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- RocketGib, on 11/09/2008, -1/+50People actually PAID to use P2P? Suckers.
- cactus476, on 11/09/2008, -2/+50No, P2P is a delivery method.
The whole point of piracy is not to pay. - diggitalism, on 11/09/2008, -15/+57isn't the whole point of p2p NOT to pay?
- domenics, on 11/10/2008, -1/+14Why Paid P2P Might Be Dead: free p2p.
- GamingForever, on 11/09/2008, -0/+11People don't want to pay for something that they can get for free.
- AlanFang, on 11/11/2008, -0/+9Failure to understand basic P2P concepts...
- dsmx, on 11/10/2008, -0/+8Actually p2p is a way of substantially cutting the distribution costs of any file in common usage.
- bromac, on 11/11/2008, -5/+13No, the whole point of piracy is to board other ships on the high seas and take their goods, a.k.a. "booty".
I think the English phrase you're looking for is "copyright infringement", which isn't piracy, an international crime.
I hate when those marketing types feel they can reinvent my language to criminalize people. - uknowwhoibe, on 11/11/2008, -0/+7So, p2p is still alive and well.
p2p2p is just dead.
I got it. - wtfhaxorx, on 11/09/2008, -0/+6but we DO pay for internet, even if we could get our neighbors' network
- Ghostalker, on 11/10/2008, -2/+7How can it be dead? It was never alive.
- mclewell, on 11/11/2008, -0/+5when it was created.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_(protocol) - neoLeech, on 11/11/2008, -1/+6and they don't talk about it
- DteK, on 11/11/2008, -0/+4Paid P2P was dead as soon as someone thought of it
- ElBeh, on 11/11/2008, -0/+3I wasn't even aware that Paid P2P existed...
- mrsteveman1, on 11/11/2008, -0/+3Its less than stealing but more than copyright infringement.
Some number of people who download something might have paid for it, those are lost sales. The producer hasn't actually lost a copy and the downloader isn't profiting from it or using it in another work, but they are still getting it for free.
Most p2p traffic isn't lost sales though, if you were to completely stop illegal transfer of copyrighted stuff on p2p tomorrow you would not see increased sales of the same amount, it would be a mere fraction if that. This is why the outrage on the part of the RIAA and MPAA is *****. - davidlyness, on 11/10/2008, -0/+3...might be dead?
- renanrcarvalho, on 11/11/2008, -1/+4Since when you have to pay for P2P?
- deepleet, on 11/11/2008, -1/+4One word: thepiratebay
- Ahnteis, on 11/11/2008, -3/+5You ever used the WoW updater? Sucker.
- wondertwins, on 11/10/2008, -0/+2AKA: Bittorrent
- fuzzy889, on 11/11/2008, -0/+2You're a ***** sucker. Pay for ***** you can't get for free on any decent private tracker/dc hub.
- uelydnar, on 11/11/2008, -0/+2Title is inaccurate. How can something be dead if it was never alive to begin with?
- PoizonFrog, on 11/11/2008, -0/+1Greedy corporations may not be the best conservators of P2P? Wow, how many bags of glue did he huff to achieve that bit of epiphany?
- DragonForce4, on 11/11/2008, -0/+1WHY it MIGHT be dead?
I think it was more of a stillbirth. - blacklilyninja, on 11/11/2008, -0/+1...just wow
- Skull0Inc, on 11/10/2008, -2/+3Hang on a sec. You say that paid P2P is dead like it's a bad thing....power to the people and not capitalists who take advantage of other peoples ignorance and provide them with a 'service' we can really do ourselves....well at least that's the case now!
- firefly2271, on 11/09/2008, -3/+4its not stealing, its copyright infringment.
stealing would be claiming its your own work - snached, on 11/11/2008, -1/+2I pay for reliability and plus wireless networks include a bad case of packet loss.
- RocketGib, on 11/14/2008, -0/+1Nope, WoW is for people who have no life, you must be one of them.
- Uzael, on 11/11/2008, -0/+1We live in a world where people want to be handed everything for free. Business models that center around advertising are the way to go. I think almost all content will be heading this way in order to be successful.
- LuckySephid, on 11/11/2008, -0/+1See the little blue link "Check Spelling"
- sochee, on 11/11/2008, -0/+1When was it ever alive?
- scarwars, on 11/11/2008, -0/+1@lcmatt, you pay for your cable dontcha?
- inactive, on 11/11/2008, -0/+1its more than 98%
- hutch768, on 11/11/2008, -0/+0It seems kind of counter intuitive to have a paid for peer to peer site when the idea of a peer to peer site is simply that; to allow users to share information between one another. I'm guess that to justify the intellectual property rights they had to make a small fee, or monthly fee to pay for maintenance charges. It makes sense that the current economic situation would put pressure on these sorts of sites for two reasons. First, is the ability for their users to find the same service for free. And second, because due to the economic situation there is increased pressure to make money due to decreases in discretionary income spending and these sorts of sites are being forced to raise prices, causing more disgruntled users.Either way, paid for p2p is suffering, but then again it really shouldn't take an economic hard time to make a service like this suffer, considering the amount of free alternatives.
- orlandu63, on 11/11/2008, -0/+0Pink slippage. Haha.
- thevoiceless, on 11/11/2008, -1/+1Usenet isn't your cool little exclusive club anymore, anyone who knows about p2p most likely already knows about it. Don't even bother with the whole "don't talk about Usenet" crap
- mufffin, on 11/11/2008, -2/+2it's called copying. you just make a copy for yourself.
- bgii2000, on 11/11/2008, -0/+0Exactly. When was it ever alive?
- EMFK, on 11/12/2008, -0/+0When the Pandora's Box was opened to a larger world with Napster, there was no going back to paying for anything. With Napster, then came WinMX, Music City (Morpheus), IMesh, etc., not many people would be willing to pay for a P2P when it is readily available elsewhere for free. Agree with those posters that wonder why anyone would pay for a P2P.
- LuckySephid, on 11/11/2008, -1/+1Nerd
- mikpalm, on 03/11/2009, -0/+0Music industry is trying to present us as criminals just because we like to listen to new music using P2P software. You know we are not! We want to continue using P2P software -Emule, kazaa, bitorent, limewire, etc- because it's a great way to enrich people by making them find and enjoy new artists, new music. The music distribution has changed, so as the industry should adapt to these changes and come up with new ways to make money. They could implement P2P to get new buyers and let us discover new talents. They have to understand that people don't go to a store to buy a CD anymore – we want instant access, fast and easy!
So if you like Emule and want to continue using it, defend the global cause of P2P software. Here is a link to the cause to get more information about that:
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/241817?m=edd8a396 - nard3456, on 11/11/2008, -1/+1You can pay to use P2P?
- thecontinental, on 11/11/2008, -1/+1so people actually pay to steal? hmmm
- theaverageidiot, on 11/11/2008, -3/+2Who said anything about an exclusive club? Anybody can join.
Everybody who dugg me down is probably 12-year-olds who can't even pay for Usenet, and are jealous. Screw you. - bobdigi, on 11/11/2008, -3/+2You missed 2 words: is garbage
- inactive, on 11/11/2008, -5/+3All the Linux whores can tout P2P as a legit technology all they want but the fact is 98% of P2P users are using it for piracy don't kid yourself.
- lcmatt, on 11/11/2008, -3/+1Pay for internet... never. My hacked cable modem gives gives me a 50mb connection for free.
- aserer511, on 11/11/2008, -6/+1since when is BT formally considered p2p?
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