Torrent sites do NOT steal content!

The founders of bittorrent tracking site and Scandinavian anti-copyright activist icon The Pirate Bay say they intend to continue their crusade against those in favour of tight file sharing legislation by re-opening the SuprNova.org website.

SuprNova was closed in 2004 following extensive lobbying by bodies such as the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), resulting in legal threats that saw the site close down overnight. SuprNova was a central location for users to find bittorrent information, with the MPAA and other organisations accusing it of encouraging copyright theft by hosting information to allow download unauthorised copies of movies, games, music and TV programs, accusations also leveled at The Pirate Bay.

The Pirate Bay founders say the re-opening of SuprNova will send a message to DRM activists that although file sharing can be suppressed, it cannot be destroyed. "We want to send a finger to the ones who try to stop sites like SuprNova and The Pirate Bay," says Pirate Bay founder Peter Sunde. "It's not right to close them down and this is proof that you can't.

I think this is the first time in history that any closed file-sharing site has returned and that's just awesome for us to be part of." The site will re-open as an index of torrents and will not necessarily host its own trackers but instead point users to third party sites who host them.

It will also feature a user-friendly interface that will allow those unfamiliar with bittorrent technology to just click a file and have it automatically loaded to a client program and downloaded. Sunde says that the site will also have no censorship at all, allowing any content to be listed and found.

Although this may see it hosting dubious content such as child pornography, Sunde is adamant that the lack of restriction is a direct expression of the free speech platform the Pirate Bay has come to represent. No date has been given for the re-launch of the site.

booooorrringg....

You are joking right? My guess is that you operate torrent sites and try to convince yourself that you are not a criminal... but wait, how come you can't host your fucking sites in the US then? LOL.

he has a point, i was just to lazy to start a thread lol


torrent site owners just put up links to apps/movies/what ever that other users put up, they dont host it, the seeder does, and the seeder is not the owners

no, but they are about as fucking worthless, and I say this because they make you jump through hoops to have anything taken down, and sometimes they won't unless you send them a certified cease and desist.

Torrent sites make me think of the sort of motels that rent by the hour.

so you think they don't know that the things they are linking to isn't stolen/unauthorized content?

So if I have a link to CP on my site does that mean Im not responsible for it? Since Im not hosting it I should be able to do it right?

lol They are actually bringing SuprNova back? What a slap in the face.

don't feed the trolls

Torrent sites are like the guy on the sidewalk that says "you want to buy some crack?" and then takes you to the crack house to buy it. He is directly involved in the sale of drugs. Torrent sites are directly involbed in the conspiracy to distribute copyrighted material without a license. You don't have to actually host the material to be part of the process.

Oh my god I just found a bunch of Red Light District videos on this awesome torrent tracker.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...nt&btnG=Search

Nice nick ..............

Gee Sleazy...er, 21clicks. Try not to be so condescending, or if you must, at least make an effort to spell correctly, idiot!

Your argument is akin to Napster's argument, and the argument that was put out by Lar's music sharing site. In the end they both got nailed and had to pay a ton of money in settlements and change their operations.

The same fate awaits these Torrent scammers and those that aid and abet them...

ADG

lol @ the nick....