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patcat88

join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
reply to TheMG
Re: And don't forget TorrentSpy just closed up shop ...

Yep.

It can happen. Very easy to order all links to outside world cut, otherwise the CEO of the national telco gets the axe (literally). Burma did it.

TheMG

join:2007-09-04
Edmonton, AB
reply to patcat88
So you're basically suggesting the only way to get rid of P2P is to scrap the whole internet and turn it into a regulated and licensed medium?

True, but that's never going to happen, so P2P is never going to disappear.

patcat88

join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY

reply to Doctor Four
There are many solutions to this problem. P2P is easy to eliminate. Fracture the internet by country or by legal jurisdiction (EU would be 1 internet, USA would be another (I dont think its friendly with Canada at the moment), some islamic middle east countries may join together). Then once the internet is under many jurisdictions, 1 country has legal power over all content on the internet, and there is no worry about websites in other countries following other rules. Also it can be made to get a license to "host" a website, or to get open ports.


TI POIL

join:2006-03-05
Toronto, ON


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reply to TKJunkMail
said by TK Junk Mail See Profile :

... due to the costs of fighting in a US court.

»TorrentSpy Calls It Quits

It has been slow, but it looks like the authorities around the world are building momentum up to close down the illegal operations.

LOL

Are you new to the BT world?

Have you heard of the Hydra concept?? They close one and 5 more appears. It's been going on since Oink closed down, In a few weeks you will hear that a "new" site just open, guess who will be behind it??? Yes you got it mods or admins from torrentspy What a beautiful concept, it never dies.


Doctor Four
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join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX
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reply to TheMG
They are doomed to play Whack A Mole

When will they (the MAFIAA) ever learn? Fighting online piracy
as they call filesharing, will never succeed. Knock down one
site or program and three or more others rise up to take their
places.

They really should be spending their money and enforcement
efforts on stopping physical piracy for profit. This hurts
them a whole lot more than filesharing does. And it is this
kind of piracy that funds terrorism and organized crime, and
involves more than music, movies and TV shows, and software.
Practically anything can and does get counterfeited.
--
"The trouble with computers, of course, is that they are very sophisticated idiots." - Doctor Who (from Robot)


major marco
Res Firma Mitescere Nescit
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join:2003-02-13
Stepford, CA
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reply to TKJunkMail
said by TKJunkMail See Profile :

It has been slow, but it looks like the authorities around the world are building momentum up to close down the illegal operations.
Oh yeah...because that's going so well for the **AAs in the U.S. Only a matter of time now before all "illegal" downloading is stopped permanently.


Nightshade
sic semper tyrannis
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join:2002-05-26
Salem, OR


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reply to TKJunkMail
Uh huh sure, whatever you say. Still doesn't make it true. After all that is one out of gods know how many tracker sites are out there, known and not known.

Besides, just because TorrentSpy didn't choose to fight doesn't mean there will be one that will, and what happens when that one wins? Which odds are is a strong possibility.
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a333
A hot cup of integrals please

join:2007-06-12
Rego Park, NY
reply to TheMG
well said, like a true son of freedom, er netdom.

TheMG

join:2007-09-04
Edmonton, AB
reply to TKJunkMail
Close down one bittorrent site, and out of the ashes will rise another 10.

They are fighting a losing battle.


ureihcim
Freshly made

join:2007-12-16
Miami, FL
reply to guhuna
Don't tell him about BBS either or he might just have a heart attack.


guhuna
R.I.P Mike
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join:2001-03-31
Brentwood, CA
reply to TKJunkMail
When are you going to realize BT and torrent sites are never going to leave?


woody7
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join:2000-10-13
Torrance, CA
reply to TKJunkMail
Yea right
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LeftOfSanity

join:2005-11-06
Felton, DE

reply to TKJunkMail
said by TKJunkMail See Profile :

... due to the costs of fighting in a US court.

»TorrentSpy Calls It Quits

It has been slow, but it looks like the authorities around the world are building momentum up to close down the illegal operations.
Yea..it all became too "in your face" thanks to Napster and Bittorrent. I blame them.

Thanks.


TKJunkMail
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  ... due to the costs of fighting in a US court.

»TorrentSpy Calls It Quits

It has been slow, but it looks like the authorities around the world are building momentum up to close down the illegal operations.
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