Torrent Site Mininova Removes Pirated Materials
Too legit to quit.
Is the age of BitTorrent coming to a critical bend? It certainly seems so, as the PirateBay has taken down its tracker for good, and now we learn that Mininova is going legit.
"Today is an important day in the history of Mininova," the site admins wrote last week in a blog. "From now on, we are limiting Mininova.org to our Content Distribution service. By doing so, we comply with the ruling of the Court of Utrecht of last August."
Mininova is referring to ruling last summer when a judge ordered the site to remove all copyright infringing links within three months or else face up to €5 million in penalties.
"Unfortunately the court ruling leaves us no other option than to take our platform offline, except for the Content Distribution service," the admins wrote.
Interestingly, Mininova launched its Content Distribution service in 2007, which it calls a success. While it hasn’t been a mass market success for mainstream content producers, Mininova names Dutch band Silence is Sexy as one who has released a complete album on the torrent site and received the Interactive Award 2009 for its use of the distribution method.
Despite that, it doesn’t seem that Content Distribution is the sole future business model for Mininova.
"We are still considering an appeal at this moment," the side administrators stated.

You don't get it, 150 years ago it was illegal for most african americans to own land in the U.S., while 100 years ago it was legal for a factory owner to order the massacre of it's workers because they refused to work in inhumane conditions, 50 years ago it was illegal for a black man to piss in the same toilet as a white man, but 8 years ago, and still today, it is legal for the U.S. government to spy on it's citizens, arrest them on a hunch, and deny them a trial by peers regardless of what the constitution says on said hunch. And that is only in the U.S.
Please, please, please, please tell me that all of that is justified because some bureaucratic hypocritical politicians said that it was illegal or legal to do so. I fucking dare you.
Don't compare "pirating" to any form of illegal activity, especially anything on the level of terrorists in Pakistan, because it is only wrong because some fools being paid by RIAA and MIAA lobbyists say so. It has been proven time and time again that "pirating" has had either a negligible or even a positive impact on the music, movie, and video game industries.
Would you kindly get your head out of your ass, or better yet just go away. Actually I apologize for singling you out, this also applies to anyone with similar beliefs as yours.
I hope this was sarcastic or you are the dumbest person on the planet?
Im going to go ahead and rebuttal both of these...
Pakistan lawless north allows killers and thieves to harbour in a allied country, safe from direct attack from US, NATO and other allied forces. The terrorists/freedom fighters spread chaos and destruction where ever they are. Pirate trackers help in the spreading of information, whether copyrighted or not, which at most result in fiscal loss (which is even debatable, given studies saying pirates actually spend more on copyrighted material), their 'piracy' does not contribute to any death, destruction or injury.
To say the two are equittable would be like saying that harbouring a jay-walking is the same as aiding a murderer... the two actions (jay walking and murder) are both illegal, but the seriousness of the crime is not the same.
I hope this was sarcastic or you are the dumbest person on the planet?
isohunt better not go down too
Should murderers get a small fine & community service like shoplifters??
BTW Mininova sucked anyways.Most people go to private trackers anyways.
Im going to go ahead and rebuttal both of these...
Pakistan lawless north allows killers and thieves to harbour in a allied country, safe from direct attack from US, NATO and other allied forces. The terrorists/freedom fighters spread chaos and destruction where ever they are. Pirate trackers help in the spreading of information, whether copyrighted or not, which at most result in fiscal loss (which is even debatable, given studies saying pirates actually spend more on copyrighted material), their 'piracy' does not contribute to any death, destruction or injury.
To say the two are equittable would be like saying that harbouring a jay-walking is the same as aiding a murderer... the two actions (jay walking and murder) are both illegal, but the seriousness of the crime is not the same.
You don't get it, 150 years ago it was illegal for most african americans to own land in the U.S., while 100 years ago it was legal for a factory owner to order the massacre of it's workers because they refused to work in inhumane conditions, 50 years ago it was illegal for a black man to piss in the same toilet as a white man, but 8 years ago, and still today, it is legal for the U.S. government to spy on it's citizens, arrest them on a hunch, and deny them a trial by peers regardless of what the constitution says on said hunch. And that is only in the U.S.
Please, please, please, please tell me that all of that is justified because some bureaucratic hypocritical politicians said that it was illegal or legal to do so. I fucking dare you.
Don't compare "pirating" to any form of illegal activity, especially anything on the level of terrorists in Pakistan, because it is only wrong because some fools being paid by RIAA and MIAA lobbyists say so. It has been proven time and time again that "pirating" has had either a negligible or even a positive impact on the music, movie, and video game industries.
Would you kindly get your head out of your ass, or better yet just go away. Actually I apologize for singling you out, this also applies to anyone with similar beliefs as yours.
But thats not what you said, nobody is refuting that pirating copyrighted material is illegal (although running a service thats capable of servicing piracy is debatable) what you said was:
Which is not similar at all.
Dude Chill out. I know people have been flamin' you about your first comment. But don't do the same. i can notice you posted your comments publishing your business' website of Photo/sound services. Even if someone reacts to your statement, you have to realize that anyone even in this website is a potential customer to you. It's just a small advice that people that run businesses must keep a sharp reputation. You should not be calling dipshit or making a judgment such as the cited above this paragraph.
Also remember, there are times which someone might not share your opinion, but who knows in what other plethora of topics this people might agree with you. Finally, it is cool that you express your opinion, but you should not be backfiring (of course you can backfire, but in a more appropiate way) like that considering that you're also posting your business' link here, because like I said ..any of these commenters might be a potential customer looking for your services.
Cheers !