"Intellectual property" ... yeah. Doesn't exist. More fun should be made of this stupid idea than of the invisible sky wizard.

I imagine that these fake sites will be having serious computer security issues in the next couple days.

I can't imagine Anonymous will take this well, so there really is no need for lawyers.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/08/dog_bites_freetard/

Uh subby, show us where the bad old freetard touched you.

Or maybe it was the dog?

This is too hilarious! I can't stop laughing!

'OMGZZZ, YOU CAN'T COPY US CAUSE, CAUSE... INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY!!!11ONE'. 'Yeah, but, weren't you guys all about how intellectual property laws are a load of bull?'. 'YEAH, BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT CAUSE IT AFFECTS US NOW!!'.

So sunny believes that s phone book us a criminal tool as well?

They don't sound that upset about it. More along the lines of insulted by the quality of copy-cats

It's like ten thousand spoons, when all you need is a bit torrent download of firefly.

Supporters voiced their support of the great Swedish web innovators in their battle against the leechers:

"lats stick it to the man," urges one commenter, called 'Moooog'.

I chuckled.

The sound of one hand clapping: This is too hilarious! I can't stop laughing!

'OMGZZZ, YOU CAN'T COPY US CAUSE, CAUSE... INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY!!!11ONE'. 'Yeah, but, weren't you guys all about how intellectual property laws are a load of bull?'. 'YEAH, BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT CAUSE IT AFFECTS US NOW!!'.

0.5/10 effort, man

The person who wrote the article is an idiot. He linked to another article that supposedly supports his belief system and in it, the writer shows he has no idea of what Creative Common License is.

The Doctorow that tours as a poster boy for Creative Commons licenses that allow photographers' work to be used without permission? The one that "rips off" photographs for his own articles?

Um. No it doesn't.

The sound of one hand clapping: This is too hilarious! I can't stop laughing!

'OMGZZZ, YOU CAN'T COPY US CAUSE, CAUSE... INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY!!!11ONE'. 'Yeah, but, weren't you guys all about how intellectual property laws are a load of bull?'. 'YEAH, BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT CAUSE IT AFFECTS US NOW!!'.

Or you could actually take two seconds to looks past the sensationalist journalism and see that the priatebay is actually upset that scammers are charging users for access to "free" content given that their whole philosophy is that web and intellectual property should be free.

TPB hasn't called in the intellectual property lawyers

That is the key line in the article. Warning your users of imposters who do not have your track record or possibly the best interests of said users in mind is a far cry from a case of "what's good for the goose".

This isn't about intellectual property, it's about protecting users from scams and viruses. These pay-wall scam sites have been around since suprnova.

Chuckus: The sound of one hand clapping: This is too hilarious! I can't stop laughing!

'OMGZZZ, YOU CAN'T COPY US CAUSE, CAUSE... INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY!!!11ONE'. 'Yeah, but, weren't you guys all about how intellectual property laws are a load of bull?'. 'YEAH, BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT CAUSE IT AFFECTS US NOW!!'.

Or you could actually take two seconds to looks past the sensationalist journalism and see that the priatebay is actually upset that scammers are charging users for access to "free" content given that their whole philosophy is that web and intellectual property should be free.

*gong*

Tell the man what he's won!

Booty!

They're not upset over their IP rights, but the fact that a legit-looking place like "ThePirateBay.ee" could be teeming with malware and shiat-- y'know, like "blizzard-wow-register-account.com" is

TeDDD: The sound of one hand clapping: This is too hilarious! I can't stop laughing!

'OMGZZZ, YOU CAN'T COPY US CAUSE, CAUSE... INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY!!!11ONE'. 'Yeah, but, weren't you guys all about how intellectual property laws are a load of bull?'. 'YEAH, BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT CAUSE IT AFFECTS US NOW!!'.

0.5/10 effort, man

Actually, I'd like to just take this opportunity to apologise for my comment. I don't troll and I kinda just did that one as a spur of the moment thing and yeah, my heart wasn't in it and it was crap.

/I feel ashamed now
//I shall sit in the corner for the rest of the thread and speak to no-one

Benjimin_Dover: The person who wrote the article is an idiot.

No, the person who wrote the article is a professional troll.

The sound of one hand clapping: This is too hilarious! I can't stop laughing!

'OMGZZZ, YOU CAN'T COPY US CAUSE, CAUSE... INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY!!!11ONE'. 'Yeah, but, weren't you guys all about how intellectual property laws are a load of bull?'. 'YEAH, BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT CAUSE IT AFFECTS US NOW!!'.

Let's look at the blog post that the "story" references:

A lot of proxies in support of TPB are popping up, which is a good thing.
Yep, they shure are butthurt about it.

We've noticed at least 3 sites that are tricking users to buying access or similar. We do not condone this behaviour, The Pirate Bay is a free service!
So they only have a problem with proxies charging for what TPB provides for free.

We'd want to encourage you to look for a reliable source on where to find a good proxy that works for you. The people at TorrentFreak usually have a good list of updated proxies.
You mean they are actively encouraging users to find sites that use their work? Many they are pissed about copycats.

And if you can reach our original page, you should use that. It's always the safest thing to do.
OMG, they are just trying to protect their users and their reputation. How evil.

It is almost, err, exactly like there wasn't a single reference to intellectual property on the blog post or the TorrentFreak article from which they take a quote out of context (Full quote, excluded text bolded: "Charging money for free downloads is against the whole philosophy of the internets. We do not condone anything like that. This site is a bad copy of other sites, like TPB, and it's totally meaningless. Go for another site,")

SmackLT: Subby didn't add that, that's the name of the link per The Register

Jatsus Christ, you are correct. That is fairly lulzy.

I actually tried downloading from the crap site..it was well...crap.

I still find TPB to be the best bit torrent site around. Is bit torrent still cool or am I out of touch?

Clearly this writer buys into the whole "The poor defenseless MPAA is losing so much money because of piracy" bullshiat. As popular as the Avengers is on the internet, I'm sure it would have probably broken some sales records or something if only there weren't pirated copies floating around the internet or copyrighted images being spread via social networking sites... Oh wait. It destroyed opening weekend records. My bad.

This is a twist... Trademark piracy is more a chinese thing.





I could go on but I have to sort through piles of poorly knocked off Versace looking for the good fakes.

I quit using Pirate Bay when "the man" started suing 12 year old girls. Of course, I never downloaded as much as she might have, but...

Question: Should I start again, would I have any worries?

Don't want to click on a site that call Microsoft "Vole" and Intel "Chipzilla"

Fapinator: "Intellectual property" ... yeah. Doesn't exist. More fun should be made of this stupid idea than of the invisible sky wizard.

Ah yes, the mating call of that creature that says they believe in property rights, but has still found something that someone else has created, that they want to use on their own terms, rather than the terms of the person who created it. (i.e. steal)

/because when they say "we must protect property rights", what they actually mean is: "mineminemineminememememe"

wildcardjack: This is a twist... Trademark piracy is more a chinese thing.

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I could go on but I have to sort through piles of poorly knocked off Versace looking for the good fakes.

You should at least add the "Starfarks" coffee store.

/Not 'farks'
//Yeah, that.
///Bunch of chinese starbucks knockoffs actually

Andrew Orlowski even provides a link to the blog post to demonstrate that he's incorrect.

Is the Register the new Fox News of the United Kingdom or is this old school trolling?

jonas opines: /because when they say "we must protect property rights", what they actually mean is: "mineminemineminememememe"

Copying is not theft. You can't steal what you can't own.

Information wants to be free.

Phinn: jonas opines: /because when they say "we must protect property rights", what they actually mean is: "mineminemineminememememe"

Copying is not theft. You can't steal what you can't own.

Information wants to be free.

Information wants you to stop anthropomorphizing it

jonas opines: Fapinator: "Intellectual property" ... yeah. Doesn't exist. More fun should be made of this stupid idea than of the invisible sky wizard.

Ah yes, the mating call of that creature that says they believe in property rights, but has still found something that someone else has created, that they want to use on their own terms, rather than the terms of the person who created it. (i.e. steal)

/because when they say "we must protect property rights", what they actually mean is: "mineminemineminememememe"

Big ol' pile of THIS!

MusicMakeMyHeadPound: Andrew Orlowski even provides a link to the blog post to demonstrate that he's incorrect.

Is the Register the new Fox News of the United Kingdom or is this old school trolling?

The reg was a good rag a few years ago but but their reporting has seem to have fallen off lately. Me thinks they are spending a little to much time in the pub or they are writing from the pub now.

eas81: The reg was a good rag a few years ago but but their reporting has seem to have fallen off lately. Me thinks they are spending a little to much time in the pub or they are writing from the pub now.

I remember when the BOFH was funny on that site....

Phinn: jonas opines: /because when they say "we must protect property rights", what they actually mean is: "mineminemineminememememe"

Copying is not theft. You can't steal what you can't own.

Information wants to be free.

Great concept, but remind me again how I can afford to put in the time that's required to produce my music if NO ONE IS GONNA PAY FOR IT. Please? Thanks.

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/that said, they can be anti-copyright while being pro-trademark

I don't think you understand the difference between copyright and trademark. One presumes control over people's thoughts and actions while the other deals with trust and validity.

In simpler terms: Copyright is exactly like me telling you you can't put a stick in "my" fire and "steal" "my" fire as if I had a right to prevent you from doing so. Trademark is exactly like me telling you you can't go around impersonating me in order to deceive others.


What these Pirate Bay impersonators are doing is using trademark infringement in order to lying to you so as to trick you into paying them, downloading infected software, etc.


Of all "intellectual property" laws, trademarks are the only reasonably good thing because they deal with protecting everyone from deception, whereas copyright and patent laws deal with protecting only one person's best interest at the expense of society benefiting from that thing.

jonas opines: Ah yes, the mating call of that creature that says they believe in property rights, but has still found something that someone else has created, that they want to use on their own terms, rather than the terms of the person who created it. (i.e. steal)

Fair assumption, but incorrect. I don't infringe others' copyrights (so no downloading from Bittorrent or Rapidshare, etc.). I don't have any opportunities to violate patents or trademarks, but I wouldn't if I did. I don't do these things because I do respect the property rights of others. You can own a copyright, a patent, or a trademark. If someone infringes or violates one of those, they've broken the law.

All I'm saying is that it's impossible to own an idea. That's what the notion of "intellectual property" entails. This is too fine a distinction for most people, which is unfortunate.

The only copyright law I ever break is the DMCA, when I make backups of things I've bought (movies, music, etc.). This entails circumventing DRM, which is against the DMCA.

fnordest: I quit using Pirate Bay when "the man" started suing 12 year old girls. Of course, I never downloaded as much as she might have, but...

Question: Should I start again, would I have any worries?

Always check the comments to see if that particular torrent is being "watched" by an IP owner. More often than not, if someone has gotten a letter from their ISP about the "Millenium Digital Copyright Act" and that they could face legal action if they continue violating it, they'll post it in the comment section for that torrent.

Lord Thorn: Great concept, but remind me again how I can afford to put in the time that's required to produce my music if NO ONE IS GONNA PAY FOR IT. Please? Thanks.

Do it the way that music has been created for thousands of years before the technology existed to record it (and thus to have "laws" about who can copy the recordings) -- charge people to hear you perform it.

If the government gave me a monopoly on the sale of something, I'd make a lot more money than if I had to sell it in a competitive market. However, the fact that I'm going to make more money with a monopoly does not justify the monopoly.

It's not the government's job to make sure your business model is profitable.

Lord Thorn: Phinn: jonas opines: /because when they say "we must protect property rights", what they actually mean is: "mineminemineminememememe"

Copying is not theft. You can't steal what you can't own.

Information wants to be free.

Great concept, but remind me again how I can afford to put in the time that's required to produce my music if NO ONE IS GONNA PAY FOR IT. Please? Thanks.

I've been led to believe that all musicians are drug-addled millionaires. If this is not the case, I hear you can make a pretty good living busking in the subway. This should allow greedy retards to continue pirating music with gleeful abandon.

Lord Thorn: Phinn: jonas opines: /because when they say "we must protect property rights", what they actually mean is: "mineminemineminememememe"

Copying is not theft. You can't steal what you can't own.

Information wants to be free.

Great concept, but remind me again how I can afford to put in the time that's required to produce my music if NO ONE IS GONNA PAY FOR IT. Please? Thanks.

No one?

So I guess iTunes, Amazon, et al are just fig newtons of my imagination?

Lord Thorn: Great concept, but remind me again how I can afford to put in the time that's required to produce my music if NO ONE IS GONNA PAY FOR IT. Please? Thanks.

Are...are you serious?


/Is he serious?

Phinn: Lord Thorn: Great concept, but remind me again how I can afford to put in the time that's required to produce my music if NO ONE IS GONNA PAY FOR IT. Please? Thanks.

Do it the way that music has been created for thousands of years before the technology existed to record it (and thus to have "laws" about who can copy the recordings) -- charge people to hear you perform it.

If the government gave me a monopoly on the sale of something, I'd make a lot more money than if I had to sell it in a competitive market. However, the fact that I'm going to make more money with a monopoly does not justify the monopoly.

It's not the government's job to make sure your business model is profitable.

It's not their job, but they sure make it their job, don't they?

Lord Thorn: Great concept, but remind me again how I can afford to put in the time that's required to produce my music if NO ONE IS GONNA PAY FOR IT. Please? Thanks.

Aw. Are you one of those sad souls who can't get paid for doing what they love and instead has to take a crappy menial job just to get by?

There's a support group for that, you know. It's called EVERYONE and we meet at the bar.

/copied, for maximum irony