More like The Faggot Bay.

Good riddance.

>its been a good run, filesharers, but its over.
>back to buying shit

oh u

the court was obviously paid off by the industries

>>4128015
0/10

Most of us didn't download anything from the Pirate Bay anyway.

Besides, there's still usenet. Although, if those companies that provide usenet ever get sued, there's a paper trail leading back to people who use it (payin' to pirate), so it's even worse in that circumstance. But they'd have to sue the company providing it. :\

Also, JAILED?! Apparently Sweden takes it's copyright laws very seriously. I don't even remember the guy behind Napster getting jailed. Christ.

>Experts believe the ruling could be the first step towards ending illegal downloading, which has cost music and film companies billions of dollars in lost revenue.

>back to buying shit
i didnt stop buying shit, i just dont buy ALL my shit

>>4128061
lol "experts"

this changes nothing

>>4128052
oh yeah, thank god for usenet

AOL is pulling the plug on servers hosting newsgroups. AOL subscribers will no longer be able to access such groups directly but will have to go through Google.

Subscribers who try to access newsgroups receive the following error message from AOL: "From early 2005, AOL members will no longer be able to use the Newsgroup service through AOL. You will however be able to access Usenet newsgroups via Internet Explorer, or Google at http://groups.google.com/. For AOL alternatives, go to AOL Keyword: Community."

An AOL spokesman said the service is being withdrawn because so few people use it: "Google does a very good job of hosting newsgroups and the typical AOL user probably doesn't use newsgroups that often."

FFUUUUUUUU AOL

Good. It's disgusting how people steal. It's even more disgusting considering there is a huge open-source free software community, were you can get alternatives to priced software. Don't give me any of that fight the powa big bad capitalist bullshit, so many independent companies have their software pirated and the real reason is you can't be arsed paying for it.

>>4128052

Jails in sweden are cottages, you can come and go as you please. Its not like american jail where you have to join and gang and people are piled up 10 people in a cell.

>>4128079
....who the fuck still uses AOL? I mean really.

You wouldn't download a car, OP.

>>4128061
Nah. Napster, and Kazaa were shut down, and it just lead to better file sharing techniques. They haven't even begun to shut down bittorrent.

>>4128015
this is why usenet > torrents

in b4 "HAHA YOU PAY TO PIRATE"

u pay for internet
u pay for food
u pay for sex
u pay for kumputer

Sounds like you eurofags can't use that "NANANANAH, WE'RE BETTER THAN AMERICA BECAUSE WE CAN PIRATE SHIT ALL WE WANT" reasoning anymore.

>>4128079
People use AOL?

>>4128043
Well yeah, it pretty well known that the police was pressured into action by the swedish goverment, who was pressured by the US gov, who was pressured by the media industry.

Fucking cunts. Well, they said they were going to appeal and are still confident that they will get away with nothing, and that this trial was a media show.

>>4128082
>>4128082
GTFO LINUXFAG

>>4128087
Britfags dont have much choice, all our other ones are worse and more expensive

there are people who still arn't using rapidshare?

>>4128092
>u
And you pay for gay sex with relatives, clearly.

>>4128092
>YOU PAY FOR INTERNET
Typical butthurt response from a usenet user who has buyer's remorse.

>>4128112
Britfag here. What is this I don't even?

>>4128112
stop bullshitting

no britfag with at least half a brain uses aol

>>4128112
Are you fucking serious? You can't even get AOL service here in the States anymore (not high speed anyway). It's basically all through AIM.

>"We can't pay and we wouldn't pay. Even if I had the money I would rather burn everything I owned, and I wouldn't even give them the ashes."

lol

>>4128052
Use of Usenet != You are a pirate.

Usenet is just a file access service. Under the DMCA, the maximum liability of a Usenet provider is to remove file(s) when asked by the copyright holder or an authorized agent of that copyright holder.

Some people have no news server with their ISP. They have a perfectly valid excuse to access discussion newsgroups with images, more reliable access to text newsgroups, and the ability to download creative commons and other openly licensed media securely and quickly.

Most Usenet providers, to protect their users, keep no download logs. "You use usenet" is not a valid reason for a lawsuit- any half-decent lawyer would get the case dismissed before trial.

>>4128015
It's not over at all. This was just a Major hearing.

They still can appeal at the Court Circuit, and if that still doesn't work, they can appeal at the Supreme Court.

Besides, the more they appeal the more their sentences get reduced.

>>4128141
quote of the month

>>4128141

Pretty badass, IMO.

>>4128082
You know, I'd agree with you.

To a point.

I've seen so many small software companies built around one simple piece of software where they charge waaay too much for it. It's usually something so simple that somebody else could have coded it in a week. Stuff like mouse drivers for OSX and simple video converters for Windows.

Hell, I've even seen people charge for fucking video game emulators. Talk about hypocritical...

>>4128128
AOL UK is actually an excellent ISP. They're owned by carphone warehouse now and if you can get past the shoddy cs the service is great.
I download over 200gb a month with no repurcussions, try doing that on BT or any other big uk provider.

>its been a good run, filesharers, but its over.
back to buying shit
It takes a truly special kind of brain damaged mongoloid with an IQ of potato to think that, because the pirate bay is going bust, every other way to pirate is going bust too. We've pirated since personal computers were commonplace and we'll keep doing it until they aren't.
If data can be copied, it can be distributed. Back to retard ranch with you, those baskets are not going to weave themselves.

>>4128162
>Hell, I've even seen people charge for fucking video game emulators

NO$GBA, is that you?

>>4128128
>>4128138
>>4128126
but thats the great thing, noone fucking uses aol anymore.

they upgraded my service from 512 to 4mb for no fucking reason, i always get full download speed cos they have so many servers that arnt being used, its literally perfect. it used to suck, mind

>>4128147
Actually, I think that depends more on how the service you bought is represented.

Sure, if it's represented as a generic news service, than trying to sue you on "YOU USE USENET" would be an idiotic move.

But if it's represented as "HOLY SHIT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD ALL THE PROGRAMS AND MOVIES YOU WANT SO FAST HERE GOD DAMN", then you can probably make the assumption that the user got the Usenet service to pirate software/movies.

It is circumstantial, but if you were ever brought into court, it'd be a civil case. You'd have to prove you weren't using the service to pirate software.

>>4128186
oh i get that rotating ip thing[forgot its name] and i get no download limits for like 12 quid . its awesome

>>4128184
Doesn't he charge money for the latest edition of No$GBA.

Moar liek $GBA AMIRITE?

>>4128203

indeed. he's charged money for it forever.


that's what i was making reference to.

smart people just use Visualboy advance.

>>4128194
Mine markets itself as reliable way to get discussions up to 365 days old. No marketing about binary content.

>>4128092

>u pay for sex

Er, no. Get a girlfriend, dude.

jesus christ, it's only pirate bay. not only are the MANY more torrent sites, there are many alternatives to torrenting altogether. i have an old standby that no one has mentioned that has been in use before bit torrent and will probably survive after it. and no i won't mention what it is. you can do your own search just like i did years ago.

>its been a good run, filesharers, but its over.
>back to buying shit

lol no, you're just retarded... tpb is ONE bittorrent tracker and it took the feds years to arrest someone. this is just bullshit, nothing will change.

say, is it troll's day today or why are people making up stupid claims on /g/ everywhere?

>>4128258
HURRRR DURRRR

>>4128234
because girlfriends dont cost money brah

it's an easy appeal, they won't serve jail time and will have to pay a fine at the most

>>4128246
It's Limewire isn't it?

Enjoy your fail.

>>4128246
>and no i won't mention what it is. you can do your own search just like i did years ago.

this is why /g/ are faggots

>>4128052
>I don't even remember the guy behind Napster getting jailed. Christ.

i believe the case ended in a settlement and Napster became a legit buyfag site

>>4128093
You mean swedefags.

Under the laws of other countries this case could've ended differently.

THEY WERE ASKING FOR IT

by going all neener neener we are the pirates at the courts and goverment...

political pirate party LOLWTF

retarded shit... should've laid as low as humanly possible

>>4128061
No. Pirates wouldnt have bought it anyway. We just use a differnt tracker

>>4128320
Dumb kids trying to make a statement, basically

>>4128320
yep, EL OH EL

http://thepiratebay.org/legal

>>4128350
who gives a shit...
they were pissing people off left and right. this kinda shit can lead to legislation changes due to RAGE. never a good idea.

>>4128320
Fuck no, that shit was entertaining.

>tpb

Fucking horrible site.
Search is shit, torrents organization is shit, ads infested.
Add to this the childish : "hurr durr we aer teh pirateninja of the freedomship of the intebutts FUCK YERRR u can't touch this gr€€dy corporationz"
Horrible.
THEY WERE ASKING FOR IT.
On the other hand we have sites like mininova that to their job quietly, with a nice interface and very few ads.
That's how you do it.

I bet those fucking american jews are proud of themselves.
Well, guess what fuckers. Nobody will be buying your shit anyways.

>>4128194
1/10.
So are you saying you would have to prove your innocence since there is not enough evidence to prove your guilt?

>>4128405
The Piratebay is a SYMBOL

Be elitist somewhere else

In honor of my fellow pirates we are in a war now a huge war we are now blood brothers and here is a video dedicated to all of you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoNBkHJ4PvE

>>4128513
And he's being elitist about a pub, no less. What a scrub.

TPB is pretty sweet for movies, actually. Music not so much but I still support them in this.

>>4128501
Sadly enough, that's not too far from how it goes.

Money talks bullshit walks.

That's how it has always been. Forget your democracy bullshit. There's no democracy or justice. There's just money and power. TPB got none of that, that's why they've lost.

i go to isohunt.com no problems here

>>4128501
It depends. In a civil court, it's not innocent until proven guilty.

So if you get a bad lawyer, or their side really makes a good case, you could lose on the basis of not proving you weren't doing something illegal.

The main points you'd have to argue:
-Usenet has illegal content. Youtube hosts illegal content- at times- and when the copyright owner notifies the Usenet provider, they remove it. It's legally compliant.
-SSL Encryption- it's to make your discussions private from your ISP. Just like your ISP doesn't have to know your credit card number when you buy stuff from Amazon.com, they don't need to see what you're discussing.
-Encryption on the hard drive. You put work shit on the drive and are required to keep employee, company, and/or client data secure.

Basically, you'd want to make yourself into the little guy who is being bullied by a big media company with broad and unproven accusations.

The RIAA has only ever won one case against an individual filesharer- and they ended up losing the appeal.

If:
-The usenet provider has no logs
-The usenet provider doesn't market itself as a way to get illegal content
-There is no obvious evidence that you downloaded anything.

You'd probably win.

>>4128639
The fuck? That site has no comments

I actually happen to work for the RIAA. I hope all you faggot pirates get taken down.

>>4128796
>I actually happen to work for the RIAA. I hope all you faggot pirates get taken down.

Disregard that, I suck cocks.