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TorrentSpy Cuts Off US Users, Rather Than Tracking Them
from the and-the-music-played-on dept
BitTorrent search engine TorrentSpy has been involved in a legal battle with the MPAA for some time now. The lawsuit took a slightly bizarre twist a few months back when a judge demanded that TorrentSpy start logging details about its users -- something the company had never done and had no plans to do. TorrentSpy claims that doing so will violate its users privacy and violate its own terms of service. Apparently, however, that hasn't convinced the judge to change the ruling -- meaning that TorrentSpy has now cut off access to visitors coming from the US as a way of protecting their privacy. Of course, it'll probably take all of about 10 minutes for most people to figure out other ways to get to TorrentSpy (or they'll just move on to another BitTorrent search engine). Congratulations to the MPAA for driving a bunch of movie fans further underground...
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We're, what, a decade past that time and most people still don't use encryption.
If something is a "hassle", the majority will never use it. If something requires Johnny Jackass to reconfooble his system - be it software or hardware, it just won't happen.
I mean, hell, most people don't even backup their data! Do you honestly expect these same people to use proxies, encryption, ip lists?
If it weren't for Windows Update, these people wouldn't even patch their goddamn systems.
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Try reading the astounding list of 4 prior comments next time.
And, if you had read what little was there before you, you'd have read a very good point that GoblinJuice made:
Apathy trumps Proxy any day.
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3/4 said "proxy" or "proxies" before you, Overcast.
Almost overlooked Casper saying it.
(yeah...I already get the irony of this correction...thx)
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Nonsense, don't you see...?
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Everyone has their expertise, I have seen brilliant people walk into a media interview and do things that someone with a little media knowledge would never do. It takes all kinds. Thats what makes this world interesting.
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3/4 said "proxy" or "proxies" before you, Overcast.
Almost overlooked Casper saying it.
(yeah...I already get the irony of this correction...thx)
hehe, yeah - funny thing is... everyone knew the answer - likely within the first 15 seconds of reading the article, lol
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for the geniuses out there
I feel sorry for torrentspy for losing some of their webtraffic due to overzealous mpaa/riaa.
So yes, a LOT of people know about proxies, and merely mentioning them in an article like this educates even more individuals on how to get around being tracked.
Given that tracker websites are very low demand (read: mostly text/dialup is almost fast enuff), a proxy would be a non issue most likely.
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Hassle
The exact same thing happened with Macrovision and VHS. Yeah, you could buy a hardware box to crack it... but how many people bothered? Easier to just keep an eye the the previously-viewed bin at Blockbuster.
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hassle
I'm sure that will change but for now come over to Canada where pot is damn near legal and the internet is still almost as it should be.
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Why not just rip your own
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Torrentspy and the free anklegrabbing lesson
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PROXY
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just a matter of time..
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What's the point?
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The point is...
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