The Pirate Bay's Anonymity Service Signs 100,000 Users Pre-Launch
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Re: The Pirate Bay's Anonymity Service Signs 100,000 Users Pre-Launch
#2No need to protocol ips anymore, the police simply needs to raid all the people paying for that service. :)
Re: The Pirate Bay's Anonymity Service Signs 100,000 Users Pre-Launch
#3These countries need their own Hulu and other sites like it!
I never download anymore. Have no need, as 90% of the stuff I want to watch I can stream. I can wait for the other 10 %.
Re: The Pirate Bay's Anonymity Service Signs 100,000 Users Pre-Launch
#4No need to protocol ips anymore, the police simply needs to raid all the people paying for that service. :)
It's not illegal to pay for an anonymizing service in most parts of the world including Sweden.
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#5"100k Signed up for mailing list about service" != "100k signed up for the fee-based service"
I signed up because I want to learn more, but I'm not planning on using it.
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#6No need to protocol ips anymore, the police simply needs to raid all the people paying for that service. :)
It's not illegal to pay for an anonymizing service in most parts of the world including Sweden.
In fact, a cheap high-speed VPN is useful for plenty of legal purposes. If it really costs only 5EUR a month, it's a reasonable way to secure your surfing at a public cafe -- provided you trust TPB.
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#7The whole thing oozes irony.
Users are now paying for a service to "protect" them while they download stuff, that they didn't want to pay for.
Not only have the RIAA and MPAA completely failed to slow down the filesharers, their heavy handed tactics have provided a way for TPB to monetise their services.
So in the end, which side does Hollywood think is going to win? before you answer that I'll pose four more questions.
1) Are the number of filesharers increasing or decreasing?
2) Who's technology is evolving more rapidly, Hollywood or the P2P community?
3) Is it more convenient to go sit in a crowded cinema and pay for overpriced tickets/popcorn/drinks, or click "download this torrent" ?
4) Do you really think users are concerned with respecting the copyrights of studio's that glorify theft in their films? (eg Gone in 60 seconds, The Italian Job, The Oceans 11 Films etc)
Re: The Pirate Bay's Anonymity Service Signs 100,000 Users Pre-Launch
#8The whole thing oozes irony. Users are now paying for a service to "protect" them while they download stuff, that they didn't want to pay for. Not only have the RIAA and MPAA completely failed to slow down the filesharers, their heavy handed tactics have provided a way for TPB to monetise their services. So in the end, which side does Hollywood think is going to win? before you answer that I'll pose four more questio…
About 3), I can tolerate the crowd, but the hour of advertisement before the movie annoys me. Especially the shorts against pirating: "Hey, I did pay and I sit in this cinema. You do not need to punish me with this indoctrination. Perhaps next time, I'll just download, to watch the movie and only the movie."
Re: The Pirate Bay's Anonymity Service Signs 100,000 Users Pre-Launch
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not illegal to pay for an anonymizing service in most parts of the world including Sweden.
In fact, a cheap high-speed VPN is useful for plenty of legal purposes. If it really costs only 5EUR a month, it's a reasonable way to secure your surfing at a public cafe -- provided you trust TPB.
Too bad, tor's latency makes it painful to use for daily browsing..
Re: The Pirate Bay's Anonymity Service Signs 100,000 Users Pre-Launch
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
In fact, a cheap high-speed VPN is useful for plenty of legal purposes. If it really costs only 5EUR a month, it's a reasonable way to secure your surfing at a public cafe -- provided you trust TPB.
Too bad, tor's latency makes it painful to use for daily browsing..
I'd be more concerned about the extremely high likelihood that your tor exit node is hostile and sniffing your traffic.