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[The Floating World]

They shut down.

Anyone know the story behind it?

piratebay are still in full effect. Anyone know any other decent alternatives? I preferrd btjunkie's layout but found that piratebay had pretty much everything btjunkie had, even the same users and peers for each download etc.

[2i2dk1ny2i3]

a lot of File Sharing sites have limited their access since the Megaupload raid:

this article pretty much sums up the main points and Dotcom (guy who legally changed his name) live extravagantly:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-24/megaupload-s-dotcom-in-custody-as-new-zealand-awaits-extradition-request.html

[Carbon]

Google knows why.

[jacksthirty]

Torrentbutler.com
isohunt.com
eztv (.tv?)

[Steelrails]

The Pirate Bay sails on.

[The Floating World]

[Carbon]

Magnet links.

[Steelrails]

[warmachinenkorea]

Why do people think entertainment stuff should be free?

[Underwaterbob]

[Carbon]

[socialjeebus]

However 'voluntarily' it appears to be, it's hard to imagine them closing down without the offer/coercion of an 'immunity' deal.

I'd be shocked if it's anything more than a short-term blip for piracy though.

Kind of like Napster, Emule, etc - all were massive, all were closed down and all were replaced pretty quickly.

There's plenty of countries that simply don't give a shit about coypright (look at Korea - how many places flagrantly violate copyright here - multibangs, stalls in Itaewon, Dongdaemun and Myeongdong). I can get a free 50,000 won coupon to 'legally' download games, music, etc from a Korean site when I go to eat Bibimbap (which I've only paid 5,000 Won for).

Sony even pulled out of the legit DVD sales market here because it couldn't compete with downloads and the stalls you see everywhere.

[Carbon]

[warmachinenkorea]

[socialjeebus]

But how do you know that it's all piracy?

For example, take myself: I spend a fair amount of my time travelling in between the UK, Germany and Korea.

I pay my TV license back in Blighty every year without fail.

I occasionally download odd BBC show via torrent and what not (MOTD, etc).

Now I also have a large CD/LP collection (also in Blighty). None stolen, all paid for.

Say I want to listen to a CD/LP but I don't have it with me and to compound it further I can't find a legit site to download the mp3 from should downloading the torrent still be considered illegal?

I'd suggest that in a significant minority of cases it's more grey than simply black and white.

Yet the media companies want to brand me, a loyal consumer and signifcant contributer to their bottom line, a thief.

I also think it's a little disingenous comparing the physical product with its digital incarnation.

Bizarrely (to me at least) the legit digital product can cost far more than the physical product (especially console games) which is a ridiculous situation. Take PSN for example - I can buy FIFA 12 in any game shop for 40 quid (cheaper if I buy online or shop around a bit) yet PSN want 55 quid. Now how can that be justified, the physical product has manufacturing, labour and distribution costs over and above the neglible costs of storing a digital copy and yet the digital copy is far more expensive.

I would suggest that many technology even collude (either intentionally or unintentionally). Think of the 160gb Ipod Classic, they boast it can hold 40,000 tracks, which at 70p each would cost someone 28,000 quid to fill (or alternatively 3,000 cds).