TorrentHound Shuts Down, Another Big Torrent Site Bites The Dust
Well, with another big torrent site down, what do you think people will do now? And will this continue?
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Well, with another big torrent site down, what do you think people will do now? And will this continue?
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Was mostly just providing it as an example, a fairly well known one.
The fact of the matter is that groups working within the scenes have their own methods, and those methods are often different from one group to another. They could shut down every torrent site, and criminalize the protocol and not actually affect anything at the source. In fact, many of these sources are only interested in their own local bootleg operations or just proving they can crack something. Very little of what actually happens with piracy is based around the premise of public releases.
As far as anti-piracy countermeasures go, the existence of Steam and Netflix has accomplished far more than any of the raids on TPB or other torrent sites. Why? Because they provide a reasonably affordable alternative that is also convenient. Sure, arguably the perceived "risk" of using piracy sites has been increased because of recent shutdowns, and because of that perception people are more likely to use alternatives, but the mere existence of those options has done more in the greater picture.
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the greatest surprise is to see some tempers who dont...
I've wondered about this lately. How is someone busted? I just feel it would be impossible to prove in court that someone didn't just hack your wifi and downloaded all that stuff.
This is why most john/jane doe lawsuits end up with the rightsholder just extorting money out of the "suspected" through a settlement, because they know it would almost never hold up in court. They threaten to sue the accused for millions in damages unless they settle for a few thousand to make everything magically disappear. Considering that most individuals can't afford a legal team remotely as good as what the copyright monopolies can afford, regardless of whether or not the person accused was actually distributing stuff illegally via filesharing methods they usually just opt to settle. Its a cash cow for these mega corporations and the law firms backing them.
If this keeps up i'm going to get a newsgroup subscription. Those private trackers get sut down. I remember a friend i used to work with was in a torrent tracker oink. They all got busted and sued. I would not trust private trackers either
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we still have the pirate bay , the moment that one shuts down as well.. aaah i dont even want to think about it.
we still have the pirate bay , the moment that one shuts down as well.. aaah i dont even want to think about it.
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