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 Jun 30 2009, 12:50 PM
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http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/30/ha...iven-up-piracy/ |
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Jun 30 2009, 01:51 PM
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 Bleepin' Night Watchman Group: Moderator Posts: 4,165 Joined: 5-December 05 From: The City of Saint Francis, by the western sea Member No.: 43,307 |
Bugger all.
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Jul 1 2009, 12:08 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 457 Joined: 14-November 05 From: Tampa, FL Member No.: 40,546 |
 I didn't think that was even possible. What the heck are they buying?! This post has been edited by Newb4Life: Jul 1 2009, 12:15 AM -------------------- “Technology does not drive change -- it enables change.” -Unknown |
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Jul 1 2009, 01:05 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 475 Joined: 20-May 07 Member No.: 131,991 |
Heh, I never liked that site anyways.
I'm guessing they'll just let demonoid and isohunt take the brunt of the fallout users, but that site will no longer be popular... it'll fall out worse than a lot of buyouts. -------------------- Q6600, 4GB g-skill, 8800GT, P5N-D motherboard  My art |
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Jul 1 2009, 12:14 PM
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 Distinguished Member Group: Members Posts: 636 Joined: 12-August 08 From: Steel City, UK Member No.: 229,510 |
It seems they (GGF) have a good credible plan to keep Pirate Bay alive by paying Users to share files, it seems their plan is to take the strain off ISP's Networks and use the network of File Sharers to download digital content in the future.
QUOTE The new owners of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay say users will be paid for sharing files. Global Gaming Factory (GGF) paid 60m kronor (£4.7m) to take over the site. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, GGF's Hans Pandeya said that the only way to beat illegal file-sharing was to make something more attractive. "We are going to set up a system where the file-sharer actually makes money," he said. The full story link is here - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8128551.stm EDIT: From what I read into it these files will be hosted legally and the content owners will be paid, but I'm not sure how, the best I can think of is that either the Content Owners host the original file and get payment for it then the users who have downloaded it share the file to aid in downloads and thus relieve strain off ISP Networks and get a small payment, where this money comes from I don't know or the company GGF get rights to sell the song or content similar to Apple or Nokia and then charges the user to download the content and then pays them to share the file so relieve strain off the ISP Networks. Although obviously it will never be as simple as that, just a guess really on how it may work. This post has been edited by woodyblade: Jul 1 2009, 12:22 PM -------------------- Murphy's Law: If Anything Can Go Wrong, It Will, Often At The Worst Possible Time.
“Programming Today Is A Race Between Software Engineers Stirring To Build Bigger And Better Idiot-Proof Programs, And The Universe Trying To Produce Bigger And Better Idiots. So Far, The Universe Is Winning.” People Have The Right To Be Stupid, But Some Abuse That Privilege. |
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Jul 2 2009, 07:09 AM
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 Bleepin' Psychopomp Group: Members Posts: 1,382 Joined: 21-February 08 From: UK Member No.: 191,594 |
I, like many others i presume, cannot see this business adventure working......
The majority of people using sites such as The Pirate Bay do not re-share the files they download and will not pay for access to the files. They will just go elsewhere to download what they want. -------------------- ~ E-Mu ~
"Emu, You Moo, We All Moo for Emu!" <-- Thanks to Animal "If at first you don't succeed; call it version 1.0" |
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Jul 2 2009, 07:41 AM
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 "Bleepin' Aussie Addict" Group: Members Posts: 2,419 Joined: 14-October 06 From: SYDNEY-AUSTRALIA Member No.: 90,018 |
TPB
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Jul 2 2009, 09:55 AM
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Distinguished Member Group: Members Posts: 636 Joined: 12-August 08 From: Steel City, UK Member No.: 229,510 |
QUOTE(E-Mu @ Jul 2 2009, 01:09 PM)  I, like many others i presume, cannot see this business adventure working...... The majority of people using sites such as The Pirate Bay do not re-share the files they download and will not pay for access to the files. They will just go elsewhere to download what they want. Same here I can't see how it is going to work, yeah they probably don't re-share the file after they have downloaded it, having looked at Pirate Bay it seems they have Leechers on the torrents which I assume means those who haven't re-shared the file properly? EDIT: (This is talking "hypothetically") This post has been edited by woodyblade: Jul 2 2009, 09:57 AM -------------------- Murphy's Law: If Anything Can Go Wrong, It Will, Often At The Worst Possible Time.
“Programming Today Is A Race Between Software Engineers Stirring To Build Bigger And Better Idiot-Proof Programs, And The Universe Trying To Produce Bigger And Better Idiots. So Far, The Universe Is Winning.” People Have The Right To Be Stupid, But Some Abuse That Privilege. |
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Jul 2 2009, 02:25 PM
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 Forum Regular Group: HJT Junior Classmen Posts: 152 Joined: 25-August 08 Member No.: 233,250 |
bleh, pirate bay has really been nearly useless for some time now, horrible organization, horrible turnaround on removing dead torrents and other issues. granted, it's not like they were being paid to do it, or that there enough people maintaining it like it should have been given the volume of users that use it. I switched to demonoid long ago and never looked back.
we all knew TPB would go the way of the dodo eventually... it was just a matter of time. long live demonid (let's not have a scare like we did a while ago  )
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Jul 2 2009, 02:42 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 30-December 08 From: United Kingdom Member No.: 275,855 |
oh no, TPB was one of my fav torrent sites!!!!
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Jul 2 2009, 07:02 PM
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 Forum Addict Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,825 Joined: 28-September 06 From: New York Member No.: 87,553 |
Haha, yep, TPB is now going to fail.
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Jul 3 2009, 05:35 AM
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Bleepin' Psychopomp Group: Members Posts: 1,382 Joined: 21-February 08 From: UK Member No.: 191,594 |
QUOTE(woodyblade @ Jul 2 2009, 03:55 PM) it seems they have Leechers on the torrents which I assume means those who haven't re-shared the file properly? A Leecher is someone who is downloading a file/torrent from someone who is seeding. A Seeder is someone who already has the file and is allowing it to be uploaded from their computer. Majority of users on open sites like TPB will just leach the file and then cancel it from seeding to save bandwidth. Privite member sites usually enforce a ratio, I've seen them at about 0.9, so if you download 1Gb, you must uploading at least 900Mb. If the ratio falls below what is expected then downloading is cut until the ratio is back on track. -------------------- ~ E-Mu ~
"Emu, You Moo, We All Moo for Emu!" <-- Thanks to Animal "If at first you don't succeed; call it version 1.0" |
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Jul 4 2009, 12:44 AM
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 I can see what you post! Group: Members Posts: 6,469 Joined: 14-February 05 Member No.: 12,053 |
Looks like the buyout might not go as planned:
QUOTE There was a lot of reaction to the sale of The Pirate Bay. Many wanted their accounts deleted, others merely expressed disappointment. One report, however, points out a reaction of a different sort. As a result, the sale could stall. One of the founders of The Pirate Bay suggested that one could buy a share in The Pirate Bay, but were people buying shares a little too early? That’s what Aktietorget is trying to find out after the stocks for the buyer, Global Gaming Factory, went up before the announcement of the acquisition. The Pirate Bay Sale Halted on Suspicion of Insider Trading -------------------- |
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Jul 5 2009, 12:27 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 30-December 08 From: United Kingdom Member No.: 275,855 |
yay, maybe this will make them think twice about buying TPB, if not then i need to get my account deleted, i guess i will be moving to demonoid or something.
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Jul 6 2009, 03:17 PM
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 Forum Addict Group: Members Posts: 1,566 Joined: 5-February 09 From: USA Member No.: 291,776 |
I thought TPB would simply go away since the big lawsuit loss !
"Pirate Bay Loses A Lawsuit: Court jails Pirate Bay founders" [Posted on Friday, April 17 2009 ] "Swedish court sentences four co-founders of notorious download site The Pirate Bay to a year in jail and a $3.6m fine." http://www.cjreport.com/news/5363/pirate-b...y-founders.html [fixed a typo] This post has been edited by fairjoeblue: Jul 6 2009, 03:18 PM -------------------- OCZ StealthXstream 700W,Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R , Xeon 3070, Arctic Freezer Pro 7, 2GB G.Skill PC8500,Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 [512MB], Seagate 250GB SATA II X2 in RAID 0, Samsung SATA DVD burner.
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