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MPAA sues torrent sites
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 8:10 am
by dzjepp
Check out torrentspy... no new torrents for today
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 8:16 am
by ALLiED
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 10:12 am
by K-mart Shopper
Huh.. so thats where Razorback 2 went..
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:05 pm
by seremtan
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
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:15 pm
by SplishSplash
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.)
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:23 pm
by MKJ
MPAA is going the way of the RIAA? attacking instead of defending? :E
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:29 pm
by Freakaloin
i see torrents at torrentspy...
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:35 pm
by shadd_
works here jeep.
too much crack?
latest torrent was at 2/25/06 6:35am
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:46 pm
by stocktroll
im surprised torrentspy has stayed up as long as it has
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 2:42 am
by Transient
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.
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:42 am
by Tormentius
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:
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:40 am
by Transient
The analogy was that gun stores and torrent sites provide you with access to something that can be used in an illegal manner.
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:48 am
by SplishSplash
So do car dealerships?
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 12:39 pm
by MKJ
with a slight difference that guns are designed to hurt while cars are not