aimeeandbeatles
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I hope they get some really good lawyers.
Well they had better find a way to make it work, or we get SOPA and other nasties that ruin the internet for decent citizens.
It's impossible to stop piracy. The internet is inherently uber-decentralized.
It's impossible to stop piracy. The internet is inherently uber-decentralized.
Does that mean they should not be punished for breaking the law?Contre said:If you honestly think shutting down rapidshare or megaupload impacts piracy in any way shape or form, you do not know enough about internet piracy to comment on it.
Does that mean they should not be punished for breaking the law?
Taking down all of Megaupload because one could find pirated files there is like closing down all of Manhattan because you can find illegal drugs there.Does that mean they should not be punished for breaking the law?
On the other hand, companies could provide better services to stop piracy
Taking down all of Megaupload because one could find pirated files there is like closing down all of Manhattan because you can find illegal drugs there.
Does that mean they should not be punished for breaking the law?
Taking down all of Megaupload because one could find pirated files there is like closing down all of Manhattan because you can find illegal drugs there.
Well, I'm sure they had good reasons to...
Even if you had SOPA regulations to stop google from linking to piratebay, or even if you made piratebay unacceptable from the US, pirating wouldn't stop. I imagine you'd just focus a lot of traffic into darkweb services like Tor / .onion which would be basically unstoppable. It'd also heighten awareness among less web-savey people that there's a lot of child porn to be found there and it cannot easily be traced.
It is like upturning all the storage areas because one contained illegal materials and then charging the owner of the property instead of whoever rented it.
You...
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Oh, man