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FileSoup torrent admins walk free after prosecution drops case

article published on 26 February, 2011

FileSoup admins ?TheGeeker? and ?Snookered? are now free, after the prosecution in their file-sharing case dropped the charges. The site was founded in 2003 in the UK, and remains one of the longest standing torrent communities. With the decision, it is now the second time UK-based torrent site admins have walked free, following the case of OiNK owner Alan Ellis last year. In 2009, ... [ read the full article ]

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xaznboitx
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_ 		26. February 2011 @ 16:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Even though the site has torrent on their site doesn't mean those two posted all torrents file on the internet. They should really go after people uploading them not a company that supports torrent.
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Interestx
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_ 		27. February 2011 @ 16:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Here's hoping those goons always fall flat on their face here.

I'll believe they are serious about going after those who "facillitate" this so-called theft the day they show

- (a) how making a copy is actually stealing anything tangible

- (b) when they go after Google who do exactly the same thing

- (c) how in the UK this does anything illegal and allows BBC licence payers & Sky movie subscribers to get anything they are not already paying for and

- (d) when they sue Sony et al for a few billion for the burners & blank media they all make for software back-ups (yeah right).
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zxe45
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_ 		28. February 2011 @ 08:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Goodness, what a F up..what with the lawyers going bust, false letters being sent out and now throwing out a case against a site that has torrents on. If i where the copy right holders i would be kicking arse over this. If you think your copyright is breached and you go to the muppets at FAST ( there to help you and this happens) they would be removed from my speed dial and any monies they charge would be stopped..Not sure what happens next, i mean no one says the UK haven for torrent sites..
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