Guest Fook Posted May 26, 2005 Report Posted May 26, 2005 http://elitetorrents.org/ http://www.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel05/...rrent052505.htm The real story here isn't that another torrent site is shut down (although ET was a kickass site), but that it's the FBI doing it, not the MPAA/RIAA, and also that even though the site owners don't live in the US (they're in the Netherlands), criminal charges are still going to be brought to them.
Kahran Ramsus Posted May 26, 2005 Report Posted May 26, 2005 How can the FBI get involved in the affairs of other countries?
edotherocket Posted May 26, 2005 Report Posted May 26, 2005 It's that damned United States trying to police the world again
Mole Posted May 28, 2005 Report Posted May 28, 2005 I can understand if they don't want people downloading movies since one has to pay for them, but why TV shows? Since we are now in the DVR era, commericals don't really matter. Fuckin pisses me off.
Jobber of the Week Posted May 31, 2005 Report Posted May 31, 2005 How can the FBI get involved in the affairs of other countries? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Depends on whether that country respects US Copyright Law or not.
rising up out of the back seat-nuh Posted May 31, 2005 Report Posted May 31, 2005 ::gets reminded to go to pirate bay::
Kahran Ramsus Posted May 31, 2005 Report Posted May 31, 2005 How can the FBI get involved in the affairs of other countries? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Depends on whether that country respects US Copyright Law or not. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You mean like China? Because supposedly the MPAA is after them right now.
Jobber of the Week Posted May 31, 2005 Report Posted May 31, 2005 Yeah, but they're just pissing in the wind for that one.
Zetterberg is God Posted June 1, 2005 Report Posted June 1, 2005 The Pirate Bay just got shut down. Looks like they're really cracking down hard now as that's at least three sites in the last few weeks that have been closed.
Garth Posted June 1, 2005 Report Posted June 1, 2005 It's a hoax http://www.p2pcore.com/stories/118.php
Zetterberg is God Posted June 1, 2005 Report Posted June 1, 2005 Well they sure got me. Glad it's just a gag because TPB is one of the better BitTorrent sites around right now.
Jobber of the Week Posted June 2, 2005 Report Posted June 2, 2005 Whatever. It's not like it's they don't make it obvious that they're about warez. What are you using to protect your IP address, again?
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