The Pirate Bay is enemy #1 for digital piracy foes

I know there are lot of users who will be sad about this anti-piracy campaign...even me, I have tried to use the torrents especially for those licensed software that cannot be download for free.

Re: The Pirate Bay is enemy #1 for digital piracy foes

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Post by jamii » Sat, Jan 21, 2012, 4:18 PM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #2

Isn't that... odd, considering they don't host copyrighted content? They don't even run a tracker anymore.

I imagine it has more to do with their public defiance and PR ability. The MPAA and RIAA want to frame the debate in their own terms. The Pirate Bay and the political organizations they inspired are a threat to that.

Re: The Pirate Bay is enemy #1 for digital piracy foes

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Post by jopt » Sat, Jan 21, 2012, 5:59 PM UTC

jamii wrote: post #5

sp332 wrote: post #2

Isn't that... odd, considering they don't host copyrighted content? They don't even run a tracker anymore.

I imagine it has more to do with their public defiance and PR ability. The MPAA and RIAA want to frame the debate in their own terms. The Pirate Bay and the political organizations they inspired are a threat to that.

Absolutely agree.

This comment may make it sound like the Pirate Bay inspired the Pirate Party. The reality was a little more complicated, given that it involved a third entity, the Swedish "Piratbyrån" think tank. I just thought I should point that out so as not to be reductive.

Re: The Pirate Bay is enemy #1 for digital piracy foes

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Post by arvie_angeles » Sun, Jan 22, 2012, 5:42 AM UTC

Thanks for sharing this!

Re: The Pirate Bay is enemy #1 for digital piracy foes

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Post by hdesuyo » Sun, Jan 22, 2012, 6:12 AM UTC

No wonder why they are not subject to lawsuits because they are operating in a different country (Sweden). So U.S. needs to figure it out how to stop "the pirate bay" with their operation.

Re: The Pirate Bay is enemy #1 for digital piracy foes

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jan 22, 2012, 8:06 AM UTC

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Re: The Pirate Bay is enemy #1 for digital piracy foes

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Post by TyroneP » Sun, Jan 22, 2012, 8:06 AM UTC

Looks like this is the next target of anti-piracy groups after the shutting down of megaupload.