50,000 BitTorrent users sued for alleged illegal downloads

[Sterling]

As much as the Media say Piracy hurts (undoubtedly it does, but as minimal as it is, it's more like free advertisement) it's definitely not the scale it claims.

 

[m3rox]

As much as the Media say Piracy hurts (undoubtedly it does, but as minimal as it is, it's more like free advertisement) it's definitely not the scale it claims.

Prove it. I'm serious. I want to see actual factual proof that piracy is no big deal. And don't use the claim that it's just copying. That point is moot.

 

[Shinigami357]

Some dude in youtube was talking about this. Apparently, said movie earned so-so at box office. Now, if even just a few thousand of the people they sued pays up, the money they get will actually eclipse their total box-office take. Pretty good business, if he had his figures right.

 

[Sterling]

As much as the Media say Piracy hurts (undoubtedly it does, but as minimal as it is, it's more like free advertisement) it's definitely not the scale it claims.

Prove it. I'm serious. I want to see actual factual proof that piracy is no big deal. And don't use the claim that it's just copying. That point is moot.

Is there any proof that it is quite serious? Is there any reason the Movie industry and Music industry still make millions every year? As I said, Piracy is very minimal. It's nowhere near as bad as many outlets make it seem. Sure as time goes on it gets worse, but it isn't something to worry over now. Like I said, its basically free advertisement. If I had friends who couldn't burn CDs, or didn't care. I play music they like, they either ask me to get it for them (to which I point them to wal-mart, or another store), or they find it themselves. For every music track pirated, there are hundreds more buying the physical product, or there are people who own all their music they pirate. It's not detrimental to the point where they should sue people. If anything, the money they make from suing people every year is as much or more than their sales are in a month. Minus the legal fees, they make minimal amounts.

 

[GreatZimkogway]

As much as the Media say Piracy hurts (undoubtedly it does, but as minimal as it is, it's more like free advertisement) it's definitely not the scale it claims.

Prove it. I'm serious. I want to see actual factual proof that piracy is no big deal. And don't use the claim that it's just copying. That point is moot.

It's been proven many, many times before. Look it up. I'll give you an example, though. I download...say...SMT Devil Survivor. AKA Pirate it. Had I not liked it, I wouldn't've bought it. I had absolutely no plans on buying it before that, either. I merely wanted to try it. That sale never happened. Thus they lost no money to that. It doesn't matter if they COULD have sold it. It didn't. Had they bought it, and then taken it back, not liking it? Guess what. Lost sale. The money sale never happened.

 

[Nimbus]

So help me...if they send me a letter for downloading a Linux Distro....so help me god....

It will be war!

Not that it would ever happen, but....still...

 

[Bladexdsl]

that's why usenet is much better, faster and my isp even lets me download for free! (just uses my bw)
plus it will never get shut down

 

[RiotShooter]

Its called private trackers.... People that use public sites are asking for it.

 

[Holified 2x]

Wow I use Bit and U torrent but only ps2 games gosh I hope I don't get caught and sued

 

[Rydian]

Prove it. I'm serious. I want to see actual factual proof that piracy is no big deal. And don't use the claim that it's just copying. That point is moot.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/20...s-are-bogus.ars
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/20...-lost-sales.ars
http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2004/07/4008.ars
http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/06/...nt-creation.ars

Even Nintendo admits that some shit doesn't sell not because of piracy, but because it sucks.
http://gbatemp.net/t259065-nintendo-piracy...hind-poor-sales

 

[TwoBladedKnight]

I download movies all the time. Being a uni student I have little money to spare. I've pirated tonnes of movies and haven't gotten any letters or anything.

 

[godreborn]

I bet the producers of the hurt locker r still pissed that they lost to avatar at the academy awards in 2008. after all, one of them was banned from the oscars for trying to persuade the judges to vote for the movie. now, they're trying to blame everyone who pirated the movie as the reason they lost. what true pieces of hollywood garbage!

 

[Rydian]

Its called private trackers.... People that use public sites are asking for it.

That's not to say private trackers are safe. Many "private" sites also list stuff on external trackers, and even with stuff hosted on their trackers it's possible to find you pirating stuff without having to have an account on the site. Big companies have access to a lot more info and hardware than the average person.

 

[Chhotu uttam]

Torrent users are sued(not the makers).
I don't think Skidrow,Fairlight,etc will stop posting on torrents.

 

[ehayes427]

i usually don't download that much illegally, especially movies, so i'm good!

 

[Bladexdsl]

pfffffft i'm gonna go download duke nukem forever at 13mb/s

 

[Narayan]

i just started using utorrent...
also can they sue me if i'm from the philippines?
i'm outside of their jurisdiction right?

 

[s4mid4re]

I don't really torrent that many movies.

The most I torrent are anime, which are alright as long as it's unlicensed.

i just started using utorrent...
also can they sue me if i'm from the philippines?
i'm outside of their jurisdiction right?

True because copyright laws vary in the US and Philippines.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

Man what is this UseNet people talk about?

So Sony gets hacked and everyone with the ability to type wants them ass raped in court for something they were not even responsible for.

I'm keeping this short so we don't change this subject:
A)Unencrypted Data
B)Outdated Security
C)Late on warning people.

/discussion.

I don't download a whole lot of movies, except for ones that are sort of old. I mainly download tv shows that are no longer on tv.

 

[melkor42x]

As far as anyone is concerned Usenet doesn't exist. We don't talk about it.