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more about #downloading MrBlahBlah: that usenet article you guys wrote up couldn't be more timely more » Project_J187: Looks like the torrent community is going to be suffering for a little while. Of course it will recover but it sucks to see my two main sites for the... more » qbrad: So mininova replaced SuprNova. Is MicroNova in the works? I personally cant wait for the bevy of torrents available on the future's FemtoNova. more » mullingitover: This is the equivalent of fishermen cutting all the arms off starfish and throwing them back in the ocean. more » ripfire: Damn, too soon! Oh... Uh.. I mean.. Yeah, bad pirates.. more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: It looks like I picked a bad week to start pirating software. more » dragon:ONE: So now we're down to mainly private trackers like what.cd that won't let anyone join without an invite and complain if your precious MP3 collection is... more » Renegade: Jesus, if this keeps up I'm going to have to buy media! more » Demonbird: I think it is totally cool that piracy is rapidly becoming a worse crime than rape, and maybe even murder in the united states. Go us! ... I want to m... more » pissshivers: Making him watch the whole movie would have been a sufficient punishment. more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Looks like Jack Yates is going to be the new 'Love Guru' of cell block D.... more » Nick: i believe in legal terms this is known as double jeopardy more » Kaiser-Machead: Shouldn't they be imprisoning people coming out of the theater after watching The Love Guru? more » EBone: Which would be more embarrassing - Going to prison for pirating "The Love Guru," or being raped in prison? more » Zarian: How is this a criminal issue? Should this have been in civil court. He should have ended up owning money not doing time. more » ?: My suitemate at college got put on academic probation because his girlfriend torrented Observe and Report on his computer without his knowledge, and i... more » GutterIsATool: Why Metallica? The RIAA was representing "artists such as No Doubt, Linkin Park, Gloria Estefan and Sheryl Crow" according to CNN. Either way this is ... more » sinsect: This was going to be a reply to MJDeviant, but turned into a post of it's own. Key words "PAY A GUY". It costs money to make music. Instruments cost ... more » london-rhino: Jesus Christ,a sense of realism required please. What is owes them is the cost of each MP3. I doubt each song made anywhere near $80,000. The Judge sh... more » MJDeviant: Wow, maybe we should stop trying to legalize marijuana and try to legalize illegal downloads..... I guarantee more people do more of the latter. That ... more » -
#torrents
Mininova Threatened With $1500 Fine For Each Link To an Illegal Torrent
Hugely popular torrent indexer Mininova has been slapped with a debilitating ruling, in the Netherlands: Within the next three months, the site has to remove all links to infringing torrents, after which it'll be fined 1000 Euros for each one. More » -
#piracy
Man Sent to Jail For Six Months For Pirating, Uh, The Love Guru
This is embarassing. Jack Yates has been sentenced to six months in jail for pirating the horrible Mike Meyers movie The Love Guru. It might have been worth it for Star Trek, but come on, The Love Guru? More » -
#justice
Court Orders File-Sharer to Pay $80,000 Per Song to RIAA
A delusional Minnesota court has ordered Jammie Thomas,wanton criminalKazaa user, to pay a total of $1.92 million for sharing 24 songs. As my own little protest, I'm going to illegally download Metallica's entire discography. And I hate Metallica. More » -
#customerservice
Man Charged $62,000 for Downloading Wall-E While In Mexico
While on vacation in Mexico, Alberto downloaded Wall-E over his wireless carrier's network, only to be slapped with an insane $62,000 bill. More » -
#piracy
France Slaps Down Proposed Anti-Piracy Bill
A plan to allow record companies to monitor internet traffic in France for piracy and shut down repeat offenders has been killed. Sweet. More » -
#bittorrent
Pirate Bay Trial Watch: The Prosecution Rests
The Pirate Bay "spectrial" is wrapping up, with the prosecution having just made its closing arguments. More » -
#lawsuits
RIAA File Sharing Hearing to Be Webcast Live
If you're too sexually repressed to watch Pornhub on your lunch break like a normal person, now you can watch a streaming court session involving the RIAA right on your computer. More » -
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#downloading
Walmart Selling DRM-Free MP3s for 74 Cents; Finally Mac (and Linux) Friendly Too
The Walmart MP3 store has always seemed like the third wheel of online music stores behind Amazon and iTunes. Sure, it offers up DRM-free MP3s, but it only worked for Windows users on IE, which limited its appeal. But now, Walmart has finally added support for Mac and Linux users, as well as Firefox and Safari support across all platforms. That goes a long way towards making it a real alternative place to buy music. They've also dropped the price of many tracks to as low as 74 cents each. Do these changes make you want to give Walmart.com a second look? [Walmart via Electronista] -
#questionoftheday
Question of the Day: Do You Have the Balls for Betas?
Beta software is not for the timid. Warnings like "proceed with caution" and "use at your own risk" often accompany these releases—and many are content to wait for a stable version fearing that they might do damage to their current installations or configurations. So, the question is: do you like to jump on the beta bandwagon or do you like to wait it out? More » -
#questionoftheday
$5 a Month For Legal P2P: Would It Lure Pirates From the Dark Side?
With CD sales dwindling fast, DRM dead, and major artists starting to give their music away—it is clear that record labels need to do something drastic to lure pirates away from illegal downloading. As Wired and ArsTechnica point out, one of the ideas on the table is to generate a file sharing surcharge that would be collected by ISPs—something like $5 a month for unlimited downloads with the proceeds being doled out to artists based on the number of times their music was traded during the month. Seems a little too good to be true, but it does raise the question: would $5 unlimited P2P be enough to convert you from a life of piracy? More »
