Kat, H33t, Fenopy blocked in the UK

ntg said:
arresting thieves doesn't stop others thieving, so why keep spending resources on it, eh!?
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Because theft of physical items actually impacts people's lives in a real way. Steal a car and that guy may not be able to get to work. Nick a handbag and that woman may not be able to afford her weekly shop. Theft is also often violent. ... Download last nights Eastenders and ... umm ... :confused:

You can also have a wider effect than just punishing the perpetrators. They may well be resorting to theft for a reason other than just the hell of it. Addicts etc.

But yes, let's pretend that downloading a copy of something is akin to stealing physical items :rolleyes:

I am in no-way defending piracy, content produces are just as entitled to the fruits of their labour as I am. All I am saying is that shutting down a few torrent sites is costly, and infective. It just plain doesn't work. At the very best, you stop people getting a new torrent file for what, an hour while they find a new site?
 
ntg said:
arresting thieves doesn't stop others thieving, so why keep spending resources on it, eh!?
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That is a rubbish anology, using that anology what they are doing is shutting the shop to stop the theiving not arresting the theives.

Shutting the sites isn't the solution especially when they only shut a few. There is simply too many sites, too easy to set up a website to do it or proxy to the blocked sites. I agree with whoever said above that the music industry is playing catch up but the tv/film seems to be stuck whining about people downloading but never providing any real alternatives to it.

What I would love for them to do is make it possible to download an episode for a price (say £1 - £1.50 an episode) the day after it airs on TV. This way you wouldn't need to pay for a digital package to be able to watch 1 program on 1 channel once a week. It would also mean the total cost is £25-£35 per season which is roughly the price of a season when it is released on DVD.

I do agree something needs to be done though as there is some poeple (probably a lot of people) who will always take the attitude of why pay for it when I can get it for free.
 
Woden said:
Because theft of physical items actually impacts people's lives in a real way. Steal a car and that guy may not be able to get to work. Nick a handbag and that woman may not be able to afford her weekly shop. Theft is also often violent. ... Download last nights Eastenders and ... umm ... :confused:

You can also have a wider effect than just punishing the perpetrators. They may well be resorting to theft for a reason other than just the hell of it. Addicts etc.

But yes, let's pretend that downloading a copy of something is akin to stealing physical items :rolleyes:
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Erm, walking into a shop and stealing a few games, CDs and DVDs from the shelves in HMV?
 
Are the industries and are the judges absolutely ****ing insane?

Firstly, I'd never heard of those torrent sites before I read it in the news (thanks!) free advertising ahoy!.

Secondly, any idiot who uses torrents will know what a proxy is.

Furthermore,
www.guardian.co.uk said:
The sites allow customers to download the latest movies and music tracks for free through bit torrents. Top of the list of popular downloads on Fenopy on Thursday was the movie Argo, which won an Oscar on Sunday and is still on general theatre release and not yet available on DVD.
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Yeah way to entice the masses! Now people who have never heard about torrents will want to research and get on the bandwagon.
 
asim18 said:
Are the industries and are the judges absolutely ****ing insane?

Firstly, I'd never heard of those torrent sites before I read it in the news (thanks!) free advertising ahoy!.

Secondly, any idiot who uses torrents will know what a proxy is.

Furthermore,

Yeah way to entice the masses! Now people who have never heard about torrents will want to research and get on the bandwagon.
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Exactly the same with those supergag things the courts dished out. As soon as a news program/paper says they can't say who is involved, I google it!
 
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