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MPAA Silently Drops Case Against BitTorrent Site
torrentfreak.com — In 2005, DVDr-core was the first BitTorrent site that was targeted by the MPAA outside the US. A classic story: Man runs site, man gets sued over site, nothing more is ever heard. Whilst in most cases, this means that the defendant bowed to pressure, paid an out of court settlement, and promised not to do it again, that is not the case here.
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- nationalist, on 05/04/2008, -49/+35***** THE MPAA!
- AsSubtleAsABrik, on 05/04/2008, -14/+79There's nothing I enjoy more than looking in someone's profile and seeing his or her comments riddled with digg memes in an attempt to increase the size of their e-penis by +1 digg.
"i see what you did there"
"WIN?! or FAIL????"
"***** THE MPAA!"
Those are just on your first page. I gave you the benefit of the doubt and checked your comment history though, here's a nice group of 5 comments in a row: "EPIC WIN", "WIN", "2038 FTW", "OGC", "ceiling tree FTW".
You really know how to add to a conversation.- JMilton, on 05/04/2008, -24/+2You enjoy e-penis? o.O
- arcooke, on 05/04/2008, -8/+59I absolutely despise this new "generation" of internet users. Anyone who says anything like win, fail, epic, ftw, lawl, lulz, etc is instantly added to my own personal *****. It's annoying and immature. It's not funny, it's not creative; it's stupid. I've got a block list on Digg a mile long full of people that say this garbage.
- GravitySpec, on 05/04/2008, -2/+45I guess those damn kids need to get off your lawn as well?
- lava, on 05/04/2008, -3/+9arcooke ftw
- Lone1, on 05/04/2008, -5/+17I cans be on ur ***** too plzthx
- Phyltre, on 05/04/2008, -4/+11You really think they're a "new" generation? These memes and types of communication have been around for years in concept, seven years minimum, which is about as long as most people have been actively on the internet. And in fact, you find some of the same style gags and humor in early copies of Mad Magazine from decades ago.
It's just comedy, man, but great way to blow it out of proportion and make it your personal vendetta, as though that's going to change anything.- DangerMouse9, on 05/04/2008, -2/+6It fails to be funny when it's done every other comment.
- doctorfungi, on 05/04/2008, -4/+7I'd been using the word "epic" for years before it became popular on the internet. It's an epic word.
- nicktheawesome, on 05/04/2008, -2/+6Do you want to cry?
- darkamster07, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1we just need a new meme, it'll be funny again
- Zdax, on 05/04/2008, -5/+3Digg memes? Gtfo.
- iRelinquish, on 05/04/2008, -3/+5take some of your own medicine
- jdaniel284, on 05/04/2008, -3/+1I'm surprised he did not call anyone a "douche". That seems to be the favorite new word for this generation of losers.
- CynicSight, on 05/04/2008, -1/+3I see what you did there.
- SargedeathXmode, on 05/04/2008, -3/+1Sadly, most of the same people who look down on digg memes also bury people with disagreeing views despite their informative posts and arguments, and also digg up digg memes who attack the people with said disagreeing views... That, or political threads are full of digg pro-obama memes that outnumber people who present coherent posts expressing their obama, clinton, edwards, etc views... Now back on topic, i'm rather certain that everyone, digg meme or informed poster, would agree that the record industries' actions are despicable.
- KlogereEndGrim, on 05/04/2008, -0/+4lulz
- pigfister, on 05/04/2008, -3/+13The BPI Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The RIAA Soundexchange Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The IFPI Are: The same anti consumer lot as listed above!
The MPAA Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX.- prophetpimp, on 05/04/2008, -0/+5do you ever post anything else ever?
http://digg.com/users/pigfister/history/comments- pigfister, on 05/04/2008, -1/+4i do but ppl need to know who the mpaa/riaa actually are because they try to hide their anti consumer behavior behind the trade group name(s) so ppl can boycott all their products.
- prophetpimp, on 05/04/2008, -0/+5do you ever post anything else ever?
- AsSubtleAsABrik, on 05/04/2008, -14/+79There's nothing I enjoy more than looking in someone's profile and seeing his or her comments riddled with digg memes in an attempt to increase the size of their e-penis by +1 digg.
- Disruptpwnt, on 05/04/2008, -33/+18***** THE RIAA!
- LemmingJesus, on 05/04/2008, -3/+16Pure class. You have a convincing argument.
- doctorfungi, on 05/04/2008, -2/+6I LIKE DOING THE SAME THING THAT ALL THE OTHER KIDS ARE DOING BECAUSE IT MAKES ME COOL!
- LightSpeed4, on 05/04/2008, -4/+2YEA! ***** THE LAW! ***** COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT! SINCE I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE FREE, ILL STEAL IT
- moogleboi, on 05/04/2008, -28/+14*****!
- LemmingJesus, on 05/04/2008, -4/+8Third time is not a charm in this case.
- Surferess, on 05/04/2008, -28/+3OMG DIGG! Hallelujia!
- CynicSight, on 05/04/2008, -2/+2You're doing it wrong
- zlatinb, on 05/04/2008, -13/+62This is actually bigger news than it seems. A BitTorrent site is actually getting off the hook. If this sets a precedent, we're in for some very exciting time.
- LemmingJesus, on 05/04/2008, -1/+44A precedent that other nations are not bound by laws in the United States? Very exciting indeed.
- carpespasm, on 05/04/2008, -0/+2After the last 8 years, I'll take the wins I can get. We've been messing with other people more than we should be.
- jbnumba1, on 05/04/2008, -0/+4Ohh, but we should be messing with people? Just not so much? K, gotcha.
- carpespasm, on 05/04/2008, -0/+2After the last 8 years, I'll take the wins I can get. We've been messing with other people more than we should be.
- dsmx, on 05/04/2008, -0/+10It can't set a precedent the case didn't go to court and even if it did it would only be in the country the court case was heard in.
- PHiZ187, on 05/04/2008, -1/+4This doesn't set any precedent, and this guy is a moron. He didn't even keep track of the case against him. "I think they dropped it, I ignored it like a moron and nothings happened yet." What an idiot.
- LemmingJesus, on 05/04/2008, -1/+44A precedent that other nations are not bound by laws in the United States? Very exciting indeed.
- Vhaeos, on 05/04/2008, -6/+49Just a note.. he wasn't located in the United States of America.
- mithrasinvictus, on 05/04/2008, -0/+16This information was first sentence of the description
- iRelinquish, on 05/04/2008, -6/+1thanks for giving us another reason to not read the article
- Georgy, on 05/04/2008, -39/+6Yes! That's another victory for ILLEGAL file sharing, why pay for stuff other people created.
Go ahead, tell me how you're only pirating because the content sucks or how you want the poor artists to benefit.- Namtaru, on 05/04/2008, -4/+12You forgot the part about how it's incredibly convenient and still full of paid advertisement anyway. Oh and I would rather spend my money on gas and food. I will proudly break the law to spread information, even if its just for entertainment purposes.
- tucsonwc, on 05/04/2008, -7/+14***** the MPAA!
***** Region encoded DVDs.
Oh and while I'm at it, ***** the RIAA! - jmantra, on 05/04/2008, -4/+2http://jmantra.com/duggdown.wav
- burden555, on 05/04/2008, -18/+32New music is terrible anyways. They should feel the pain for making ***** music.
- GravitySpec, on 05/04/2008, -1/+24MPAA != RIAA
Though they have been known to collude together in confronting piracy. The RIAA is the group that deals with music.- Dustmuffins, on 05/04/2008, -0/+5Know who you *****!
***** THE MPAA!
- Dustmuffins, on 05/04/2008, -0/+5Know who you *****!
- AntzNZ, on 05/04/2008, -6/+5No, new mainstream music is. There's heaps of awesome more underground bands, though I can't be too sure about other genres but 2007 was a pretty kickass year for metal.
- carpespasm, on 05/04/2008, -2/+2Only if you count DethKlok's album.
- veganvelma, on 05/04/2008, -2/+1Most brutal metal album, EVER.
- AntzNZ, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1No, that was *****... Divine Heresy's Bleed The Fifth, Paradise Lost's In Requiem, Candlemass' King of The Grey Islands, Botted Science's Machines of Dementia, Symphony X's Paradise Lost, Amorphis' Silent Waters, Rotting Christ's Theognia... And atleast 20 more that I've heard. There's just too many kickass albums from 2007.
- darkamster07, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1^ digger who actually knows metal
DethKlok may be a funny show, but as far a the "band's" music goes, it's actually pretty weak.
But you know, allot of generas wish they could have the undying underground force that metal has. good to see more artists's labels choosing to opt for DRM-free tracks on itunes too.
- carpespasm, on 05/04/2008, -2/+2Only if you count DethKlok's album.
- aladrin, on 05/04/2008, -1/+12Where have I heard that before... Oh yeah, EVERY SINGLE GENERATION.
- Infidelcastr0, on 05/04/2008, -3/+5True, but come on, are you actually gonna say that the crap on MTV nowadays is in any way worthy of being compared to the music that came out of the 60's, 70's and even some from the 90's? I think not.
- Ganja420, on 05/04/2008, -0/+9Alot of crap came out of the 60s and 70s too...
fyi MTV doesn't actually play music... they stopped doing that in 1998 - darkamster07, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1true, any real musicologist will tell you pop music has gotten worse as a whole as time has progressed ever since the 60s died; even though there have been some great breakthroughs, they have all been underground or at best have been pop for a while but were ultimately overshadowed by crap
- Ganja420, on 05/04/2008, -0/+9Alot of crap came out of the 60s and 70s too...
- Infidelcastr0, on 05/04/2008, -3/+5True, but come on, are you actually gonna say that the crap on MTV nowadays is in any way worthy of being compared to the music that came out of the 60's, 70's and even some from the 90's? I think not.
- zongamin, on 05/04/2008, -2/+8Oh ***** off - there are loads of really great new bands - put some effort in to find them
- GravitySpec, on 05/04/2008, -1/+24MPAA != RIAA
- pigfister, on 05/04/2008, -10/+33Name and Shame them ppl, Let ppl know who these anti consumer companies are!
The BPI Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The RIAA Soundexchange Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The IFPI Are: The same anti consumer lot as listed above!
The MPAA Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX.- iRelinquish, on 05/04/2008, -13/+4copy paste copy past WHORE
- nicktheawesome, on 05/04/2008, -0/+11Not only did he copy and paste, he copied and pasted his OWN post.
- cliffski, on 05/04/2008, -4/+3who cares, they release some great music, and not being a thief, I dont care how many thieving ***** they sue.
- nwoantibody, on 05/04/2008, -11/+2VICTORYYYYYYYYY!
- cnot3, on 05/04/2008, -16/+13We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. They invade our [cyber]space and we fall back. They assimilate entire p2p sites and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!
- iticu, on 05/04/2008, -6/+13What the hell are you talking about?
This isn't 300 and you're not a lawyer.- mcrules, on 05/04/2008, -1/+5That is from Star Trek First Contact
- cnot3, on 05/04/2008, -0/+1You're on digg and you haven't seen First Contact. WTF are you doing?
- Infidelcastr0, on 05/04/2008, -1/+9Dugg for Picard.
- cliffski, on 05/04/2008, -1/+2its not your space kid.
- iticu, on 05/04/2008, -6/+13What the hell are you talking about?
- larsons55, on 05/04/2008, -5/+50Well Ben Stein told me that Bit Torrents caused the Holocaust so you guys are bad.
Very bad.- slickstar, on 05/04/2008, -47/+2bit torrents wasn't even around when the holocaust occurred you idiot.
go and grow a brain and then come back to digg. digg is only for smart people retard- mossblaser, on 05/04/2008, -0/+25If only you weren't serious...
- carpespasm, on 05/04/2008, -0/+9Man slickstar, if that was a trolled response my hat goes off to you. Just ignorant sounding enough for people to take it as sincere without going overboard.
- doctorfungi, on 05/04/2008, -0/+9Holy... *****... *****.
- Lythium, on 05/04/2008, -0/+9Slick, people like you always remind me of the old quote: "Life is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think." Right now, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
- knight666, on 05/04/2008, -0/+5Slickstar's record of highest diggs is: +4.
The first page of his comments are nothing but negatives. - KlogereEndGrim, on 05/04/2008, -0/+4Great trolling, you win a new bridge!
- IRn101, on 05/05/2008, -0/+3I like how easily digg gets trolled.
- slickstar, on 05/04/2008, -47/+2bit torrents wasn't even around when the holocaust occurred you idiot.
- slickstar, on 05/04/2008, -15/+3why the hell is the MPAA working outside the USA. it should prosecute the yanks and hang them for illegal downloading and sharing. they should not work outside the US border. persecute all Americans who download illegally. thats what yanks deserve for elected a retarded president.
- doctorfungi, on 05/04/2008, -0/+5I love it how you call Bush retarded... yet can't use punctuation or grammar yourself.
- Netrilix, on 05/04/2008, -3/+10"We won't bend you over in court if you agree to give us lists of IPs".
"Ok!" - parkernicky50, on 05/04/2008, -3/+1nice news
- zerhynn, on 05/04/2008, -8/+3***** THE...oh..forget it.
- PL3NTY, on 05/04/2008, -3/+1your fat nan
- MacSuxWindozSux, on 05/04/2008, -1/+1NEVER FORGET!!!
- Shadowgamers, on 05/04/2008, -3/+5The MPAA sent tried suing someone here? I hope they paid their VAT beforehand >:[
- caboose1123, on 05/04/2008, -0/+22These are the worst comments I've ever seen.
- RyomaNagare, on 05/04/2008, -9/+6Puck the MFAA
- sk8away212, on 05/04/2008, -3/+2I wish they would just realize they can never stop it...there will always be ways to share music, movies, etc...
- cliffski, on 05/04/2008, -3/+1you cant stop it, but you can sue the thieving ***** who do it.
- hellbent88, on 05/04/2008, -2/+2I suspects something
- joeanon, on 05/04/2008, -5/+3Did any of you dweebs consider digging this article might put pressure on them to prosecute further ?
Yes ! I said dweeb. - cthrough, on 05/04/2008, -8/+2Check out his work campaiging against the parasitic and famed spyware ad company Phorm(ex 121Media) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorm.
Alex on BBC Click V Phorm CEO Kent Ertugrul:
http://digg.com/tech_news/BBC_Click_Phorm_discussi ...
***** THE MPAA, ***** THE RIAA, ***** THE BSA, ***** THE IFPI, ***** THE BPI and PHUCK PHORM!- cthrough, on 05/05/2008, -0/+0Why is this dugg down? No DIGG user is afraid of the big F word!
- BurningSky, on 05/04/2008, -2/+9Dugg because I'm using UTorrent as I type this...
- knight666, on 05/04/2008, -3/+3Psh, I'm running Transmission, on Ubuntu.
- cliffski, on 05/04/2008, -0/+4wow, you are such a ***** rebel.
- ronaldst, on 05/04/2008, -1/+4Ima using cbmTorrent on my C64.
- darkamster07, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1you mean there's times when you're NOT unsing torrents? wierd...
- Beamerboy, on 05/04/2008, -1/+13I should explain that there is no confirmation as to whether or not the case has been dropped. I received a letter in November 2005 stating they were filing for a summary judgement on December 15th 2005 (or around that date) and I have heard nothing since. It seems unlikely that a judgement was made or I would have received official notification from the court, which I have never received.
Whereas this is an important issue and I appreciate the support people have shown, as far as I am concerned this MPAA issue is long dead. I never think about the case and I have no intention to start thinking about it again, it is in the past and I have moved on with my life. My focus now lies in the protection of privacy and I am hoping to soon be starting my Masters in Law focusing on technology, privacy and related human rights. Most of my time at the moment it taken up by the campaign to stop Phorm deploying Deep Packet Inspection and Profiling technology throughout the UK broadband infrastructure in order to spy on everything the British public do on-line for the purpose of behavioural advertising. It is a very serious issue and has been described as illegal by leading scholars and legal experts infringing on our rights to privacy. I would much rather people were supporting that fight than supporting stuff I did 2.5 years ago, although as I said, that support is appreciated.
Alexander Hanff- PHiZ187, on 05/04/2008, -5/+1You're an idiot for not keeping track of the lawsuit against you.
- Beamerboy, on 05/04/2008, -1/+5I beg to differ, the lawsuit is in the US I am in the UK and am a UK citizen. Why would I pay any attention to a lawsuit in a court with no jurisdiction over me. I gave them all the attention their suit merits, which is none.
Alexander Hanff- PHiZ187, on 05/04/2008, -1/+1First of all, it's just sloppy and wrong. You're failing to handle your business. Second, foreign judgments absolute can be enforced against foreign parties. Your countries ***** stupid libel laws do it all the time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enforcement_of_foreig ... - familynight, on 05/04/2008, -0/+1it does make sense to keep track of these things, but he would get a chance to challenge the enforcement of a foreign judgment in his nation's courts, and the judgment could be rendered invalid for a variety of reasons. he could basically retry the case in england, forcing the mpaa to go through all the trouble of fighting the challenge in his home country. it can actually make a lot of sense not to appear before a foreign court. transnational or international law is a complex and difficult field and any decisions about it should be made with the consultation of a lawyer specializing in the field.
- PHiZ187, on 05/04/2008, -1/+1First of all, it's just sloppy and wrong. You're failing to handle your business. Second, foreign judgments absolute can be enforced against foreign parties. Your countries ***** stupid libel laws do it all the time.
- Beamerboy, on 05/04/2008, -1/+5I beg to differ, the lawsuit is in the US I am in the UK and am a UK citizen. Why would I pay any attention to a lawsuit in a court with no jurisdiction over me. I gave them all the attention their suit merits, which is none.
- cliffski, on 05/04/2008, -2/+1you wont last 5 minutes as a lawyer if you ran a torrent site *****.
- PHiZ187, on 05/04/2008, -5/+1You're an idiot for not keeping track of the lawsuit against you.
- Brennn10, on 05/04/2008, -3/+1The MPAA and the RIAA need to shove their gay little rules and regulations up their asses. Chances are, they were using a torrent while the case was going on!
- futureisours, on 05/04/2008, -0/+4Never count on the MPAA to forget anything. If this guy knows what he's doing, he really needs to follow the court's procedures to get the case dismissed whether it's just filing paperwork or a hearing. I think in many places, he can have it automatically dismissed with a year of inactivity. Otherwise, they can proceed at any time.
- Beamerboy, on 05/04/2008, -2/+5I would much rather people were digging the work I am doing now:
http://digg.com/tech_news/BBC_Click_Phorm_discussi ...
OR
http://digg.com/tech_news/Legal_Analysis_of_BT_200 ...
Alexander Hanff- couscous1, on 05/04/2008, -2/+1I would much rather be getting a blowjob...
couscous1
- couscous1, on 05/04/2008, -2/+1I would much rather be getting a blowjob...
- PlasmaWhore, on 05/04/2008, -2/+3Silently? What do so many people feel the need to use "silently" in their titles?
- aserer511, on 05/04/2008, -2/+2yay. a won battle in a hopefully winnable war
- TheAngelsOwl, on 05/04/2008, -1/+0once again - MPAA FAIL.
- richdinatlanta, on 06/03/2008, -0/+1Really! Big Brother in collusion with the media...or...is it Big Brother in collusion with the government. It gets harder and harder to figure out who is Big Brother and who is the the puppet; or if there is even a definable separation any longer.
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