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Michael Jackson and other artists sue The Pirate Bay
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article published on 18 May, 2008
The Web Sheriff has announced today that Michael Jackson, Prince, the Village People, UB40 and the estate of Bob Marley have joined together to sue the infamous torrent tracker The Pirate Bay for alleged losses they have suffered.
Pirate Bay?s admin Brokep wrote in the Pirate Bay blog that ?The common thing for all of these artists of course is that no one listens to them anymore.? Brokep ... [ read the full article ]
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david89
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18. May 2008 @ 22:21 |
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not fully The Pirate Bay fault it's easy blame album or a movie that crappy on piracy for not saling they need making something people want hear or watch plus they don't see the bigger problem like failing encomney in usa high gas prices etc all effects sales. i know there so rich so it don't effect them but people work for jobs don't make as much money as they do it effects them by not having enough money buy latest movie or cd etc
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jetyi83
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18. May 2008 @ 22:34 |
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pirate bay is awesome. I still hope they make their own country. Id donate for the cause.
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18. May 2008 @ 23:19 |
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Lol, they ran out of money to pay for weed and booze, no one listens to their music anymore, so they have to do something! Even if they don't get a cent from TPB, they'll be on the news for a while...
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jove
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19. May 2008 @ 00:25 |
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"And hey Michael - do you want us to pay you in small kids maybe?"
What kind of disrespect is that? I hope he's a teenager so he wont be so embarrassed of himself... damn.
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19. May 2008 @ 00:33 |
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[sarcasm] I think michael from all people shoul sue them, if you analize deep enough, since the pirate bay is up he's life is going through the floor, so they should be the only responsible for this [/sarcasm]
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19. May 2008 @ 00:40 |
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hahaha yeah all dey want is weed money i think suing p2p sites is for those artist goin broke but i can see that piracy does effect them
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19. May 2008 @ 01:04 |
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Originally posted by jove:
"And hey Michael - do you want us to pay you in small kids maybe?"
What kind of disrespect is that? I hope he's a teenager so he wont be so embarrassed of himself... damn.
If Michael had any self-respect, wouldn't be begging for money from TPB! He used to be good, used to be a master of his domain, had it all! Did some excellent music actually, but that's all in the past, it all happened when he used to be black! Now, he's a freak of nature, hasn't done any music in ages,he's forgotten, wants attention again, and money to pay his lawyers fees probably!
Get a job!
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19. May 2008 @ 01:35 |
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Just crazy.
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Craftybox
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19. May 2008 @ 04:25 |
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and the estate of Bob Marley
bob marley , would be turning in his grave.
He didnt care about money...
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nobrainer
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19. May 2008 @ 04:41 |
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A search engine is not illegal in sweden and its also not illegal to link to files hosted on someone else's computer.
The pirate bay is not located in the USA so their law does not apply.
@ Craftybox
copywrite is NOT there to protect the artists or composers its been implemented to screw over all, by the IFPI so they can steal all the revenue. READ THE LINK!
What the IFPI tries to conceal about its origins in fascist Italy Originally posted by hyper:
Not so with the IFPI, the international lobby group of the record industry (closely affiliated with the RIAA). That their 75th anniversary takes place in 2008 is not only ignored by themselves. In fact, they actively try to conceal and suppress information about when and where they was founded. Copyriot today has the pleasure of telling the history that the IFPI does not want you to know ? and of showing how they try to supress it.
the only way to stop anti-consumer ppl is to boycott all their DRM riddled, crippled media and hardware, and who do you boycott, all the companies in my signature as these are the ones making the laws.
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19. May 2008 @ 06:34 |
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Lol, they ran out of money to pay for weed and booze, no one listens to their music anymore, so they have to do something!
Michael Jackson; that's funny. Nobody in their right mind listens to a child molester let alone buy his crappy music. Prince is another freak. Bob Marley's relatives wanna sit on their azzes and colect the industry eqvivalent of a wlfare check for life...
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19. May 2008 @ 06:54 |
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Nobrainer in every post:
blah blah blah i hate *insert company*
backs up hatred with article
then finishes with mentioning "anti-consumer"
Every single reply, its allllways the same and its so annyoing.
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llongtheD
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19. May 2008 @ 08:02 |
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I agree with most of the posts here. A bunch of has beens, going for a little free publicity. They're doing just what the record company's are doing, if they can't get there customers to buy it, sue them. I might even buy CD's again, if I could get a CD with more than one good song, and a bunch of filler formula music.
@pensfan12
at least post something relating to the article dude, no one wants to hear your whining about other members posts.
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SDF_GR
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19. May 2008 @ 08:30 |
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Offtopic
Originally posted by pensfan12:
Nobrainer in every post:
blah blah blah i hate *insert company*
backs up hatred with article
then finishes with mentioning "anti-consumer"
Every single reply, its allllways the same and its so annyoing.
hahah agree, i am surprised tho that he didn't mentioned sony.
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Michael Jackson, Prince, the Village People, UB40 and the estate of Bob Marley
This is the only way that all this fossils can get advertise.
***colorful comments removed***
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19. May 2008 @ 08:30 |
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It's not the end of society, but you can see it from here.
I think the article summed it up pretty nice in one statement...
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?The common thing for all of these artists of course is that no one listens to them anymore.?
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dockk
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19. May 2008 @ 09:26 |
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micheal jacksons skint so hes trying to get cash anywhere
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19. May 2008 @ 09:30 |
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wow this is truly rediculas, I think it's funny though, I would assume that these musicians have people that would represent them like......the RIAA maybe, but yet they are goin after TPB on their own, is maybe cause they have no faith in the RIAA anymore?? Didn't Micheal Jackson just release a new CD? Guess it's time to get in the media again and get his name out there, at least this time there's not child molestaion accusations to go along with it.
Oh ya he moved to anouther country or something. It's to bad so just beat it.
Prince......lol a joke did a superbowl and still can't get record, sales...... your time has passed it's not the 90's anymore.must be cring tears of purple rain. Time to go cry where her horses run free.
UB40 ummmmmm....... Been what a decade or more
The estate of Bob Marley......sad sad sad. Get off your butts and earn a living by doing something other than bunishing people that enjoy the music of the peoples property you take care of. If you took care of the estate instead of dwindleing away all his money you wouldn't care who was getting what for free. Look at Nirvana and Elvis, both dead, but still make money.
Sad sad sad
To those bashing Nobrainer,
Don't get mad at him for being passionate. He hates those companies and is boycotting them. He's actually doing something about it and not sitting back in his chair wondering what he can do ....Hes doing it. You all read the forums, agree that the RIAA, MPAA, IFPA, and the BPI are a bunch of money hungry putz' but yet you sit back and do nothing.
But when somebody does do something you tell him to drop it.
Grow a set.
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19. May 2008 @ 10:01 |
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well, i think the artist are just using this as excuse, they ant making music or much money right now and they just want to sue pirate bay because is easy and they dont have to do much work because everyone who works for the artist does it for them. If they win, they get some moey, if they dont, they be like whatever. They got all the money in the world -_-; they got nothing eles better to do in their time, they are just like the living dead.
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19. May 2008 @ 11:59 |
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I thought it was worth it just hearing that Michael Jackson, Prince and the Village People have joined forces. Sounds like some sort of retarded Justice League.
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19. May 2008 @ 12:03 |
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MJ was a brilliant artist and performer in his time IMO. Unfortunately he's extremely screwed up. It's a shame that his actions overshadow his accomplishments. It's public image. Isn't he holed up somewhere? I think he actually lost everything - even Neverland Ranch and his little love-monkey. Being broke would explain the lawsuit.
Looks like this WebSheriff is hunting for has-beens to back him up. The Bob Marley estate probably doesn't even know what p2p is. I don't think it's a matter of people not listening to them anymore. It's that people don't care about them anymore. Any one of the Village People who honestly depends on sales of music to make a living is probably sniffing glue because they can't afford the crack anymore. Any artist who thinks you can link a downloaded song to lost profit should get out of the business.
Too many people want a free ride.
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goodswipe
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19. May 2008 @ 12:30 |
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Originally posted by pensfan12:
Nobrainer in every post:
blah blah blah i hate *insert company*
backs up hatred with article
then finishes with mentioning "anti-consumer"
Every single reply, its allllways the same and its so annyoing.
Yea, just about as annoying as seeing people like you complain day after day. It really does get old! If you have nothing to contribute to this news article, please keep it to yourself.
They will get nowhere with this lawsuit. Like others have said, it's not illegal to link to D/L's. Also, US law does not apply to people in Sweden. What are they thinking?
Y-M-C-A
Clap your hands folks, c'mon!
Sing it with me!
Y-M-C-A
LMFAO @ the Village People! That stuff shouldn't even be distributed over P2P or any other network for that matter.
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19. May 2008 @ 12:45 |
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LMFAO @ the Village People! That stuff shouldn't even be distributed over P2P or any other network for that matter.
Exactly LOL! That's the equivalent of a freacking virus infesting the network, and the torrents should be reported as "offensive"!
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BludRayne
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19. May 2008 @ 13:11 |
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Originally posted by pensfan12:
Nobrainer in every post:
blah blah blah i hate *insert company*
backs up hatred with article
then finishes with mentioning "anti-consumer"
Every single reply, its allllways the same and its so annyoing.
Lol, yeah, but I agree with him 100%.
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19. May 2008 @ 13:15 |
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Please use the offensive report button if you have a problem with what someone has posted. There are many here very close to violating rule 6...the rules are in my sig if anyone needs a refresher.
SDF_GR, keep the colorful comments to yourself please.
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DVDdoug
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19. May 2008 @ 13:54 |
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bob marley , would be turning in his grave.
He didnt care about money...
So TRUE!!! Musicians & artists don't care about MONEY... All they want is drugs, girls, several expensive cars, a few big houses around the world, lots of "bling", and fame...
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