http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...pirate_bay

Just think all this started when Prince attacked Pirate Bay for putting up his copyrighted stuff!!!!

I guess our days of downloading bootlegs are becoming very numbered now!!!!!

Bloody hell! $1.6 mil AND a year in prison?! Blimey.

Yeah, fucker, thanks for being pissed people stole from you.

Prince who?

Well, Prince should have his own bootleg tracker site, like other artists do, like Coldplay, Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks, Genesis/Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, Dire Straits, Pink Floyd, REM, INXS, U2, etc., etc., etc.!!!!

So why is ok when big companies advertise their banners on torrentsites?
It's not ok to download but they can advertise their shit their.
It's bullshit.

Of all people who have to goto jail.
If you knew what criminal shit Nike,cigarrete companies and Mcdonalds do.

Oh... wrong forum.

Desire2006 said:

Why should he???

Well why dont you write him a letter and tell him that..

REDFEATHERS said:

So, I take it, that u are one of these goody goody two shoes who only has all the commercial releases of Princes and hasnt a clue what the Small Club Aftershow sounds like!!!

OH WOW!!! U ARE MISSING ONE HELLUVA KICK ASS GEM!!!!!

Desire2006 said:

I am one of them...

REDFEATHERS said:

PREDOMINANT said:

hey you!!!

I dont download.. basically cos I dont know how to.. LOL, my thieving friends do that and give me special presents..


how are you???

REDFEATHERS said:

I am fine, busy, but good. You?

PREDOMINANT said:

Just busy downloading some rare tracks.. but apart from that, yeah very good..

REDFEATHERS said:

You don't even know about aftershows!! The last one we were at you were so plastered I don't think you even remember Prince on stage.

PREDOMINANT said:

I thought we went to see Lionel Ritchie...

REDFEATHERS said:

that was me in an afro wig

PREDOMINANT said:

dayum.. now I am really confused..

REDFEATHERS said:

Ya all confused ...wrong forum

catpark said:

hello you..

damn you are everywhere.. ok just back from lunch...

REDFEATHERS said:

Yes im everywhere so are u! ...only for today back to work tomorrow im absolutely shattered. did u have anything nice for lunch? i could only stomach coffee ur talk of me eating naan bread at that place has made me feel ill

By that reasoning producers of video and cassette recorders in the 80's and these days producers of computers and cd recorders, should have been convicted too. After all, they also provide the tools for people to infringe on copyrights.

In the end it's not the hosting site or the producers of the site, computer or recorder that infringe on copyrights, but the users.

Tremolina said:

Exactly. Granted, this ruling primarily affects what happens in Sweden, but more interestingly, it surmises that Google is now the leading facilitator of internet piracy. What ultimately sad is that the law is years behind the pace of technology, and even victories like this in court may be rendered useless because hackers and other people will find ways to get around copyright restrictions. All this ultimately does is expose how ludicrous the business model is for Hollywood and the record companies, This is a case of the buggy whip manufacturers paying off the courts to protect their business in a futile attempt to stop people from driving cars.

728huey said:

Why did they go after Pirate Bay, and not some video hosting site that actually hosts copyright materials?

coolcat said:

An interesting and valid point. Maybe its because they're relatively small fry (compared to the likes of google and youtube)?

MrsGoodnight said:

Because Pirate bay uses file sharing technology.

Tremolina said:

but they host no materials, so none of the files being shared is actually stored on their servers... they're only provide technology that allows users to share files... at least how I understand it...

seems like youtube would be a more legitimate target since people actually store copyrighted materials on the site...
[Edited 4/17/09 7:56am]

MrsGoodnight said:

I was thinking of youtube.

coolcat said:

Exactly because file sharing is so "innocent", legally speaking, they want it shut down.

They are really happy with this ruling.

As for youtube and google, they realise they shouldn't go after them to close them down, but only to share in their profits. Both google and youtube are profitable. More reason to keep the pressure on them to keep on paying, but not seek a ruling.

If I had any bootlegs of Prince I would still buy the official release, IF HE WOULD BLOODY RELEASE THE DAMN THINGS!!!!!

Not that I have any bootlegs.....oh no...not me.....