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Peter Sunde's Blog: "The Pirate Bay down, forever?"
The Pirate Bay down, forever?
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#132Re: The Pirate Bay down, forever?
#133Earlier quoted context omitted.
The fact that it's hosting torrents in flat files or in database rows seems like a minor technical difference to me. Apart from that, the same broken UI doesn't seem to have changed much in the past 8 years. I didn't know that TPB was open source... surprised that the community didn't try to improve the UX a bit.
The thing is that to download a torrent, the absolute minimum amount of information you need is the torrent hash. The torrent hash is on the order of ~40 characters long, requiring no other information. All you have to do is paste that short sting into a torrent client to download a set of files. Are we really going to say that these 40 character strings are illegal to share? If I paste the hash for the latest blockb…
You're pointing a thief in the right direction under no duress whatsoever. If a similar situation was replicated with physical goods there would be no question that you would be on the wrong. You're trying to fuzz up the situation using technicalities.
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#134Earlier quoted context omitted.
http://www.thelocal.se/20100930/29334 "The Pirate Bay earned up to 35 million kronor ($5.2 million) in advertising revenue from the file sharing website" (2010, already)
... according to the prosecution, who pulled those numbers out of thin air, with no actual evidence what so ever. You see parts of that in the TPB - AFK documentary.
a vrry impartial source, indeed /s
Re: The Pirate Bay down, forever?
#135Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's a terrible analogy. Try: "Yes, making meth is illegal. Yes, selling meth-lab kits is illegal. Okay, maybe publishing instructions for building a meth lab is illegal. Wait, linking to someone else's instructions is illegal? And now you're telling me that sharing a short hash that validates someone else's link to someone else's instructions is also illegal?" (Is it even illegal in the meth lab scenario?)
In your analogy, TPB acts as the middleman, hooking the user up with the supplier. Yes, when it comes to meth, that's illegal.
It's actually illegal to share instructions on how to make "controlled" substances? That sounds utterly abhorrent.
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#136Re: The Pirate Bay down, forever?
#137Is there any existing project or PoC for a blockchain based torrent index ?
I do just love how people think a blockchain is magic crypto fairy dust that solves all problems...
If you're trying to create a distributed, censorship resistant public record then it's a pretty sensible approach to investigate.
Re: The Pirate Bay down, forever?
#138Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's sad that I have to beat that tired old drum again, but in law, intent matters (yes I have a law degree but I think it's fair to say that one doesn't need one to know that). After 15 years I should have been desensitized by farcically naive 'reasoning' (or I should say, farcically naive sophistry, because let's face it, that's what it is) like 'they don't post torrents, the users do' and 'how can a small string b…
Maybe a better analogy would be hiring a hall for a music copiers swap meet and charging advertisers for wall space around the hall? Now, as crimes go I happen to think TPB are far less guilty of offences against humanity than - say - the bankers who cause the 2008 meltdown, or the torturers at the CIA. And it's also debatable just how many sales of mainstream CDs are lost due to piracy. But I know a couple of small…
there are far more musical plug-ins than one would ever need. I see no loss.
Re: The Pirate Bay down, forever?
#139I'm not familiar with Peter Sunde, but this sounds a lot like Peter isn't attached to Pirate Bay at all anymore.
Re: The Pirate Bay down, forever?
#140Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I never understood ad blockers or the people promoting ad blockers. I block ads because they annoy me. Maybe I'm completely selfish but I don't give a shit that whoever I'm "freeloading" from isn't receiving any compensation. I also download books, music and software because if I can get something for free, I'm not going to pay for it (don't care about the content creator, this is purely selfish). I also download m…
M'kay, thanks for proving my point. I can't help but feel annoyed because it is exactly this attitude that brought us DRM, Trusted Computing and that helped build the monopolies that we are seeing. It's also not selflessness, because one can be both selfish and recognize that it would be in his best interest to not use ad blockers and to not pirate. This is shortsightedness and it is a pity that it's so prevalent.
the people who introduced DRM certainly didn't share the attitude of tbe GP.
I'm not going to click ads and, most importantly, actually buy stuff to feel better about leeching content, anyhow? How would that not be shortsighted nor shelfish?