Comments on: Dozens of Torrent Sites May Be Shut Down http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/ NewTeeVee Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:57:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: albert http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-257998 albert Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:59:06 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-257998 <p>what the copyright holders should realize is that the quality of most torrents is not very good. People, like myself, who have a cd & dvd collection will continue to buy what we like. Downloading it first may boost actually sales (in time) bc people want the better quality and whatever extras. For a long time music companies took advantage of the technology by selling cd's for even more than LP's when cd's were cheaper to produce.</p> <p>When i find something I really like in music or movies I go out and buy it. I have 20 cd's I would not own if I did not discover the music online (allmusic.com and then finding it on limewire) File sharing is risky as well. These industries need to develop business plans that take the new technologies into consideration or develop others that work in tandem. DO NOT go after your customers bc that is much more offensive to the public than people downloading a mediocre copy of something offline. And just like the music industry was up in arms when cassette recorders became available, screaming that if people recorded songs off the radio there would be no need to buy the record!</p> <p>They adapted then and they need to adapt now. Itunes and amazon mps downloading, selling, is a step in the right direction. They can also cd's and dvd's more desirable by adding extras and making them CHEAPER! Maybe some cool software in there, or extra tracks or dvd features.</p> what the copyright holders should realize is that the quality of most torrents is not very good.
People, like myself, who have a cd & dvd collection will continue to buy what we like. Downloading it first may boost actually sales (in time) bc people want the better quality and whatever extras.
For a long time music companies took advantage of the technology by selling cd’s for even more than LP’s when cd’s were cheaper to produce.

When i find something I really like in music or movies I go out and buy it. I have 20 cd’s I would not own if I did not discover the music online (allmusic.com and then finding it on limewire) File sharing is risky as well. These industries need to develop business plans that take the new technologies into consideration or develop others that work in tandem. DO NOT go after your customers bc that is much more offensive to the public than people downloading a mediocre copy of something offline.
And just like the music industry was up in arms when cassette recorders became available, screaming that if people recorded songs off the radio there would be no need to buy the record!

They adapted then and they need to adapt now. Itunes and amazon mps downloading, selling, is a step in the right direction. They can also cd’s and dvd’s more desirable by adding extras and making them CHEAPER! Maybe some cool software in there, or extra tracks or dvd features.

]]> By: BitTorrent’s Achilles’ Heel « NewTeeVee http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-238184 BitTorrent’s Achilles’ Heel « NewTeeVee Sat, 24 May 2008 07:01:07 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-238184 <p>[...] BREIN this week in a bid to get Mininova to filter unlicensed content. The organization has had some success in the past against Edonkey and BitTorrent web sites, so there is at least a possibility that Mininova will be [...]</p> [...] BREIN this week in a bid to get Mininova to filter unlicensed content. The organization has had some success in the past against Edonkey and BitTorrent web sites, so there is at least a possibility that Mininova will be [...]

]]> By: Dozens of Torrent Sites May Be Shut Down | Fresh Web 2.0 News http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-189757 Dozens of Torrent Sites May Be Shut Down | Fresh Web 2.0 News Sat, 08 Dec 2007 21:33:05 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-189757 <p>[...] P2P users to astonishment if there are some innocuous places mitt for file-trading platforms. Continue datum at Newteevee.com. Tags: torrent, btmon, btjunkie, mybittorrent, leaseweb, bittorrent, p2p, newteevee [?] [...]</p> [...] P2P users to astonishment if there are some innocuous places mitt for file-trading platforms. Continue datum at Newteevee.com. Tags: torrent, btmon, btjunkie, mybittorrent, leaseweb, bittorrent, p2p, newteevee [?] [...]

]]> By: netzpolitik.org: » Nachrichtenüberblick vom 03.12.2007 » Aktuelle Berichterstattung rund um die politischen Themen der Informationsgesellschaft. http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-183699 netzpolitik.org: » Nachrichtenüberblick vom 03.12.2007 » Aktuelle Berichterstattung rund um die politischen Themen der Informationsgesellschaft. Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:39:09 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-183699 <p>[...] Dozens of Torrent Sites May Be Shut Down. Dozens of torrent sites, including well-known platforms like BTMON.com, BTJunkie.org and [...]</p> [...] Dozens of Torrent Sites May Be Shut Down. Dozens of torrent sites, including well-known platforms like BTMON.com, BTJunkie.org and [...]

]]> By: Elsewhere: 2nd December 2007 : Industry Meme http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-183352 Elsewhere: 2nd December 2007 : Industry Meme Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:51:40 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-183352 <p>[...] Dozen’s of torrent tracker sites expected to cease as Dutch Web Host  changes it’s policies. [Via NewTeeVee] [...]</p> [...] Dozen’s of torrent tracker sites expected to cease as Dutch Web Host  changes it’s policies. [Via NewTeeVee] [...]

]]> By: cybergypsy http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-180243 cybergypsy Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:30:51 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-180243 <p>what we need is a 'site' that is peer to peer in nature and distributed via bittorrent itself.</p> <p>everyone would receive a daily update , perhaps subscribe to certain categories for automatic downloading.</p> <p>groups / sites / categories could have a digg type popularity system so you can see what is recommended by other peers.</p> <p>all encrypted of course.</p> <p>not sure how it would work but the current method of website distribution for the .torrent files leave us with a vulnerability we need to fix.</p> what we need is a ’site’ that is peer to peer in nature and distributed via bittorrent itself.

everyone would receive a daily update , perhaps subscribe to certain categories for automatic downloading.

groups / sites / categories could have a digg type popularity system so you can see what is recommended by other peers.

all encrypted of course.

not sure how it would work but the current method of website distribution for the .torrent files leave us with a vulnerability we need to fix.

]]> By: Mega-Comrade http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-179678 Mega-Comrade Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:51:19 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-179678 <p>With the exception of Demonoid these sites are smallfry that are ignored by the majority of Torrent users who know what they are doing. Demonoid itself already has its forum back up and is currently shopping for a new host.</p> <p>Piracy is not something that will ever stop, people don't realise that bittorent is just the end, mass user, branch of the piracy network, Usenet is where almost all of the big name TV shows and movies show up first before filtering down to the torrent sites over a number of hours or days and usenet which is almost as old as the Internet itself has been used for piracy since the days of the 28k modem.</p> With the exception of Demonoid these sites are smallfry that are ignored by the majority of Torrent users who know what they are doing. Demonoid itself already has its forum back up and is currently shopping for a new host.

Piracy is not something that will ever stop, people don’t realise that bittorent is just the end, mass user, branch of the piracy network, Usenet is where almost all of the big name TV shows and movies show up first before filtering down to the torrent sites over a number of hours or days and usenet which is almost as old as the Internet itself has been used for piracy since the days of the 28k modem.

]]> By: Etology to Torrents: No Ads for You! « NewTeeVee http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-178991 Etology to Torrents: No Ads for You! « NewTeeVee Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:42:05 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-178991 <p>[...] add it to the growing list of bad news for fans of P2P technology: Dozens of BitTorrent Sites May Be Shut Down because of increased regulatory pressure in the Netherlands, The Pirate Bay said it was moving away [...]</p> [...] add it to the growing list of bad news for fans of P2P technology: Dozens of BitTorrent Sites May Be Shut Down because of increased regulatory pressure in the Netherlands, The Pirate Bay said it was moving away [...]

]]> By: Daddylo http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-177654 Daddylo Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:30:02 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-177654 <p>I'm surprised Limewire is still up and running.</p> I’m surprised Limewire is still up and running.

]]> By: inspirationalexperiences http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-177284 inspirationalexperiences Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:04:02 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-177284 <p>I'm suprised mininova has yet to come under an attack yet. Chris jones www.inspirationalexperiences.org</p> I’m suprised mininova has yet to come under an attack yet.
Chris jones
http://www.inspirationalexperiences.org

]]> By: David Mullings http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-177009 David Mullings Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:15:01 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-177009 <p>(1) If it was your movie or song, would you want to get paid for your hard work and investment of time and money?</p> <p>(2) The good usually suffer for the bad if the good don't help to police the bad</p> <p>(3) I buy books - used - not interested in shuffling papers. They are much easier to read when bound from the get go.</p> (1) If it was your movie or song, would you want to get paid for your hard work and investment of time and money?

(2) The good usually suffer for the bad if the good don’t help to police the bad

(3) I buy books – used – not interested in shuffling papers. They are much easier to read when bound from the get go.

]]> By: Karthik http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-176741 Karthik Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:58:24 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/11/27/dozens-of-torrent-sites-may-be-shut-down/#comment-176741 <p>While it's good news for people owning the copyrights, thousands or maybe even more people around the world who are by now used to downloading content from torrents will be devastated. I would like to make a point or two here about toreents 1) While most of the torrents downloaded are fairly recentish movies and music, (I am assuming the movie industry loses the most.) people also download other things that most organisations don't care about really.</p> <p>2) If it comes to copyright violation, then you will be amazed to see the number of books that get photocopied every year. Don't these people lose out as well ? No one buys books any longer as photocopies work out upto 60 % cheaper!!</p> While it’s good news for people owning the copyrights, thousands or maybe even more people around the world who are by now used to downloading content from torrents will be devastated. I would like to make a point or two here about toreents
1) While most of the torrents downloaded are fairly recentish movies and music, (I am assuming the movie industry loses the most.) people also download other things that most organisations don’t care about really.

2) If it comes to copyright violation, then you will be amazed to see the number of books that get photocopied every year. Don’t these people lose out as well ? No one buys books any longer as photocopies work out upto 60 % cheaper!!

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