Why do they even try? It takes an hour to change the logo and host it somewhere else.
IsoHunt to Shut Down as Part of Settlement With Studios
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#12What's stunning to me is the $110 million dollar judgment. Did the site really make that much money, or is this a decision designed to condemn the founder to a lifetime of poverty?
The MPAA estimates [1] that the company has $2-4 million in assets, but seems to be asking for the higher number just to send some kind of a message.
If I'm reading correctly, it would be isoHunt, not the founder, responsible for the judgment, so they would just declare bankruptcy, and the MPAA would get whatever assets are left in liquidation. The founder wouldn't be responsible for paying the remainder.
[1] http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-says-piracy-damages-cant-be-mea...
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
It said $150,000 per infringement (!) and I highly doubt the site made anywhere near that amount in revenue, let alone profit
> let alone profit I don't understand why people think torrent websites are not profitable. Reddit and TF comments always claim it's not-for-profit. IsoHunt might not have as much profit as TPB due to it's constant lawsuits. However, hosting a website like IsoHunt is fairly lightweight in comparison to hosting YouTube. Torrents are tiny files, $30k server bills per month at most, probably they spend $10k/mo. They hav…
> Torrents are tiny files
ThePirateBay, for one, no longer even stores torrents--only magnet links. I wonder what kind of profit margin their ads pull in...
Re: IsoHunt to Shut Down as Part of Settlement With Studios
#14Wow, it's like the anti-acquisition.
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#15MPAA doesn't get it. Costly lobbying and crushing lawsuits is not how you defeat piracy. This is how you do it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0ukYf_xvgc
Then perhaps they're not really trying to defeat piracy? If they're trying to justify the position of middle-men (say, recording studios in music), then the lawsuits show them adding value. Even when distribution is no longer difficult, thanks to the internet.
That's brilliant.
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#16Why do they even try? It takes an hour to change the logo and host it somewhere else.
So that they can later justify draconian piracy laws.
"It took us seven years to get this one site down, a site that caused us over 110 million dollars in piracy, and we couldn't even collect any of it. Within hours of a court order, the site was back up with a new name.
"
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#17What is everybody using for piracy these days?
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#18Oh no! What is 2004 me going to do to find torrents now?
You won't get much at 300bps.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
> let alone profit I don't understand why people think torrent websites are not profitable. Reddit and TF comments always claim it's not-for-profit. IsoHunt might not have as much profit as TPB due to it's constant lawsuits. However, hosting a website like IsoHunt is fairly lightweight in comparison to hosting YouTube. Torrents are tiny files, $30k server bills per month at most, probably they spend $10k/mo. They hav…
> Torrents are tiny files ThePirateBay, for one, no longer even stores torrents--only magnet links. I wonder what kind of profit margin their ads pull in...
Who would want to advertise on TPB, though? I have to wonder how much those ads could possibly go for considering it's a website focused on giving you something for free which you would ordinarily have to pay for. I am aware that there are legitimate files on TPB, but most people visit for pirated content.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Torrents are tiny files ThePirateBay, for one, no longer even stores torrents--only magnet links. I wonder what kind of profit margin their ads pull in...
Who would want to advertise on TPB, though? I have to wonder how much those ads could possibly go for considering it's a website focused on giving you something for free which you would ordinarily have to pay for. I am aware that there are legitimate files on TPB, but most people visit for pirated content.
They have no shortage of scummy advertisements and lucrative affiliate shitware.