for the MPAA - hell, you'd think they'd be glad that people are even bothering to download their crap. 95% of what comes out from the MPAA these days is nothing short of cultural nerve gas. It's 'teh suck'. I've seen far more Indie & Non U.S. produced films this year there were worth watching than anything from the MPAA's stable. Which is damn sad. More often than not, I got to a Hollywood picture and come out thinking "Damn, I want those hours of my life back!" I for one am not downloading MPAA content.
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by Justor on Nov 2nd, 2006 @ 8:30am
James you are total ass. You are not worthy of a PC, take and shove it in your big mouth
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Re: HAHAHA by casey kochmer on Nov 2nd, 2006 @ 9:25am
I love the pirate bay. They are a class act while not being afraid to say it as it is!!
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