The argument slapped onto this page that a Torrent site and Google are the same thing and TPB's ruling is hypocritical is bull!
With this search engine pirate google it takes you a google page that links to the pages on the torrent site. You click the Google result and then go to the torrent site to click and get your warez.
Im all for copyright change and it's revolution (which we have Hulu now), but this site's argument is weak!
I don't think this is a weak argument and I personally HATE that you phrased this as "the same thing" attempting to immediately skew readers' opinions.
There isn't a great analogy that really exists, so here's a fantasy analogy:
Suppose Bernie Madoff obtained new investors through advertising via billboards and word of mouth. TPB here is a direct acquaintence with Madoff and Google is the guy who owns all the billboards. Why would being closer-to-the-source make you more susceptible to prosecution if you can both legitimately claim no knowledge of wrongdoing?
Yes I use to raise the argument saying TPB is doing nothing wrong and blah blah blah. But, TPB would not be what it is today had it not offered a way to connect computers to download COPYRIGHTED material; new movies, CDs, software and other intangible goods the public CLAMORS for yet feels entitled to enjoy it for free because they can.
I no longer use TPB or BitTorrent now there are legal streaming sites, as well as after starting up my venture.
This Google argument to me would not be silly if I was able from the Google search page to click on a torrent link and up pops UTorrent or whatever to begin the download. THat's not the case here!
Sites such as Google offer much the same functionality as The Pirate Bay and other Bit Torrent sites but are not targeted by media conglomerates such as the IFPI as they have the political and legal clout to defend themselves unlike these small independent sites.
Torrent sites provide trackers, host the torrent files themselves, and their sole purpose is the piracy of copyrighted material.
Google and other such search engines walk the web to make searchable the content of the web, and they respect the wishes of the content owners by reading and obeying the robots.txt files found on servers. Furthermore, Google takes down copyrighted material placed on their sites like YouTube.
The difference is vast. The only similarity whatsoever is that both offer a search capability.
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[ 4.0 ms ] story [ 36.9 ms ] threadWith this search engine pirate google it takes you a google page that links to the pages on the torrent site. You click the Google result and then go to the torrent site to click and get your warez.
Im all for copyright change and it's revolution (which we have Hulu now), but this site's argument is weak!
There isn't a great analogy that really exists, so here's a fantasy analogy:
Suppose Bernie Madoff obtained new investors through advertising via billboards and word of mouth. TPB here is a direct acquaintence with Madoff and Google is the guy who owns all the billboards. Why would being closer-to-the-source make you more susceptible to prosecution if you can both legitimately claim no knowledge of wrongdoing?
I no longer use TPB or BitTorrent now there are legal streaming sites, as well as after starting up my venture.
This Google argument to me would not be silly if I was able from the Google search page to click on a torrent link and up pops UTorrent or whatever to begin the download. THat's not the case here!
Torrent sites provide trackers, host the torrent files themselves, and their sole purpose is the piracy of copyrighted material.
Google and other such search engines walk the web to make searchable the content of the web, and they respect the wishes of the content owners by reading and obeying the robots.txt files found on servers. Furthermore, Google takes down copyrighted material placed on their sites like YouTube.
The difference is vast. The only similarity whatsoever is that both offer a search capability.