MPAA sues torrent sites

Post by **dzjepp** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 8:10 am

Check out torrentspy... no new torrents for today

Post by **ALLiED** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 8:16 am

Link:

Clickie

Post by **K-mart Shopper** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 10:12 am

Huh.. so thats where Razorback 2 went..

Post by **seremtan** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:05 pm

i was wondering about that myself. donkeyserver #1 hasn't nearly as many search results...

afterdawn has the lowdown:

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7346.cfm

Post by **SplishSplash** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:15 pm

It's a shame, really. Where will I get my TV shows?

(Afaik ITMS Germany doesn't sell TV shows, and certainly not before they air over here.)

Post by **MKJ** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:23 pm

MPAA is going the way of the RIAA? attacking instead of defending? :E

Post by **Freakaloin** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:29 pm

i see torrents at torrentspy...

Post by **shadd_** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:35 pm

works here jeep.

too much crack?

latest torrent was at 2/25/06 6:35am

Post by **stocktroll** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:46 pm

im surprised torrentspy has stayed up as long as it has

Post by **Transient** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 2:42 am

riddla wrote:why? its not a tracker, only a search engine.

Don't play dumb. As much as I love torrentspy, I'm not in denial about its true purpose. It may be circumventing the law in the manner it does it, but it's providing me with access to illegal stuff. Granted, gun stores do the same thing.

Post by **Tormentius** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:42 am

Transient wrote:
riddla wrote:why? its not a tracker, only a search engine.
Don't play dumb. As much as I love torrentspy, I'm not in denial about its true purpose. It may be circumventing the law in the manner it does it, but it's providing me with access to illegal stuff. Granted, gun stores do the same thing.

That isn't a remotely correct or relevant comparison. Guns aren't illegal :icon27:

Post by **Transient** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:40 am

The analogy was that gun stores and torrent sites provide you with access to something that can be used in an illegal manner.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:48 am

So do car dealerships?

Post by **MKJ** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 12:39 pm

with a slight difference that guns are designed to hurt while cars are not