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MPAA celebrates fall of The Pirate Bay

31 May 2006 18:14 by Ben "Lethal_B" Reid | 118 comments

Just hours after popular BitTorrent Tracker ThePirateBay.org's servers were seized in a raid by Swedish police earlier today, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) issued a somewhat gleeful press release.

Within the document, it stated that The Pirate Bay is one of the world�s largest and most well known, "facilitators of online piracy", and that there are now, "no safe harbors," for such sites.

"The actions today taken in Sweden serve as a reminder to pirates all over the world that there are no safe harbors for Internet copyright thieves," said Dan Glickman, Chairman & CEO of the MPAA. "Intellectual property theft is a problem for film industries all over the world and we are glad that the local government in Sweden has helped stop The Pirate Bay from continuing to enable rampant copyright theft on the Internet."

John Malcolm, Executive Vice President and Director of Worldwide Anti-Piracy Operations for the MPAA said, "The bottom line is that the operators of the Pirate Bay and others like them are criminals who profit handsomely by facilitating the distribution of millions of copyrighted creative works and files protected under the law."

He added, "We applaud Swedish law enforcement for their effort to stop egregious copyright infringement on The Pirate Bay."

The full Press Release can be read here.

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sammorris (AfterDawn Addict) 31 July 2006 0:11
You won't catch me using Vista till there's a workaround, and there so will be. With Windows there's a chance I might not be able to ue my computer, with mac or linux I'll NEVER be able to use my PC for what I want it to do!!! Athlon X2 4200+, Zalman CNPS7000Alcu, Asus A8N-SLi SE, 2GB (2x1024MB) Corsair PC3200 CAS3, WD Raptor 37GB, Seagate Barracuda 250GB NCQ, Sapphire 512MB Radeon X1900XT, NEC-ND4570, LG DVD-ROM, NZXT Lexa, Hiper Type-R 580W. See her at: http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/4346/10061530in.jpg [ + quote]
tycobb (Senior Member) 31 July 2006 0:15
Mean while we're all broke as hell. These days there is always some "new" technology that's supposedly so much better than the one they came out with just 3 months ago.First HDTV 720p now it's 1080p it's going to keep going up dude."HT technology" see what I mean. These are the companies I'm supposed to feel sorry for when they get a dose of there own medicine(piracy) and get hosed down like they do us. pc games with gamepad support by tycobb. http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/360823 [ + quote]
sammorris (AfterDawn Addict) 31 July 2006 0:16
Actually I seem to recall 720 and 1080 HD coming out at similar times. Nobody says you NEED 1080p, you could just use a normal TV! Athlon X2 4200+, Zalman CNPS7000Alcu, Asus A8N-SLi SE, 2GB (2x1024MB) Corsair PC3200 CAS3, WD Raptor 37GB, Seagate Barracuda 250GB NCQ, Sapphire 512MB Radeon X1900XT, NEC-ND4570, LG DVD-ROM, NZXT Lexa, Hiper Type-R 580W. See her at: http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/4346/10061530in.jpg [ + quote]
tycobb (Senior Member) 31 July 2006 0:16
Sorry for the rant lol. pc games with gamepad support by tycobb. http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/360823 [ + quote]
tycobb (Senior Member) 31 July 2006 0:19
True. It's just marketing gimmics ,but I was making an example. I don't have HDTV yet but I will get one when they are more affordable. pc games with gamepad support by tycobb. http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/360823 [ + quote]
sammorris (AfterDawn Addict) 31 July 2006 0:21
As a matter of fact we do, but not through choice, we won it! Lol it's not "HD ready" though, just HD compatible, i.e. it's 1366x768 and has component, but not HDMI or DVI. Athlon X2 4200+, Zalman CNPS7000Alcu, Asus A8N-SLi SE, 2GB (2x1024MB) Corsair PC3200 CAS3, WD Raptor 37GB, Seagate Barracuda 250GB NCQ, Sapphire 512MB Radeon X1900XT, NEC-ND4570, LG DVD-ROM, NZXT Lexa, Hiper Type-R 580W. See her at: http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/4346/10061530in.jpg [ + quote]
tycobb (Senior Member) 31 July 2006 0:27
Well that's cool you won it.Componant can reach 1080p anyways so no worries.You'll just need a set top box for the signal no biggie. If pirates hurt sales so much than why are movies making so much at the box office.Take the new pirates of the caribbian for example breaking box office records.You buy something on vhs, then you buy it on dvd, now they want you to rebuy it on bluray I don't think so.I'll just get the DivX one lol. pc games with gamepad support by tycobb. http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/360823 [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 31 July 2006 0:27
sammorris (AfterDawn Addict) 31 July 2006 0:29
The simple answer is they don't. It's under 1% in most cases. Athlon X2 4200+, Zalman CNPS7000Alcu, Asus A8N-SLi SE, 2GB (2x1024MB) Corsair PC3200 CAS3, WD Raptor 37GB, Seagate Barracuda 250GB NCQ, Sapphire 512MB Radeon X1900XT, NEC-ND4570, LG DVD-ROM, NZXT Lexa, Hiper Type-R 580W. See her at: http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/4346/10061530in.jpg [ + quote]
craykidd (Newbie) 31 July 2006 0:30
quote:" now they have their own anti-virus and they make us pay!!!! Wtf so now they have an incentive for viruses to be out there I wouldn't be surprised if they made some to boost sales j/k. " Truth be told, they wouldn't be the first to pull that stunt...rumours have been around regarding a couple of other AV companies for a while now [ + quote]
sammorris (AfterDawn Addict) 31 July 2006 0:32
Which ones then? Athlon X2 4200+, Zalman CNPS7000Alcu, Asus A8N-SLi SE, 2GB (2x1024MB) Corsair PC3200 CAS3, WD Raptor 37GB, Seagate Barracuda 250GB NCQ, Sapphire 512MB Radeon X1900XT, NEC-ND4570, LG DVD-ROM, NZXT Lexa, Hiper Type-R 580W. See her at: http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/4346/10061530in.jpg [ + quote]
xhardc0re (Senior Member) 31 July 2006 0:32
speaking of M$ & their anti-virus, I never heard of so many bugs/worms in Win98 and previous versions like I do XP. WTF did the Windows Metafile exploit come from? There are still ppl who have legal ver of Windoze with unpatched systems. People are getting pwned because M$ has a $h*tty OS filled with all kinds of bad programing. Linux & MAC don't have this problem. Not because the hackers aren't interested, but because M$ OS = rootkit enabled LOL [ + quote]
tycobb (Senior Member) 31 July 2006 0:33
@ sammoris really? Wow I didn't know that.So all this fuss over a tiny 1% geez it goes to show you how selfish they are.I think they spend more in the courts and on the technology to try and prevent us then what it's worth. pc games with gamepad support by tycobb. http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/360823 [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 31 July 2006 0:33
sammorris (AfterDawn Addict) 31 July 2006 0:33
No, XP is very insecure, since it's more complex it has more holes! Athlon X2 4200+, Zalman CNPS7000Alcu, Asus A8N-SLi SE, 2GB (2x1024MB) Corsair PC3200 CAS3, WD Raptor 37GB, Seagate Barracuda 250GB NCQ, Sapphire 512MB Radeon X1900XT, NEC-ND4570, LG DVD-ROM, NZXT Lexa, Hiper Type-R 580W. See her at: http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/4346/10061530in.jpg [ + quote]
sammorris (AfterDawn Addict) 31 July 2006 0:34
For the big releases it's 2-3% tops. It's not worth the hassle, but the MPAA obviously feel it is. They don't give a bean back to the record producers, they just sit there making a big pile of cash out of both parties. Athlon X2 4200+, Zalman CNPS7000Alcu, Asus A8N-SLi SE, 2GB (2x1024MB) Corsair PC3200 CAS3, WD Raptor 37GB, Seagate Barracuda 250GB NCQ, Sapphire 512MB Radeon X1900XT, NEC-ND4570, LG DVD-ROM, NZXT Lexa, Hiper Type-R 580W. See her at: http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/4346/10061530in.jpg [ + quote]
tycobb (Senior Member) 31 July 2006 0:38
Well now I really don't feel bad for them.It's a drop in the bucket for gods sake.Look at 50 cent(rapper) he's the most pirated guy out right now but yet he's the biggest seller. Sometimes you have to spend a little in order to make something.It's free publicity.Folks who pirate 50 then tell there friends how hot it is and then those friends go out and buy his album. pc games with gamepad support by tycobb. http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/360823 [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 31 July 2006 0:39
sammorris (AfterDawn Addict) 31 July 2006 0:44
Precisely, and in any case, people (with music, anyway) usually only pirate what they want or someone else wants. So people only pirate what people would buy. Piracy is only a problem if people would buy something, and if they would buy it, other people WILL buy it, so the problem cures itself! Athlon X2 4200+, Zalman CNPS7000Alcu, Asus A8N-SLi SE, 2GB (2x1024MB) Corsair PC3200 CAS3, WD Raptor 37GB, Seagate Barracuda 250GB NCQ, Sapphire 512MB Radeon X1900XT, NEC-ND4570, LG DVD-ROM, NZXT Lexa, Hiper Type-R 580W. See her at: http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/4346/10061530in.jpg [ + quote]
tycobb (Senior Member) 31 July 2006 0:50
Yeah I aggree me personally though I have stuff I would have never paid for if it wern't free. @xhardcore I use avast anti-virus it's free and does a great job.Try it out. I was wondering how I can play games and use apps without windows.Most only run on windows unfortunately. pc games with gamepad support by tycobb. http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/360823 [ + quote]
sammorris (AfterDawn Addict) 31 July 2006 0:50
That's exactly the point I was making. Athlon X2 4200+, Zalman CNPS7000Alcu, Asus A8N-SLi SE, 2GB (2x1024MB) Corsair PC3200 CAS3, WD Raptor 37GB, Seagate Barracuda 250GB NCQ, Sapphire 512MB Radeon X1900XT, NEC-ND4570, LG DVD-ROM, NZXT Lexa, Hiper Type-R 580W. See her at: http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/4346/10061530in.jpg [ + quote]
tycobb (Senior Member) 31 July 2006 0:56
Oh ok.Well I gotta go it's like 5.00 a.m where I live, plus some idiot needs help on one of the other threads. See ya around. pc games with gamepad support by tycobb. http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/360823 [ + quote]
sammorris (AfterDawn Addict) 31 July 2006 0:57
Some idiot? That's not very nice! Show me where and I may be able to help. 5am, honestly, what's with the people on this site??? Athlon X2 4200+, Zalman CNPS7000Alcu, Asus A8N-SLi SE, 2GB (2x1024MB) Corsair PC3200 CAS3, WD Raptor 37GB, Seagate Barracuda 250GB NCQ, Sapphire 512MB Radeon X1900XT, NEC-ND4570, LG DVD-ROM, NZXT Lexa, Hiper Type-R 580W. See her at: http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/4346/10061530in.jpg [ + quote]
tycobb (Senior Member) 31 July 2006 1:04
Nah I already helped him.Well I'm not actually mean to them or anything lol.Sometimes you see the same question so often that you wonder why they created the seach function,But I'm always nice cause they don't know any better. I woke up about 3pm yesterday I'm jobless right now so that should explain it.Peace out. pc games with gamepad support by tycobb. http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/360823 [ + quote]
sammorris (AfterDawn Addict) 31 July 2006 1:05
Ah right, then you're forgiven LOL! I do share your irritance when you see the same questions over and over. Athlon X2 4200+, Zalman CNPS7000Alcu, Asus A8N-SLi SE, 2GB (2x1024MB) Corsair PC3200 CAS3, WD Raptor 37GB, Seagate Barracuda 250GB NCQ, Sapphire 512MB Radeon X1900XT, NEC-ND4570, LG DVD-ROM, NZXT Lexa, Hiper Type-R 580W. See her at: http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/4346/10061530in.jpg [ + quote]
xhardc0re (Senior Member) 31 July 2006 15:05
Anyone been following this thread?: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/371035 [ + quote]
craykidd (Newbie) 31 July 2006 19:48
qoute: "Which ones then?" Symantec is one that comes to mind - suspicions have surrounded them for some time [ + quote]
sammorris (AfterDawn Addict) 31 July 2006 23:00
I'd be very surprised of that were true of NAV, their programs aren't great any more, but I highly doubt they're doing anything underhand. [ + quote]
tycobb (Senior Member) 1 August 2006 1:45
It'd be nice to see a link to that so I could read it.I'm just curious... pc games with gamepad support by tycobb. http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/360823 [ + quote]