MPAA goes after Newsgroups and Torrents

[Blizzard]

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/23...lawsuits_.html

They are going after Binary Newsgroup Indexers not ISP NNTP providers.

Today?s lawsuits mark the first time the MPAA is taking action against sites that enable users of Newsgroups to easily find and download illegal content. Newsgroups are electronic bulletin boards which in recent years have become a major source of pirated content as users are able to attach movie, music and games files to their messages. The following is a list of the sites being sued by the MPAA and its member companies.

Isohunt.com, BTHub.com and TorrentBox.com: These related Torrent sites facilitate downloads of over 140,000 content items, including popular movies and television shows such as Wedding Crashers, Lost and Desperate Housewives.

TorrentSpy.com is the world?s most-visited site for obtaining infringing content using Torrent software. The site offers over 160,000 content items including 27,182 movies, 21,130 TV shows and over 45,000 music items.

NiteShadow.com has over 24,000 registered members and offers over 1,000 science-fiction TV and movie content including Battlestar Galactica, Quantum Leap, Sliders, Stargate, Babylon 5 and multiple Star Trek series.

eDonkey: Ed2k-It.com is a leading eDonkey site, with over 46,000 registered site members. eDonkey sites provide easy one-click access to specific content items on their peer-to-peer network.

Newsgroups: NZB-Zone.com, BinNews.com and DVDRs.net are membership-based websites that enable users of Newsgroups to initiate easy downloads of infringing content. NZB-Zone offers over 3.3 million files, including Star Wars Episode III, Wedding Crashers, Chronicles of Narnia, 40 Year-Old Virgin and King Kong; BinNews.com offers files for over 3,000 movies; and DVDRs.net has over 37,000 members.

[Jakke PNG]

Does this mean that a certain unnamed sponsor who almost skinned the board already are walking on some hot coal?

[Blizzard]

This site is probably next on the hitlist:

http://www.newzbin.com/browse/cat/p/movies/dvd/

Woohoo check this shit out:

http://www.newzbin.com/browse/cat/p/xxx/

All posts in Orange are posted TODAY.

[Manowar]

Originally Posted by TeenGodFather

Does this mean that a certain unnamed sponsor who almost skinned the board already are walking on some hot coal?

hopefully

[MontrealPimp]

http://www.torrentlounge.com

[jacked]

Originally Posted by TeenGodFather

Does this mean that a certain unnamed sponsor who almost skinned the board already are walking on some hot coal?

i'd say so... they know whats comming and thats why there kissing everyones ass right now, if the RIAA wins this which i'm sure they will with the amount of financial backing they have... it might put them in some really hot water bye bye goober

[AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE]

Over 5 Million dollars a month ise made each month with stolen adult content alone probably more.

I cant imagine what these thieves do to mainstream in damage.

The shit has to stop, its not right.
Its blatant theft with a clever excuse. Well that excuse is becomming not so clever really in the eyes of the law.

[chazer]

big whoop, more will spring up. kill 1, 2 will appear to take it's place.

[Jakke PNG]

Originally Posted by chazer

big whoop, more will spring up. kill 1, 2 will appear to take it's place.

Don't kill one, there's still 2 more.
2's better than 3.

[pr0]

Originally Posted by chazer

big whoop, more will spring up. kill 1, 2 will appear to take it's place.

bingo, until its put up in a cheaper & easier form...i.e. itunes

[Blizzard]

Originally Posted by chazer

big whoop, more will spring up. kill 1, 2 will appear to take it's place.

I guess we shouldn't kill child porn sites either, since more will replace them.

[stereolab]

Originally Posted by Blizzard

This site is probably next on the hitlist:

http://www.newzbin.com/browse/cat/p/movies/dvd/

Woohoo check this shit out:

http://www.newzbin.com/browse/cat/p/xxx/

All posts in Orange are posted TODAY.

wow, i'm suprised that wasn't the first one hit. those guys are pretty popular.

and i suppose the premium newsgroup services are using the 'network neutrality' "we're an ISP" type of argument?

[Pornwolf]

[Blizzard]

Originally Posted by chazer

big whoop, more will spring up. kill 1, 2 will appear to take it's place.

LOL, just did a background search on this guy, I don't see a single post in a non-surfer thread and is a user of torrent sites and warez IRC channels

[dinkz]

Here's some funny reading: http://thepiratebay.org/legal.php

[chupacabra]

Originally Posted by stereolab

wow, i'm suprised that wasn't the first one hit. those guys are pretty popular.

and i suppose the premium newsgroup services are using the 'network neutrality' "we're an ISP" type of argument?

i'm not sure if newzbin falls under the same catagory of the other NNTP indexers, as they only list/index what is on the myriad newsgroup servers themselves, and don't offer any provision for downloading the files through their service, unlike GUBA and their ilk..

[Michael O]

Originally Posted by AlienQ

Over 5 Million dollars a month ise made each month with stolen adult content alone probably more.

I cant imagine what these thieves do to mainstream in damage.

The shit has to stop, its not right.
Its blatant theft with a clever excuse. Well that excuse is becomming not so clever really in the eyes of the law.

Games being available for download before they are released probably don't help sale