This is bad for the BitTorrent users. Suprnova.org was one of the best. :-(
RIP Nova
1 posted on
12/20/2004 1:44:41 PM PST by
KoRn
To: ShadowAce
File Sharing Ping! Bad news.....
2 posted on
12/20/2004 1:46:05 PM PST by
KoRn
To: KoRn
Word to the wise: NEVER use any of those services without first going through an overseas anonymous proxy. The MPAA and RIAA fully intend to start going after users after they've ripped the servers to the ground.
3 posted on
12/20/2004 1:46:34 PM PST by
Prime Choice
(Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ...And no, my powers can only be used for Good.)
To: KoRn
A question, if I may.
If these servers just posted links, why can't BitTorrent users make use of something a little more private, like Usenet or a Frost WOT board?
To: KoRn
So what's the next-best alternative to Supernova?
To: KoRn
What keeps newsgroups from being shut down?
You can download almost any movie, song or game you can think of, and they never even get mentioned.
8 posted on
12/20/2004 1:59:24 PM PST by
TomB
("The terrorist wraps himself in the world's grievances to cloak his true motives." - S. Rushdie)
To: KoRn
This will end up like playing Wack-a-Mole.
10 posted on
12/20/2004 2:10:28 PM PST by
rdb3
(Can I join the Pajamahadeen even if I sleep in the nude?)
To: KoRn
I found the service incredibly useful when I had missed an episode of my favorite television show. I just considered it an alternative to taping the program and fast forwarding through the commercials. A good alternative, as the quality was by far superior to anything a VCR could reproduce and my Philips 642 player played them just dandily.
But as for legal ramifications... Bit Torrent is a bit tricky that way. A user would download a file from Suprnova which would direct the Bit Torrent client to a server of sorts... Downloading the file would not, in itself, be illegal, I assume. The action happens in the Bit Torrent server, but the server is "blind" to what passes through it.
I doubt any enduser of Bit Torrent will get any repercussions, IMO.
APf
13 posted on
12/20/2004 2:38:19 PM PST by
APFel
(Humanity has a poor track record of predicting its own future.)
To: KoRn
Contains info on other Torrent sites.
To: KoRn
30 posted on
02/09/2005 10:46:07 PM PST by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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