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[JJ]

Linkey

[Tension]

{bleep} sake

[Piru]

Piratebay isn't going anywhere.

http://trial.thepiratebay.org/2009/04/15/press-conference-of-friday/

[Gwion]

Wow! This is crazy.

[arnljot]

Like they say on their site.

It's not over, they will appeal. This conviction however sets the tone for the rest of the debate. So yes, it's a defeat. However not a definitive one.

[yssing]

amazing... I still can't beleive why having information about where the files can be found, and not the actual files can be illegal.

Worst case scenario, this could lead to people getting sentenced for having information only??

But IFPI apparently have to much power..

[mike-]

Press conference http://thepiratebay.org/special/2009epicwinanyhow.php

[AmigaHeretic]

I wonder how closely Google is watching this.

I mean that's where I find all my torrents.


(Legal ones of course, but I'm sure they link to all the others ;-) )

[J-Golden]

It is the same old song that got Napster in a bind. At least that guy figured out a middle of the road fix and is still in busness. These guys are acting like they are completely free of guilt when they have "aiding and abeting" written all over their faces...

[Jose]

In Napster it was supposed to be the user's responsibility to choose what to share, so it was just a matter of big groups of interest manipulating things. This is probably less legal than Napster.
Then again, every ISP is advertising unlimited downloads & all for everyone, the laws of some european countries even provide for a fee for blanks CD/DVDs because of the illegal downloads. Funnly things is that they probably won't take off those fees even though they continue to go after the places to get information about the downloads...

[orb85750]

yssing wrote:
amazing... I still can't beleive why having information about where the files can be found, and not the actual files can be illegal.

Worst case scenario, this could lead to people getting sentenced for having information only??

But IFPI apparently have to much power..

But isn't this a little like being the intermediary between the "buyer" and "seller" of illegal or stolen equipment, without ever taking possession of the illegal equipment. The intermediary would be guilty too in that case, yes?

[persia]

Ah, the redistribution of wealth from some Swedish kids to needy American Corporations. How else are American corporations who didn't take part in wrecking the economy going to get a handout?

[hooligan]

They deserve one year of can for not having ratios at TPB

[orb85750]

persia wrote:
Ah, the redistribution of wealth from some Swedish kids to needy American Corporations. How else are American corporations who didn't take part in wrecking the economy going to get a handout?

Well the penalty did not fit the crime. Rather excessive, but such is expected from a communist country, right? ;-)

[Methuselas]

The world is slowly becoming Orwellian.



I can't *WAIT* for the Thought Police. :roll:



"If you feel you are not properly sedated, call immediately. Failure to do so may result in prosecution for criminal, drug evasion".

You know, I wonder what record companies would do, if someone were to file a class action suit for fraud and price gouging against them? It's a known fact that several musicians, one of them being Nine Inch Nails, actively supported the pirating of their music, due to obscene prices charged by record companies.

The average CD costs 20$ now. Multiply that by 200 CDs (I had more, but lost them over the years). That's 4 grand. Multiply that by 100,000 consumers, complaining. That's 400$ million.

Band's rarely get a share of the CD sales. They make their money, from touring, most of which is at their own expense. It's hard to make money touring, unless you're packing big stadiums. Record companies rarely see any of that. On top of that, if a band's freshman album is lackluster in the eyes of the record company, they're immediately dropped. That's why you have all this carbon copy bullsh!t out on the radio. It's all corporate musicians.

The rich just get richer on the backs of the poor.

A shame.