BitTorrent is not a good choice for piracy. It was never designed to be anonymous.

Well, we all know that this is inevitable, right? I mean, allowing the distribution of pirated material is just like Pakistan harboring terrorists. Plain and simple.

Mininova took a crap a long time ago, early this year like February when they started deleting peoples torrents and that didn't get mentioned or covered one bit but by inner circles. They sold out a long time ago, long before the court ruling. Don't let this trick you.

I hope this was sarcastic or you are the dumbest person on the planet?

nooo...
isohunt better not go down too

Allowing the distribution of pirated material is NOTHING like Pakistan harboring terrorists. Honestly, how can you even compare the two??
Should murderers get a small fine & community service like shoplifters??

It really is nice to see the technology still going minus the piracy.

hmm... Thepiratebay is still functional...

You guys talk as if Piratebay is dead...They simply went from old(tracker) to new(w/e it was called) to track torrents...Its still alive and well.

BTW Mininova sucked anyways.Most people go to private trackers anyways.

Please, fill me in on how it is ok that any torrent tracker is allowed to "ALLOW" users to upload copyrighted material? Please, give me your wisdom. On top of looking like a complete dipshit, you resorted to name calling to prove a point? Go download a piece of pirated software and eat the dinner your mom made.

It's a comparison on ETHICS. Pakistan is supposed to be an Allie, correct me if i'm wrong.. but they have been accused of harboring terrorists and they also have acted on it, right? Just like what mininova has done. They have been accused and acted on it. Do you ALWAYS judge comparisons with a closed mind??? You know damn well what I was trying to say. Hater!

And by that I MEAN THEY ARE BOTH BEING ACTED ON LEGALLY!

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.

well mininova will not last much longer when all its good for now is to get the Linux distro of the month

That is PRECISELY MY POINT. How hard is it to get across that IT IS ILLEGALLLLLLLLLL. Jesus H Christ!

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 !

I never understood the point of piracy. Why risk viruses in your download, low bitrate audio in music, cruddy movie rips, lack of online play in games and lack of updates in software? Does anyone care to think that if everyone pirates this stuff that there would be no incentive to create the material in the first place? If you don't want to buy a cd- listen to the radio, if you don't want to buy the dvd- rent it, if you don't want to buy the game- play it at a friends house and if you don't want to pay for the software then download the demo. You don't pay- then you do not deserve to play. plain and simple. I'm not calling you a thief, I'm just calling you undeserving. Besides- it's so much nicer to know that you helped support the company that so graciously creates your precious media and yet you continue to "f**k" the RIAA and MPAA....seriously- think about it, the MPAA & RIAA is made up of the companies that bring you your media. Biting the hand that feeds you I guess. Another thing, DRM- invented because of pirates. Pirates are the cause of their own hatred towards the MPAA & RIAA...self fulfilling prophets much?

wow, I was about to rip on everybody else for modding down mlopinto2k1 because I thought he was just being sarcastic, until I finished reading to the bottom...

Its not like you need a tracker anymore with the likes of PEX and DHT

Ehh, Idunno about this. The two associations were after people ripping CDs to their computers for a long time before torrent tech was ever invented. I just think it's plain ridiculous you buy the music and you can only use it how they say you can. You are right in some fashion, but I don't think it's 100% accurate.

As for mlopinto2k1, I'm going to agree with Athreex. You're sure not talking like the "professional mike" your site makes you out to be. Probably not the best place to post your business, dude.

You can record music from the radio for free. You can borrow a movie or game from a friend for free, etc, etc. When someone downloads a show or music, it's like borrowing it or recording it. How many people are really selling this stuff???

Any of you guys ever go over the speed limit even a little bit...

Comparing downloading to Pakistan, well that's just retarded...

I dont think most pirates who hate on the MPAA and RIAA hate on them because they are serving companies to protect their IP, its only natural to protect IP...
What they hate on them for (especially the RIAA) is their questionable ways of collecting data, which includes but isnt limited to, illegal aquisition of data on suspects computer(s), virus distribution via file sharing networks and questionable legal arguements to pressure ISPs to do their bidding.
They also act on users outside the USA (which they cannot) using the USA copyright laws as some sort of legal basis to scare niave users to paying fines.

Simple greed. I can't wait for next year since the sellouts are going to wish they hadn't alienated so many people. What will they do when all mighty dollar and euro burn like tissue paper in a mixed oxygen & hydrogen environment or get busted like climategate.

Beautiful. And that is check mate. The ONLY reason anyone speaks up in defense of copyright laws talks about this is either they are on the take and getting money handed out to them or are to fucking dumb to question authority when you smell that faint odor of BULLSHIT! I and many others have so called pirated movies and other things and often times we buy them because we like them, and sometimes we buy a few copies of things afterwords because we want to give them out as gifts or to play online with friends. Also speaking the word if something is good or not helps sales. It's not piracy that hurts games and movie sales its shitty games and movies that hurt their sales. So if you make movies or games for a living and wonder why no one buys them... don't go the old religious route of blaming everything on the "devil" try looking at yourself for a change or your work and see if its up to par and worth that bullshit price tag of $59.99

I felt bad when I realised that Mininova was taken down. I actually, after so long, tried to get something off of there that I know I wouldnt find anywhere else ( and thats if there were any seeders left since its VERY old whatever i was looking for ) and then seeing nothing and no results , then following the link as in what and why was done.. I felt simply bad since i found it way better and more convinient and useffriendly than piratebay. Im not afraid nor ashamed to admit i use torrents. Now private tracker cause P2P should also be fair, but also cause im a buyer. I buy too much shit to risk paying 100s monthly on software that I dont know how it will turn out.

P.S. Why do you keep saying that the piratebay is taken down? Its not down and its been working up untill right now that i rechecked...

Go wave your American flag that's made in China and stick your head in the sand as you've been doing for the better part of your life.

And it's a illegal because billion/millionaires said so... not because its right, but because they have money. Jesus H. Christ do you get that?!

if you want to try out music/movies there is youtube and so forth. if you want to try out a game or software they usually have trials. torrents are illegal and they do hurt the industry. these people may not need anymore money but in essence it is stealing.

saw that 3 days ago!
They basically are becoming extinct, with only intro's theatric trailers and some home made crap...