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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: vyper on February 26, 2006, 03:07:50 pm
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http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/23/7_new_mpaa_lawsuits_.html
[q] Today’s lawsuits mark the first time the MPAA is taking action against sites that enable users of Newsgroups to easily find and download illegal content. Newsgroups are electronic bulletin boards which in recent years have become a major source of pirated content as users are able to attach movie, music and games files to their messages. The following is a list of the sites being sued by the MPAA and its member companies.
Isohunt.com, BTHub.com and TorrentBox.com: These related Torrent sites facilitate downloads of over 140,000 content items, including popular movies and television shows such as Wedding Crashers, Lost and Desperate Housewives.
TorrentSpy.com is the world’s most-visited site for obtaining infringing content using Torrent software. The site offers over 160,000 content items including 27,182 movies, 21,130 TV shows and over 45,000 music items.
NiteShadow.com has over 24,000 registered members and offers over 1,000 science-fiction TV and movie content including Battlestar Galactica, Quantum Leap, Sliders, Stargate, Babylon 5 and multiple Star Trek series.
eDonkey: Ed2k-It.com is a leading eDonkey site, with over 46,000 registered site members. eDonkey sites provide easy one-click access to specific content items on their peer-to-peer network.
Newsgroups: NZB-Zone.com, BinNews.com and DVDRs.net are membership-based websites that enable users of Newsgroups to initiate easy downloads of infringing content. NZB-Zone offers over 3.3 million files, including Star Wars Episode III, Wedding Crashers, Chronicles of Narnia, 40 Year-Old Virgin and King Kong; BinNews.com offers files for over 3,000 movies; and DVDRs.net has over 37,000 members. [/q]
Even if they didn't spell Niteshdw correctly, the torrent site is now dead and only the forums remain.
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The funny thing is I seriously had never heard of torrentspy.com until I read that post above, and now I've just found out they have a movie I couldn't find anywhere else. Not only that, but it has 7 seeders right now. Fancy that. Thanks MPAA. :cool: :yes:
[edit] Oh, and thanks, vyper. Where are my manners? ;)
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The Hydra lives.
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TPB FTW!
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Plus it's a great idea point
The funny thing is I seriously had never heard of torrentspy.com until I read that post above, and now I've just found out they have a movie I couldn't find anywhere else. Not only that, but it has 7 seeders right now. Fancy that. Thanks MPAA. :cool: :yes:
And well done for pointing out the existance of usenet to those who weren't even aware it existed. Cause people aren't going to want to know about a system for downloading files that doesn't require reciprocal uploading and may even allow you to download directly from a server run by your ISP thereby avoiding the possibility of outside sources even knowing what you downloaded. :rolleyes: