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The Pirate Bay will become a pay site
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article published on 17 July, 2009
Recently Global Gaming Factory, the company who announced that they'll acquire The Pirate Bay, hired a former Grokster exec Wayne Rosso to assist with the company with its future plans for TPB. In an interview with CNET News Wayne Rosso outlined GGF's plans for the notorious torrent site.
According to Rosso, GGF plans to build a massive "storage cloud" on top of TPB that would use individual ... [ read the full article ]
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AfterDawn Addict
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17. July 2009 @ 04:55 |
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*shakes head* this will fail miserably as the title no the brand TPB is in direct opposition of orderly content distribution.
Its like turning Youtube into netflex, a bad idea.
Now if they change the name and focus on begin a backbone for legal content distro companies that could work, but the name needs to be changed.
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MummeIi
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17. July 2009 @ 05:59 |
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This will mean TPB isn't TBP anymore..
R.I.P
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AfterDawn Addict
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17. July 2009 @ 06:02 |
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Originally posted by MummeIi:
This will mean TPB isn't TBP anymore..
R.I.P
That was a given since it was sold. Hard to give away crap legally when IP owners are not happy with the ad revenue.
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draxen
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17. July 2009 @ 06:44 |
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They're gonna run into a shed load of legal problems with this. Most ISPs forbid reselling bandwidth for their home users. Secondly if I'm contributing bandwidth then it follows that there's data being transferred and stored on my systems. Will I have any control over what kind of data I get ? What they're sending me might well be illegal where I am, porn in a muslim country for example, anti-government data in about half the worlds nations, nazi crap in Germany, etc etc.
Or I can pay to access content that's being monitored and controlled by Big Entertainment.
Or I can go somewhere else :( This is todays Napster.
So long TPB, it was a hell of a ride for five good years.
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17. July 2009 @ 06:47 |
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Originally posted by draxen:
They're gonna run into a shed load of legal problems with this. Most ISPs forbid reselling bandwidth for their home users. Secondly if I'm contributing bandwidth then it follows that there's data being transferred and stored on my systems. Will I have any control over what kind of data I get ? What they're sending me might well be illegal where I am, porn in a muslim country for example, anti-government data in about half the worlds nations, nazi crap in Germany, etc etc.
Or I can pay to access content that's being monitored and controlled by Big Entertainment.
Or I can go somewhere else :( This is todays Napster.
So long TPB, it was a hell of a ride for five good years.
I thought it was more they provide a service akin to hosting, but its setup like a torrent where bites of information are shared across the network, the information would consist of licensed content from many holders.
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navi1199
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17. July 2009 @ 07:59 |
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you know what i dont get... why do companies make a pirate site that fell on their ass hard, and make it into a paid site... do they think people who came to TPB and actually dled all those stuff are gonna come back and PAY for what they dled? and not to mention the new and improved PAID site usually have nothing good enough to even PAY for... and if it's music.. it fails cause they got nothing we want! *sigh*
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17. July 2009 @ 08:56 |
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just plain crazy - the "good people" will think its a bad place and the "bad people" will move on.
I know that entertainment has to be paid for - my beef is that the current method of individual payment narrows the fields you can explore and favours popularist themes thereby effectively dumbing down enterntainment - its happened with TV Radio and every other medium.
The people controlling companies neither give the public what they really want nor do they provide a culturally diverse spectrum of entertainment - everything is based around "what will generate the most cash" - until this mentality changes we are doomed to deteriorating and inferior entertainment in all media formats - no wonder people want to get it for FREE since 90% of it isnt worth paying for
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cammobus
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17. July 2009 @ 10:16 |
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It already sucks balls .... now one has to enable several other add sites just to get the text description to appear
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cammobus
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17. July 2009 @ 10:23 |
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Originally posted by draxen:
Will I have any control over what kind of data I get ? What they're sending me might well be illegal where I am, porn in a muslim country for example, anti-government data in about half the worlds nations, nazi crap in Germany, etc etc.
I suppose if they were broken into small encrypted chunks so no one had direct access, one might get around local laws ... still at this point IMHO the whole site is going to go down in flaming wreckage
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Mysttic
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17. July 2009 @ 10:34 |
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What will happen is what happens whenever someone comes up with an idea to enforce payment for any type of media. Another group of people will find a different means for file sharing, they will grow as the word spreads out until the day comes where they too get tackled with law suits or jail time.
When will the cycle end? Likely never, as gov't and judicial systems keep getting paid off by record labels and other major companies this battle will always be continuous despite the fact we have better things to spend our tax dollars on.
So in the mean time, Google is oddly our friend as millions of people will search out these means for file sharing. In the mean time we can only hope the gov't listens to the majority of the public including artists that think companies like RIAA are in the wrong, and that there should be another way to work out file-sharing issues that will have the mass public support.
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17. July 2009 @ 11:15 |
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The headline should read "The Pirate Bay will become a distant memory."
RIP, THB. It was fun while it lasted. Say hi to Napster!
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joe777
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17. July 2009 @ 11:19 |
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Well I used TPB for its Unix section and to find the odd song or film, which I may add are all completely legal to download from my country. But I have deleted my account there, as I will not be part of this new regime. I think its all a power struggle thing. The corps are not bothered if TPB guys start up another site. As long as TPB domain is no longer owned or controlled by the boys. Anyway all this nonsense about legal downloads doesnt bother me in the slightest, cause as I said downloading is legal in my country so I will just move elsewhere, as will most others.
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17. July 2009 @ 12:31 |
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One thing I will keep an eye on, just for the fun of it, is the site's Alexa rank. I believe it's peak was somewhere close to 100 (That is, the 100th most popular site on the internet) and is currently at 112, hence their decent ad-revenue.
However, with the site becoming a pay site I wonder how far down it's rank will go.
Peace
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17. July 2009 @ 14:29 |
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RIP Pirate Bay, about the only site that allowed us true freedom fighters to get what we need!!! And before you flame throwers throw me in the brig, let me remind you that if it wasn't for sites like this, some products that are now popular now wouldn't be at all!! - BLUEBOY
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windsong
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17. July 2009 @ 14:39 |
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If anyone sees the any of the Pirate Bay founders walking down the street..walk up to them and slap them in the face for being sellout asshats.
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Demonix90
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17. July 2009 @ 14:46 |
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RIP cannot be said enough. TPB taught me everything I know about computers by giving me access to the programs needed to suffice my hunger for computer engineering. Youtube meets Netflix, LimeWire(or preferably FrostWire) meets iTunes/Zune Store.
We all know the Pirate bay was notorious for providing some pirated content, however this redefined image won't erase that legacy to those unfamiliar with the client. So on top of losing millions of users (seeders), they won't be making 1% of their desired revenue my the next financial quarter. Who would want to join?
Special thanks to the former PB, all seeders, and users who helped me, and I'm sure most of this forums members, for sharing the world. We will friggin miss you.
RIP
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wiseguy0
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17. July 2009 @ 15:56 |
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*moment of silence for TPB...
Now where to? Mininova? Somebody tell me where da party at!
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joe777
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17. July 2009 @ 16:53 |
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Originally posted by wiseguy0:
*moment of silence for TPB...
Now where to? Mininova? Somebody tell me where da party at!
Mininova are all ready putting filters in place. But and this is a very big but, When the bay goes down mininova (the search engine) will be a ghost town, as they index alot of torrents from TPB. So its time to concentrate on your ratios at private or semi private sites. And remember the sharing is caring moto will always survive. You know what they say to the media corps? Share or be shared
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trexxus
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17. July 2009 @ 17:12 |
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There goes the neighborhood!
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jony218
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17. July 2009 @ 19:44 |
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Pirates only have 2 rules, so it will be easy to remember.
1. pirate don't pay for stuff ever.
2. see rule number 1
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def333
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17. July 2009 @ 22:10 |
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it's sad to me that i could not enjoy more of the pirate bay, as i was locked up for a good part of their life, but, nonetheless, it will be a sorely missed public tracker. i think this is a bigger loss than napster --especially since, due to technology, we can dl a lot more than an album, and very quickly at that.
there are other public trackers, tho most are niche, and no one thing will fill this omnibus void.
i need a good tutorial on mule-ing.
RIP TPB
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17. July 2009 @ 22:53 |
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AAAAAAAAH! This sucks. If they make TPB a paysite I'm gonna have to use the other not so good torrent sites! TPB has always had a good medium of movies, music, software, pictures and books. Now I'm gonna have to go to like three different sites every time I can't find what I need. And I agree. If they buy it out it is no longer a pirate site.
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chicnshit
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17. July 2009 @ 23:28 |
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The buyer pay website :(
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pirate4
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18. July 2009 @ 01:35 |
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They went from heroes to assholes.
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18. July 2009 @ 13:30 |
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seriously guys, you're giving TPB too much credit, this has happened before, and yet here we are.
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