Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted December 30, 2004 Global Moderator Share Posted December 30, 2004 Lokitorrents is now being sued by the MPAA. yet another setback to the BT world The news on loki-torrents is raising $30,000 US to go to court to save P2P. $9940 has been raised so far to help the cause. [Dec 29th, 2004 - 8:50MP] Message writes: Every penny of this fund will be going towards legal and other costs associated with saving peer-to-peer as a whole. This may sound like a lot of money, but legal fees are VERY expensive, and $30,000 is the minimum required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vip Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 sucks :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtreme $niper Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Give em hell, loki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webeagle12 Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 why blure e-mail or phone number? we would spam them to death :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted December 30, 2004 Author Global Moderator Share Posted December 30, 2004 why blure e-mail or phone number? we would spam them to death :rofl: 585193867[/snapback] i didn't, loki did :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[hxc] Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 saw this yesterday, it's probably gonna keep happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code.Red Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Ohwell, dunno whats gonna happen to loki now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji@nBing Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 TorrentSpy. It's Canadian ;) Good for Loki. Hopefully they can take on the big guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neztea Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 holy snikies! thats awful.....Thank God I live in Canada...Why does the MPAA have to be so anally retentive!!! Arg! :angry: Neztea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal2002 Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 They will not win in court. :whistle: If they did, in some magical way, going after users comes next. Saving P2P is not what this is about, it's about stopping people have pirating content. Get a site going offering/hosting/collecting/archiving/listing legal torrents and it will have no problem. (Y) to the MPAA, IMO. Stoping pirates to a key to the future of online media distrobution with fair rights to both the consumer and the studios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELTA75329 Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 I can just see the response... Dear Council to the MPAA, Please write this down: "NO." Sincerely, Lokitorrent.com :ermm: :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovell Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 you got to give it to the mpaa there doing a better job than the riaa, if you want to download movies/wares either move to another country or vote communism :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emo Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 never heard of that site. but oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jelly2003 Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 They'll never stop file sharing. No matter how many people that they sue. One thing, BT is a great file distrubution tool, negating the need for high bandwidth centralised servers, so I hope that if the worst happens, that at the very least BT will survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha2004 Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 arghh this is bs. im buying a 500gig hd and im gonna download the internet! :rofl: :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[yt] Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 I hope for every 1 site that gets shut down 10 more open. Keep it movin... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey992 Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 I hope for every 1 site that gets shut down 10 more open. Keep it movin... :) 585194117[/snapback] I know that everyone has faith in BT and all but I have seen nothing but people running for their lives from it. I haven't downloaded anything from BT in almost 2 weeks because of this. The technology isn't dead but the fear is too great for me right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macrosslover Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 just stop offering MPAA copyrighted works and call it a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal2002 Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 ^ Bingo. This had nothing to do with trying to kill BT (Many posts seem to imply that). Stop listing pirated content and the problem is over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey992 Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Did anyone read the article in PC magazine this month? It's all about the RIAA and how illegal filesharing on P2P networks was mostly an underground activity until the industry got involved and gave it free publicity. They are still fighting this fight only now it's on a scale that is out of control. The MPAA will have the same bad luck and will see more and more movies being shared becuase people who had no clue they could download movies will start to get involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey992 Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 ^ Bingo. This had nothing to do with trying to kill BT (Many posts seem to imply that). Stop listing pirated content and the problem is over! 585194152[/snapback] I think one of the other problems is that the law is so vague that some people don't know that what they are sharing is illegal. I download unlicensed anime all the time and I still haven't gotten an answer on whether or not I am breaking the law. Downloading TV shows is another thing. Is it legal or not? One can only speculate until the MPAA or the RIAA sends you a letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Caro Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 They will not win in court. :whistle: If they did, in some magical way, going after users comes next.Saving P2P is not what this is about, it's about stopping people have pirating content. Get a site going offering/hosting/collecting/archiving/listing legal torrents and it will have no problem. (Y) to the MPAA, IMO. Stoping pirates to a key to the future of online media distrobution with fair rights to both the consumer and the studios. 585194009[/snapback] In my opinion, they are just trying to save the old market ways. Media is evolving, and they are just doing what they think will save the actual market. I don't think they're going to solve anything going against P2P or against the customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[yt] Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 I don't think TV shows are unless they are cable tv shows. The major network shows (cbs, nbc, abc, fox) you can watch on tv for free without paying a service so there should be no difference in watching it for free on your pc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted December 30, 2004 Author Global Moderator Share Posted December 30, 2004 i agree but also disagree with what people say. i know people see BT has a motive for shifting around illegal copyrighted music, and yes alot of that should be stopped, but they will never stop it! and eventually artist will give up, and have to WORK like the rest of us. No matter how must RIAA and MPAA try to prevent P2P and filesharing, only way to stop it all together, is shut off the internet! you can only slow down filesharing, but NEVER stop it. I don't think TV shows are unless they are cable tv shows. The major network shows (cbs, nbc, abc, fox) you can watch on tv for free without paying a service so there should be no difference in watching it for free on your pc. 585194200[/snapback] ya exactly, its just like hitting that "record" button on your VCR. it makes no difference, WTF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OfF3nSiV3 Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 i want them to sue piratebay.org!! hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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