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darthpsychotic
Post Posted: September 29th 2004 12:35 am
 
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28 September 2004

MPAA Chafes at Bit(Torrent)

A new technology called BitTorrent, which can download a pirated feature film in DVD quality in less time than it takes to watch, is posing a new threat to movie studios. According to Mercury News, the technology, which requires several "owners" of a particular film to "share" individual parts of it with others, is particularly tough for the studios to battle since the sharing network shuts down after the film is downloaded. The BitTorrent software was created by Bram Cohen of Seattle, who receives no money from sales of pirated films but does welcome "donations" from visitors to his website. However, that may not insulate him from a lawsuit by the MPAA. John G. Malcolm, director of worldwide anti-piracy for the Motion Picture Association of America, told Mercury News: "BitTorrent and others who are complicit in copyright theft should take little comfort from their temporary celebrity status."


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dylan
Post Posted: September 29th 2004 1:16 am
 

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It's that line of reasoning that's the lame point - Bram should get no blame. Should we hold anyone who creates any device that could conceivably be used to "infringe" on copyright? Damn, when does this wheel end?
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KitFisto
Post Posted: September 30th 2004 9:06 pm
 
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When they get in to those trackers they are no longer private.
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Projbalance
Post Posted: September 30th 2004 11:16 pm
 

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Honestly, I would be more chaffed over the fact that home video revenues have outgrossed theatrical revenues every year for the last three years at least. I look at it the same way I look at the music thing: people will support what's worth supporting. If you constantly hand people shit and dissapointment, eventually they'll stop wanting to pay ever increasing prices for it. However, people still want to be entertained. Since the entertainment cartels seem to do everything they can to keep out of the public any product they don't get a cut of, where then does the public turn?
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Post Posted: October 1st 2004 12:58 am
 
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Fuck Hollywood in their engorged prolapsed arses. If they got on board and embraced new technology instead of stifling it and having 15yr olds out there that are smarter than them they wouldn't have a problem.

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royalguard96
Post Posted: October 11th 2004 7:32 pm
 
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I thought VCRs were going to kill the feature film market.... :whateva:
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pimponwater
Post Posted: March 7th 2005 2:32 am
 

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They're so damn slow. Dumb bitches expect to make progress when BitTorrent's been around for years now. Piracy is practically impossible to stop.
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KitFisto
Post Posted: March 19th 2005 6:16 pm
 
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K, writing a kick ass essay for one of my classes so I'll post it here when I'm finished it :) It's on pirating :cool:

Pirating = cool btw
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Post Posted: March 19th 2005 7:37 pm
 
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"It's better to be a pirate than join the navy" — Apple circa 1980

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KitFisto
Post Posted: March 20th 2005 3:05 am
 
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Captain-Raveers wrote:
The MPAA and RIAA both suck ass. While I really don't like movie downloading since you can go to Wal-Mart and pick up the movie for a fairly decent price but still ....just these two companies both suck major ass and they can burn in hell for all I care.

Didn't they sue a 13 year old girl who was in JH? I mean WTF is that kind of shit? Do they expect this 13 year old girl to pay off the HEFTY fine they slapped her with?


1- they are just a lobby group...

2- Sueing that 13 year old go them a shit load of press !
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