With the introduction of pvrs hard drive recorders with usb slots, tivo sky boxes etc isn't that already tempting to commit piracy? That it is so easy to reproduce programs and films on multiple devices. Isn't it about not going after the person but the companies who make the equipment... but then that is silly.. Amstrad double cassette recorder all over again.
When south park creators put south park online for people to view for free has it hurt their merchandising sales in the long run? So make a film put it online for free to watch, now market it as if you want the whole cinema/3d imax expereince go watch it there (which you pay for).. and see how it changes peoples viewing downloading habits. etc ...
I was talking about DVDs/Blu-Rays, not content that gets broadcast on TV. The quality of broadcasts might reach to the level of Blu-Ray if the content was being delivered through cables under the ground through an extremely strong network. I'm guessing on the quality bit because I've not seen the quality of cable TV broadcasts.
The US government has agreed to pay $50m (£31m) after it was said to have pirated "thousands" of copies of military software.
Apptricity, based in Texas, has provided logistics programs to the army since 2004.
The company said it had discovered last year the software had been installed on many more machines than had been licensed.
The Department of Justice has not commented on the settlement.
The Dallas Morning News reported a DoJ spokeswoman had confirmed the agreement, but would not give more details.
Apptricity's software allows the military to track the movements of soldiers as well as key supplies.
It has also been used during relief efforts, most notably in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake.
According to court documents filed in 2012, the deal with the military meant up to 500 named users could access the software.
Presentation revelation
Apptricity later estimated that 9,000 users were accessing the program, in addition to the 500 that had been paid for.
The unauthorised copying only came to light after a US Army official mentioned "thousands" of devices running the software during a presentation on technology.
Apptricity called for $224m (£137m) to be paid to cover costs.
The settlement of $50m falls some way short - but in a statement the company said Apptricity would spend the sum on expanding the company.
"Apptricity is now incredibly energised to use the settlement resolution as a catalyst for aggressive investment in our team, our solutions and our untapped market opportunities," said Randy Lieberman, Apptricity's chief financial officer.
In recent years, the US government has stepped up efforts to combat piracy, announcing a wide-ranging strategy for clamping down in 2010.
"Piracy is theft, clean and simple," remarked vice-president Joe Biden at the time.
The US government has agreed to pay $50m (£31m) after it was said to have pirated "thousands" of copies of military software.
Apptricity, based in Texas, has provided logistics programs to the army since 2004.
The company said it had discovered last year the software had been installed on many more machines than had been licensed.
The Department of Justice has not commented on the settlement.
The Dallas Morning News reported a DoJ spokeswoman had confirmed the agreement, but would not give more details.
Apptricity's software allows the military to track the movements of soldiers as well as key supplies.
It has also been used during relief efforts, most notably in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake.
According to court documents filed in 2012, the deal with the military meant up to 500 named users could access the software.
Presentation revelation
Apptricity later estimated that 9,000 users were accessing the program, in addition to the 500 that had been paid for.
The unauthorised copying only came to light after a US Army official mentioned "thousands" of devices running the software during a presentation on technology.
Apptricity called for $224m (£137m) to be paid to cover costs.
The settlement of $50m falls some way short - but in a statement the company said Apptricity would spend the sum on expanding the company.
"Apptricity is now incredibly energised to use the settlement resolution as a catalyst for aggressive investment in our team, our solutions and our untapped market opportunities," said Randy Lieberman, Apptricity's chief financial officer.
In recent years, the US government has stepped up efforts to combat piracy, announcing a wide-ranging strategy for clamping down in 2010.
"Piracy is theft, clean and simple," remarked vice-president Joe Biden at the time.
The high court has ordered the following sites to be blocked by the major uk isp's
The 32 MPA Blocked Sites
watchseries
watchseries.to
Watchseries-online
Stream TV
Cucirca
Movie25
Iwannawatch
Warez BB
Ice Films
Tehparadox
Heroturko
Scene Source
Rapid Moviez
Iwatchonline
Los Movies
Isohunt
Torrentz.pro
Torrentbutler
IP Torrents
Sumotorrent
Torrent Day
Torrenting
BitSoup
TorrentBytes
Seventorrents
Torrents.fm
Yourbittorrent
Tor Movies
Demonoid
torrent.cd
Vertor
Rar BG
The ISP's have basically given up fighting these now so any site that the entertainment industry wants blocked is blocked.
It won't really have any effect of course because just adding the word "proxy" to the end of any torrent site you might want to google for will give you a long list of alternative ways to access them.
Why offer fiber broadband if they want to block all these sites and streaming?
High speed broadband isn't needed for streaming good quality video. You can still download large files from iTunes and whatnot. It doesn't matter anyway because other torrent sites will be put up in their place.
Why offer fiber broadband if they want to block all these sites and streaming?
To add to zx50's point, I don't think any of the ISPs particularly want to block them (bar maybe Sky since they have a conflict of interest going on). The ISPs are simply acting on the court orders rather than contending them.
If it wasn't so laughable and easy to get around it would be the dangerous thin end of the wedge. Politicians are so thick and out of touch, they really have no idea what's happening and those greedy record companies etc find it really easy to run rings around them.
I'm on virgin and can still get onto all of the banned sites with very little effort, should I so want to.
I notice that those involved are also asking for a judicial review over the right to burn your own CD. The artists think they are entitled to payment when you do it. They want money from you for doing absolutely nothing............Greedy, blood sucking, parasites....
The high court has ordered the following sites to be blocked by the major uk isp's
The 32 MPA Blocked Sites
watchseries
watchseries.to
Watchseries-online
Stream TV
Cucirca
Movie25
Iwannawatch
Warez BB
Ice Films
Tehparadox
Heroturko
Scene Source
Rapid Moviez
Iwatchonline
Los Movies
Isohunt
Torrentz.pro
Torrentbutler
IP Torrents
Sumotorrent
Torrent Day
Torrenting
BitSoup
TorrentBytes
Seventorrents
Torrents.fm
Yourbittorrent
Tor Movies
Demonoid
torrent.cd
Vertor
Rar BG
With many more to follow.
most of these are ancient, i do use rapid moviez for some things, but take away one and it's replaced with FIVE MORE!
getting rid of what is actually linking sites does nothing
It's looking like it's time to use a VPN or move to a smaller ISP.
Or just use Opera in Off Road (used to be called Turbo) mode. That way none of the blocks work and you can use the sites as normal and will continue to work while this method of blocking is used.
It's looking like it's time to use a VPN or move to a smaller ISP.
Or you can just install Browsec, I can access every blocked site at the click of a button. It is basically a browser addon button which you simply push to activate / deactivate, it's free and it works a dream.
Or you can just install Browsec, I can access every blocked site at the click of a button. It is basically a browser addon button which you simply push to activate / deactivate, it's free and it works a dream.
I take it it uses a proxy when you click the button?
Apparently BT are blocking the actual torrentday tracker not just the site.
BT always did like sucking up to the movie industry. I might consider switching ISPs when my contract with them ends if they start doing more than what's being demanded of them.
More control of our internet by greedy studios it seems.
It's a pointless game of cat and mouse and a waste of money as people will simply find otherways to access the content.
It's high time the isps got together and said "enough is enough of the studios controlling the internet"
More control of our internet by greedy studios it seems.
It's a pointless game of cat and mouse and a waste of money as people will simply find otherways to access the content.
It's high time the isps got together and said "enough is enough of the studios controlling the internet"
The ISPs can't do anything because it's the courts that are demanding that ISPs block said torrent sites. The movie industry are just wasting their money by winning court orders to demand that ISPs block certain torrent sites. It's so coincidental that the movie industry only started aggressively seeking to get torrent sites shut down when fibre connections with very fast upload speeds started making an appearance.
Many thanks to the posters who mentioned Browsec & the Opera turbo trick, got 2 tv ep's from rarbg this morning but when I checked again a few mins ago it now blocked by virgin, installed browsec & it working again.
Just wish the media companies would finally understand that most that download actually spend more on media, If I like the show I buy the boxset. Getting these sites blocked will just make me not buy them in protest.
Many thanks to the posters who mentioned Browsec & the Opera turbo trick, got 2 tv ep's from rarbg this morning but when I checked again a few mins ago it now blocked by virgin, installed browsec & it working again.
Just wish the media companies would finally understand that most that download actually spend more on media, If I like the show I buy the boxset. Getting these sites blocked will just make me not buy them in protest.
Comments
I was talking about DVDs/Blu-Rays, not content that gets broadcast on TV. The quality of broadcasts might reach to the level of Blu-Ray if the content was being delivered through cables under the ground through an extremely strong network. I'm guessing on the quality bit because I've not seen the quality of cable TV broadcasts.
The US government has agreed to pay $50m (£31m) after it was said to have pirated "thousands" of copies of military software.
Apptricity, based in Texas, has provided logistics programs to the army since 2004.
The company said it had discovered last year the software had been installed on many more machines than had been licensed.
The Department of Justice has not commented on the settlement.
The Dallas Morning News reported a DoJ spokeswoman had confirmed the agreement, but would not give more details.
Apptricity's software allows the military to track the movements of soldiers as well as key supplies.
It has also been used during relief efforts, most notably in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake.
According to court documents filed in 2012, the deal with the military meant up to 500 named users could access the software.
Presentation revelation
Apptricity later estimated that 9,000 users were accessing the program, in addition to the 500 that had been paid for.
The unauthorised copying only came to light after a US Army official mentioned "thousands" of devices running the software during a presentation on technology.
Apptricity called for $224m (£137m) to be paid to cover costs.
The settlement of $50m falls some way short - but in a statement the company said Apptricity would spend the sum on expanding the company.
"Apptricity is now incredibly energised to use the settlement resolution as a catalyst for aggressive investment in our team, our solutions and our untapped market opportunities," said Randy Lieberman, Apptricity's chief financial officer.
In recent years, the US government has stepped up efforts to combat piracy, announcing a wide-ranging strategy for clamping down in 2010.
"Piracy is theft, clean and simple," remarked vice-president Joe Biden at the time.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25137089
Oh the Irony!!
The 32 MPA Blocked Sites
watchseries
watchseries.to
Watchseries-online
Stream TV
Cucirca
Movie25
Iwannawatch
Warez BB
Ice Films
Tehparadox
Heroturko
Scene Source
Rapid Moviez
Iwatchonline
Los Movies
Isohunt
Torrentz.pro
Torrentbutler
IP Torrents
Sumotorrent
Torrent Day
Torrenting
BitSoup
TorrentBytes
Seventorrents
Torrents.fm
Yourbittorrent
Tor Movies
Demonoid
torrent.cd
Vertor
Rar BG
With many more to follow.
It won't really have any effect of course because just adding the word "proxy" to the end of any torrent site you might want to google for will give you a long list of alternative ways to access them.
High speed broadband isn't needed for streaming good quality video. You can still download large files from iTunes and whatnot. It doesn't matter anyway because other torrent sites will be put up in their place.
I'm on virgin and can still get onto all of the banned sites with very little effort, should I so want to.
I notice that those involved are also asking for a judicial review over the right to burn your own CD. The artists think they are entitled to payment when you do it. They want money from you for doing absolutely nothing............Greedy, blood sucking, parasites....
most of these are ancient, i do use rapid moviez for some things, but take away one and it's replaced with FIVE MORE!
getting rid of what is actually linking sites does nothing
Smaller ISP tend to use infrastructure from the bigger ISP so will be effected as well.
Or just use Opera in Off Road (used to be called Turbo) mode. That way none of the blocks work and you can use the sites as normal and will continue to work while this method of blocking is used.
Or you can just install Browsec, I can access every blocked site at the click of a button. It is basically a browser addon button which you simply push to activate / deactivate, it's free and it works a dream.
I take it it uses a proxy when you click the button?
BT always did like sucking up to the movie industry. I might consider switching ISPs when my contract with them ends if they start doing more than what's being demanded of them.
It's a pointless game of cat and mouse and a waste of money as people will simply find otherways to access the content.
It's high time the isps got together and said "enough is enough of the studios controlling the internet"
The ISPs can't do anything because it's the courts that are demanding that ISPs block said torrent sites. The movie industry are just wasting their money by winning court orders to demand that ISPs block certain torrent sites. It's so coincidental that the movie industry only started aggressively seeking to get torrent sites shut down when fibre connections with very fast upload speeds started making an appearance.
Yes I think so as when I click the button and load say the CEX website, it automatically loads the Netherlands CEX.
Just wish the media companies would finally understand that most that download actually spend more on media, If I like the show I buy the boxset. Getting these sites blocked will just make me not buy them in protest.
Ditto.
Great little add-on