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The Pirate Bay Trial

Discussion in 'Serious' started by C-Sniper, 16 Feb 2009.

  1. C-Sniper

    C-Sniper Stop Trolling this space Ądmins!

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    Source: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/02/pirate.html

    And so it begins...
    So what do you think the outcome of this is going to be? Will TPB's creators be jailed or will they go free? What is your take on the entire attitude and actions of TPB?
     
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  2. LeMaltor

    LeMaltor >^_^

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    Free!
     
  3. DXR_13KE

    DXR_13KE BananaModder

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    they will be made an example...

    edit: i cant imagine the pirate bay closing, and i cant imagine the effects of this...
     
  4. Angleus

    Angleus What's a Dremel?

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  5. will.

    will. A motorbike of jealousy!

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    I read that if it goes down, it will take the others with it. The sheer number of users who will have to go elsewhere will completely crush anyone's servers.

    Even if that happens, something else will pop up. It wont actually change anything long term.
     
  6. sui_winbolo

    sui_winbolo Giraffe_City

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    When are they going to realize you cannot stop piracy?
     
  7. DXR_13KE

    DXR_13KE BananaModder

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    When are they going to realize that they can profit from piracy?:miffed:
     
  8. Major

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    From what I have heard previously, it is impossible to close down TPB due to the amount of servers they have hidden around the world. They can send them to jail, but it won't stop TPB.
     
  9. Rum&Coke

    Rum&Coke What's a Dremel?

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    RIAA and the Pirate Bay are equally as bad as each other. RIAA being substantially worse doesn't make me want to cheer for TPB.
     
  10. wafflesomd

    wafflesomd What's a Dremel?

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    They might as well sue the internets.
     
  11. UrbanMarine

    UrbanMarine Government Prostitute

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    Did anyone listen to the audio from the trial lol. The "computer expert" prosecutor sounds like he just bought a computer for the first time.
     
  12. boiled_elephant

    boiled_elephant Merom Celeron 4 lyfe

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    Where can you get the audio? (Sorry, I'm too lazy to use google this afternoon)

    I think jailtime for corporate-level theft is stupid, your crime isn't socially detrimental in any way, it's just monetary illdoing, it should be matched by purely monetary reprimands. 2 years is ****ing harsh...
     
  13. Burnout21

    Burnout21 Mmmm biscuits

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    dare i say its most likely on pirate bay by now... lol!

    seriously be pissed off if it goes down as its where i get all my american tv shows, that have been boardcasted. such things like CSI, and House.

    There is even the odd interesting ebook to be found.
     
  14. UrbanMarine

    UrbanMarine Government Prostitute

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    Slaughter What's a Dremel?

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  16. DougEdey

    DougEdey I pwn all your storage

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    It's a news site, nothing illegal
     
  17. quack

    quack Minimodder

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  18. julianmartin

    julianmartin resident cyborg.

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    There is no good reason to make an example of anyone - especially something as trivial as this. They aren't murderers or rapists - merely people that are a bit arrogant about copyright law and flaunt what they have a bit too much.
     
  19. UrbanMarine

    UrbanMarine Government Prostitute

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    If companies weren't raping the consumer every generation of gaming, movies and music this wouldn't be a huge issue. I should say music, movies and gaming in that order.
     
  20. boiled_elephant

    boiled_elephant Merom Celeron 4 lyfe

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    Mmm...I'm not so sure about the "omgz DRM sux!" argument any more. All my favourite people around here are of the position that DRM sucks, but thinking about it, I reckon it's more of a knee-jerk reaction than a practical concern. GTA IV, for example, I bought purely because it was so difficult to pirate. And the DRM hasn't caused me any problems - it's just an extra two mouseclicks on startup. I'm not that fussy.

    Fallout 3, on the other hand, is ludicrously DRM-free, and as a result I've pirated it and probably won't get round to buying it now, unless it turns out to be amazingly good. So as much as I hate to say it...DRM works. And it's not that much of a customer-rape, really. Not the way people make it out to be.
     
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