Torrent is a sharing technology, it does not equal to sharing copyrighted matherials only. For example, if you want to share linux distro .iso file of 700 MB, it is always easier to share it thru torrent than to put it for download from 1 location.
On the other hand, MPAA, RIAA, etc. can shut down or threat to as much as they like, but those who want to share copyrighted matherials will find another way, and another... It is something that unfortunatelly cannot be stopped by shutting down 1 or 2 sites...
IMHO, until now, torrent is the best sharing technology invented, where bandwidth capacity is divided into many people who are interesed in that particular file. This is why i don't like generalisation of this matter
Are you saying that most torrent trackers turn a blind eye to the illegal downloads? That tactic didn't work for Napster and it's not going to work for Torrents. Eventually most of the major players will get shut down.
Sure...some will always exist or new methods will be found but intellectual property protection is important to our global economy. Torrent is great technology but in truth...it's mostly used to circumvent copyrights.
I don't see the RIAA going after legit sites offering linux distro torrents. They are clearly targetting players in the movie and music torrent field.
What exactly did they do wrong? They just hosted .torrent files which are like 5kb text files. I thought torrent sites were legal because they didnt actually host the illegal content. This is a big blow for a lot of torrent websites.
Torrenting and file sharing has to be the biggest grey area of the internet. It's never going to go away and the problem of it will never be solved. I think the reason it exists is because the prices we're expected to pay for Music and films and other type's of media is obvious extortion. The multi-billion dollar companies think it's totally fair to charge £20 for a film when that's more than most people earn in 3 hours. Same with a CD, the average CD over here is around £10, yet these company's are selling millions of these, surely they should realise that whilst they charge such stupidly high prices, people will torrent them.
I for one prefer to buy my music, but I've fallen into many situations where I've found i cannot get the music legally, because the company's that are involved with the distribution make it so damn hard to. iTunes is a good example, i have to pay by credit card, yet i can't legally have a credit card.
The music and film industries have caused this themselves.
I disagree squid. People will steal anything if they can and its so easy to steal this stuff and thats why they do it. However you do have a point because if a movie was cheaper to buy then the bandwidth and time needed to dl it then theoretically more people would buy it.
If enough people get nailed like the site above ... It may. Of course there will always be countries that will not want to assist others trying to protect their copyrights/works as well. Me personally - I'm torn both ways ... On one side I'm all for protecting peoples software , rights , etc ... But at the same time I was a Youtube junkie for a good while watching old videos and concert footage you simply can not find on the market any longer if ever at all ...
Of course there will always be people that think "If i can get it for free, why not?" but then i have to say, a lot of people I've spoken to who torrent, torrent for one reason:
They don't want to waste their money. Imagine if a film was $5 - People wouldn't have to think "Dare i risk spending $35 on this film?" anymore, they can simply buy it, if they don't enjoy it, then they've lost nothing, whereas it's a big risk with $35, so instead of risking it, they torrent.
imho, in addition to the cost, there is also a huge convenience factor:
convenient:
- hear song
- want song
- download song
- listen to song at leisure
inconvenient:
- hear song
- go to shop
- shop don't have song
- look for legal download
- find it, but it's DRM'd to the point where it is almost unusable
- go back to shop or amazon
- order and pay for full album just to get one song
- wait
- album arrives
- rip album to mp3
- throw away cd
- listen to song at leisure
basically, the recording industry has to make it more convenient to legally download than it is to illegally download.
I agree with squid. The big companies have caused this themselves.
For example in my country if i want to buy a legit game for my XBOX 360 it would cost me approx 100$ but if I buy that same game from pirated disc store (which they themselves download through torrents) it will cost me only $2
Now go and research where that $100 goes about 60%-70% is actually the shop that sold it to you (unless it wasan independant as they have less buying power).
I agree...people are thieves the second they think they can get away with it. Ever heard of taking candy from a baby? Essentially that's what Torrents do. Traditional media companies represent an incredibly easy target and the torrents are the candy. People don't think they will get caught or prosecuted. They do not believe they will have any negative consequences to their actions. They are far removed from the situation because it's on the internet.
Who here would walk into a store and try to snatch a game or music cd? So what makes it any better to download it? Because no one is watching? Eventually the courts and ISP's are going to find ways to prevent thefts and law enforcement will start cracking down on serious offenders.
If someone here was to be part of click fraud everyone would scream blah blah..theif, scammer, lowlife. But hey..download music, movies, and games from torrents and it's A-OK? BS.
What's the major difference? People actually get caught in click fraud. If google didn't care then EVERYONE would click fraud and just say ...well it's no biggie.
By buying that $40 CD you not supporting the artist, your supporting the record label. Artists make almost nothing off CD's unless they have sold millions of CD's. I do download all the music I want. If I didn't I still wouldn't go out and waste my money on buying the CD. Id rather use that money and attend a concert of theirs that they actually make money off of.
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Bands keep most of the money they make from their concerts. They make about nothing from CD sales unless their selling hundreds of thousands to millions. So if they don't make any money from tours then how are they making any money at all?
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