"The difference is that neutral search engines can be used incidentally to locate illicit materials, while the torrent search engines are dedicated to the task."
Are you seriously suggesting that all torrents contain illicit materials?
Re: Re: The problem is that they are collecting the data...
from the site that Mike links to:
"Users can opt out of participating, but only if they disable a feature that automatically backs up notes and highlights."
It's opt out, not opt in, and to make it worse opting out disables features you originally had.
What was that you said about reading comprehension?
Every song downloaded is also a potential sale in the future.
Every song downloaded is also a potential attendant to the next gig of the artist.
Every song downloaded is also a potential advertisement to many more potential fans.
Every song downloaded is also a potential way to make more money if a decent business model is put in place.
Every song downloaded is also a potential......
If you want to talk potential we would be here forever.
Re: Re: Video Shows that MPAA itself contributing to Piracy
The movie they are downloading on the show is Angels and Demons which imdb.com says is a Columbia Pictures Movie. The MPAA has the follow members associated with it:
Paramount Pictures Corporation;
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.;
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation;
Universal City Studios LLLP;
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; and
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Now i could be wrong but I don't see Columbia Pictures in that list, my understanding is that this in NOT authorised distribution.
I could be wrong but my sarcasm detector was reading of the chart while I was reading Mr Big Content's post. Then again if that really is Mr Content himself it wouldn't surprise me if he really believes what he wrote...
As for the news about DtecNet, I wonder if this is going to affect the court case between AFACT and iinet as I understand that AFACT have used DtecNet for a lot if not all of their evidence and TorrentFreak is suggesting that the information they provide is not reliable.
"What they should have done: staged a fake Yes Men press conference to apologize and to acknowledge that the prank went to far and was factually inaccurate."
I don't listen to much music so I can't comment on peoples buying habits but I do watch a lot of anime. I download fansubs and when I find a series I really like I go looking for a box set of said series to add to my ever growing collection. Having anime labels like Madman distributing anime DVD's is not pointless even though I share the same anime over the internet. In fact, Madman makes a lot more money off me BECAUSE I share anime over the internet. The label continues to be relevant and they continue to benefit.
As I said I don't really listen to much music but I assume that big music fans would continue to search out hard copies of their favorite musicians in the same way I search out anime hard copies. Labels are still relevant, they are just not the be all end all of music.
I live in Canberra, Australia. It's a city often referred to by other Australians as roundabout city. I would love to be able to say that all of these roundabouts make driving safer and more efficient but (I am speaking as a tradesman) Canberra is a city full of politicians and public servants, none of which, IMHO, should ever be allowed behind the wheel of a car.
Maybe with out the roundabouts traffic would be a nightmare, guess I'll never know.
"Fear, being the biggest motivator for the human race, would push them to maybe go the legal route."
Fear, being the biggest motivator for the human race, would push them to, as the article said, "either disguise their traffic or share the content another way."
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
Are you seriously suggesting that all torrents contain illicit materials?
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How about you reply to the AC above which the techdirt community has deemed insightful?
C'mon, man! I'm waiting.
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Re: The law is obvious
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Re: Re: The problem is that they are collecting the data...
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Re: Cause & Effect
First, patent lawsuits discourage other inventors from building on the discovery and punish those inventors that try.
"Second, patents offer a carrot to subsequent inventors to leapfrog a patent and an incentive to do so to avoid having to pay another."
Second, patents offer a carrot to lawyers to go hunting for any other invention that even remotely resemble said patent.
On the post: Yet Another (Yes, Another) Study Shows File Sharers Buy More
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
Every song downloaded is also a potential sale in the future.
Every song downloaded is also a potential attendant to the next gig of the artist.
Every song downloaded is also a potential advertisement to many more potential fans.
Every song downloaded is also a potential way to make more money if a decent business model is put in place.
Every song downloaded is also a potential......
If you want to talk potential we would be here forever.
On the post: 60 Minutes Puts Forth Laughable, Factually Incorrect MPAA Propaganda On Movie Piracy
Re: Re: Re: Re: Video Shows that MPAA itself contributing to Piracy
On the post: 60 Minutes Puts Forth Laughable, Factually Incorrect MPAA Propaganda On Movie Piracy
Re: Re: Video Shows that MPAA itself contributing to Piracy
Paramount Pictures Corporation;
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.;
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation;
Universal City Studios LLLP;
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; and
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Now i could be wrong but I don't see Columbia Pictures in that list, my understanding is that this in NOT authorised distribution.
On the post: Debunking The Idea Of A Music Tax For The Creation Of New Music
Re: Buy my music
Exactly what I thought when I read that.
On the post: RIAA's Main Anti-Piracy Partner Appears Clueless About BitTorrent
Re: Re: Socialist Liberal Smear Campaign
As for the news about DtecNet, I wonder if this is going to affect the court case between AFACT and iinet as I understand that AFACT have used DtecNet for a lot if not all of their evidence and TorrentFreak is suggesting that the information they provide is not reliable.
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Brilliant!! Fight fire with fire and all that.
On the post: More Musicians Realizing File Sharing Isn't Evil; Shakira, Norah Jones, Nelly Furtado Say It's Ok
Re: Wait, what?
As I said I don't really listen to much music but I assume that big music fans would continue to search out hard copies of their favorite musicians in the same way I search out anime hard copies. Labels are still relevant, they are just not the be all end all of music.
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roundabout city
Maybe with out the roundabouts traffic would be a nightmare, guess I'll never know.
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Fear, being the biggest motivator for the human race, would push them to, as the article said, "either disguise their traffic or share the content another way."
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