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Pirate Bay Tricks Anti-Pirates with Fake Peers

torrentfreak.com — The Pirate Bay has always made it clear that they don’t obey takedown requests from content owners. That doesn’t stop Hollywood from going after the Pirate Bay’s users, however, and they do so on a large scale. The Pirate Bay is well aware of these pirate tracking outfits, and does what it can to give them a hard time.

Who dugg this? Made popular Oct 21, 2008

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  • compu73rg33k, on 10/20/2008, -1/+131I hope someone brings this point up in court now when the MAFIAA inevitably ends up suing someone who doesn't even know what a bittorrent is! I gotta say, purposefully polluting the evidence is a pretty good idea on their part! Go TPB. Less BS trackers, more BS evidence! Good week for TPB
  • m0zzie, on 10/20/2008, -2/+125***** the RIAA.

    But seriously, I love the fact that Brokep and Sloncek are doing so much to keep TPB going, and fighting for their users and the cause - these guys really are inspirational and deserve great praise for doing what they're doing.

    Someone in the article comments there also mentioned where you can buy a t-shirt if you'd like to support the cause - http://www.bytelove.com/partners/kopimi-/-tpb/the- ...
  • Mernahuana, on 10/20/2008, -2/+80polluting the evidence rocks!
  • EmitStop, on 10/20/2008, -3/+72Damn, I love TPB.
  • inactive, on 10/21/2008, -1/+52I love how the 'bad guys' are looking out for us.
  • Zpns, on 10/20/2008, -4/+40That's full of win. :)
  • depro9, on 10/21/2008, -0/+27You can't stop this party!
  • serif69, on 10/21/2008, -1/+27Must... resist... obvious... stereotype...
  • michaelrsa, on 10/21/2008, -6/+24Frankly I have nothing against pirates in general, I just have a fear of what piracy in the long run will do. Can you honestly say that software creators will let this go on forever?

    This reminds me of something a teacher of mine said in high school, she was advocating more control over the internet to stop I.D. theft, I was trying to persuade her the other way but then I realized, to the average person, who doesn't surf the web to an enormous extent and who is not invested in the internet as much as we are, net neutrality is bad in their mind.

    I know that piracy is not the same as I.D. theft but as theft of peoples I.D. over the internet grows, so will peoples resistance to net neutrality. As that grows the software industry will be able to push harder for more regulation to protect their creations from theft. From there it's not to hard to imagine a more controlled internet.

    I know I will be dugg down for this, but can't anyone else see it from this perspective? I honestly do believe in the long run piracy may be one of the worst things for net neutrality. Piracy is not blameless itself, why would companies make software if they aren't going to benefit finacially? You can't say that because software intangible that it should not be paid for.

    OK, I just had to say that, I'm fine if you digg me down.
  • WhiteHamster, on 10/21/2008, -0/+14I actually don't pirate things, but out of support for what they're doing, i think i might start! Wait a minute ... do they sell t-shirts?
  • inactive, on 10/21/2008, -0/+12AARRRRRRRR WE BE NINJAS TOO
  • inactive, on 10/21/2008, -0/+12I wonder what the IP is at the white house? Can you picture the look on mr bush's face when he gets that letter from the RIAA for downloading broke back mountain?
  • CoolHandLuke, on 10/21/2008, -1/+12Michaelrsa,

    You forget that piracy has been going on since computers became household objects. While the Internet has made piracy easy and global, I remember logging into long distance BBSs and downloading pirated software and spreading the warez (heh) with my friends on the local boards.

    That's about twenty years ago... Nothing like Warez at 1200 baud. :)

  • ErickStevenson, on 10/21/2008, -2/+13LOL got to give it up to these guys at TPB, really standing up to these RIAA a**holes... anybody else would have layed down and given up.
  • jvincent08, on 10/21/2008, -0/+9Indeed they do.

    http://www.bytelove.com/partners/kopimi-/-tpb/the- ...
  • tehchicken, on 10/21/2008, -2/+11@Ostriniel

    It's called exchange rate?

    LMFAO...

    1 U.S. dollar = 0.751710141 Euros
  • maz2331, on 10/21/2008, -0/+7More likely Granny will be bankrupted by legal fees in the suit way before it actually gets to trial.
  • ErickStevenson, on 10/21/2008, -0/+7Then again piracy has been around for awhile, I don't see any drop in software and what not... I'm seeing more expensive softwares/games though that are crap though...
  • Dohko_Xar, on 10/21/2008, -1/+8It's a shame that my dollars are worth nothing because the site takes Euros.
  • Godlike, on 10/21/2008, -1/+7You can't expect the world to bend to the whim of an obsolete distribution system. It is time for the 'media' industry, like every other industry, to either change or fail. If it fails, it will be replaced by something that actually works in the market.

    Oh wait, we abandoned that when we started bailing out rich ***** who can't manage money with billions of dollars of taxpayer dough.
  • Ostrianiel, on 10/21/2008, -0/+6 I think the people getting upset are missing the point.

    If they made it public, although going public is TPB’s style, its because they want it to be known that there are random IPs on the list.

    Its being done to invalidate the list altogether, so in the end, no one gets hurt.
  • AlanFang, on 10/21/2008, -3/+8Props to TPB for continuing to innovate and update their service, something I don't see some multi national corporations doing.
  • Jade10145, on 10/21/2008, -0/+5Dugg you Mich for coming up with a logistic argument and opening up a dialogue.

    Adding- People who think net nutrality is a bad thing are the same people who believe that their ISP geniually wants to bring them the best service . These are people who only take at face value what ISP's say about net nutrality. They believe all the evils. Why? Well I am not going to say there idiots, rather I will say that they do not have the vested intrest that others (aka geeks, nerd, serious internet users who see a incredible future) see in this crazy mess of tubes. Lets be honest here, which one (the ISP's or the geeks) have the bigger megaphone.

    I am bothered by the fact that new technology is not embraced, but is fought tooth and nail. If anything the RIAA should be figuring out a way to lisence bit torrent tech to distribute music.
  • wwnexc, on 10/21/2008, -1/+6Go Pirate-bay-ers!
  • inactive, on 10/21/2008, -1/+5Avast ye scurvy dogs in the RIAA truly hornswaggled!
  • kd420, on 10/21/2008, -1/+5Thats awesome, hopefully some old grandma gets charged, and acquitted obviously, because she obviously has no idea what BT is. Once this happens, all future cases can be held void because they contain the same amount of doubt. Not that it matters anyways, the RIAA doesn't really base it's argument on solid fact, just fear tactics.
  • inactive, on 10/21/2008, -0/+4The MAFIAA uses mostly the Kazaa network to catch n00bs. Torrents are used to only harass College students.
  • thehero, on 10/21/2008, -0/+4€35.00 or 46.56 U.S. dollars total to ship one shirt to the U.S.
  • kingmanic, on 10/21/2008, -0/+3If closed source folds up, we always have open source.
  • ethana2, on 10/21/2008, -0/+3**** you. I love my nexuiz.
  • danhauk, on 10/21/2008, -0/+3There ain't no party like a Scranton party, 'cuz a Scranton party don't stop!
  • michaelrsa, on 10/21/2008, -1/+4I'm saying that to the average joe, who doesn't use the internet as much as we do, in his eyes net neutrality is what allows I.D. theft to happen. Not me who believes that.
  • Ghoztt, on 10/21/2008, -2/+5Oh dude, snap. Making TPB more friendly everyday! Thanks guise ;)
  • magamiako, on 10/21/2008, -6/+9I have to have a love/hate relationship with this method. On one hand, it does help to prove how what data they collect is pointless--but for that random soul that they go after and file a lawsuit who has no clue what's going on, that's a bad idea.
  • inactive, on 10/21/2008, -0/+3What 'pirate bay software' do you mean?
  • mtnsoccerguy, on 10/21/2008, -0/+2For the non-pirate the above can be simply translated as,"***** the RIAA! Arrr!".
  • crgwbr, on 10/21/2008, -1/+3good for the pirate bay. more people need to stand up to the RIAA like they do.
  • Elliuotatar, on 10/21/2008, -0/+2Accessing a computer without permission is hacking, is it not? And a felony?

    So why doesn't the pirate bay, instead of trying to block the IP addresses of the companies which are accessing their trackers, simply send a notice to those investigators that permission to access their system has been revoked? You may not be able to stop police from accessing a website in this manner, but I'm pretty sure these corporations doing the investigations are not police, and have no right to enter your "property" without permission or a warrant, even if they have "probable cause".
  • slicecom, on 10/21/2008, -1/+3I'm so glad Pirate Bay exists! :)
  • MforMike, on 10/21/2008, -1/+3wheres that 25k i donated for tpb island now
  • zealotbleeds, on 10/21/2008, -1/+3When you get bagged just pretend you know nothing about bittorrent.
  • nrox653, on 10/21/2008, -0/+2*insert comment about having sex with the RIAA here*
  • michaelrsa, on 10/21/2008, -1/+3Fine, maybe the system is screwed up, maybe it has to be changed, but I firmly believe that piracy is not the answer. As a consumer you still have to pay for software, there are millions of hardworking individuals worldwide who have to earn a living making and distributing software, don't they need to be paid? Even with our current system you can't just assume the greedy executives are getting all the money, just about all that money is going to the people in our position, who work day to day.
  • inactive, on 10/21/2008, -4/+6Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

    Hmmmmmm..

    * rubs his chin thoughtfully *

    Cheap ass jew
  • depro9, on 10/21/2008, -3/+5digital
  • Rivetgeek, on 10/22/2008, -0/+1net neutrality has nothing even remotely to do with it though. Nobody thinks that it does. I think you dont understand that net neutrality has nothing to do with the "lawlessness" of the internet.
  • CarzorStelatis, on 10/21/2008, -0/+1That's BS - the warez/roms Geocities websites tried this in the 90s, and it didn't work.
  • compu73rg33k, on 10/21/2008, -0/+1They should distribute a high res logo appropriate for printing on t-shirts like for cafepress ... or the local custom t-shirt shop.
  • Frustian, on 10/21/2008, -0/+1No, the RIAA is "really ***** douchey and lame", they intentionally serve lawsuits to people they know they have no evidence on. An analogy could be a bank robber leaving a note in the bank saying "My name is John Doe, and I live at 123 Fake St." If the police took that seriously, and arrested and charged John Doe with no further evidence, then it is clearly the police's fault.
  • kingmanic, on 10/21/2008, -0/+1computershack:

    http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft ...

    http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft ...
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