MSNBC – Hollywood studios settle copyright lawsuit — bloggers will be next!
The MPAA also took over the LokiTorrent.com domain name and posted a warning against trading movie files online with the slogan “You can click, but you can’t hide.”
The settlement is the first announced by the MPAA following an unspecified number of lawsuits filed by Hollywood studios in December against operators of more than 100 computer servers in the United States and Europe.
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The masses are just as greedy as the Motion Picture Association. As in everything in life there must be a balance. I think good alternatives are already available. If you can’t afford paying $25 for every movie out on DVD, then you can rent from Blockbuster or Netflix (about $25 a month). Music also has legal alternatives as well. Those who illegally download copyrighted movie and music files must, by their own logic, allow their neighbors to freely walk into their household and help themselves to their refrigerators. Anonymity in illegal file downloading is the same as wearing a black ski mask while robbing a bank. Yeah, I know, but you *deserve* that money.
Bloggers next? I don’t get it John. Please expand on this.
John, What goes here. Your feed is busted, at least on my end.
I sent you a link. Here are some messages. Are you fixing this?
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This is very interesting. I thought these guys were going to fight the big fight. They were raising oddles of money to defend themselves with. What happened? Does fighting the good fight always seem like a good idea until your lawyer wakes you up? What exactly is it they threaten these people with to get them to give up so quickly? And are those threats substantive?
I suppose no two couple of kids who live in their Mother’s basements can hope to defend themselves against the RIAA. But here’s a question. Why doesn’t someone start a big site like this in Canada? (Or another place where such things has not been deemed illegal.) If they did that, wouldn’t the RIAA not be able to touch them?
We can all sleep better tonight. The MPAA has got everything secured. I was up all night worried that people could be downloading illegal copies of the Terminator or the latest gang rape porn flick over a broadband connection. The whole LA Hollywood porn matrix industry could crash or something serious like that. I hope the FBI is watching this situation for the American people. There could be copyright violations or more serious stuff. People could get screwed, lose jobs, lose big houses in Malibu and end up in court. Google could lose billions in a second, then what?