google enables piracy but it's not its reason for existing
if you somehow (and there isn't an obvious easy way without disrupting legitimate use) were able to stop google indexing anything remotely piratey then billions of people would still continue to use google.
If you stopped the average p2p site from tracking pirated content then what would be left? A few linux distributions, some homemade albums and sod all traffic.
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rob, Thu 4 Dec 2008, 13:09,
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you make a good point
however i would like to propose a counter argument:
"piracy shouldn't be illegal because i don't want it to be illegal"
/redVsBlue
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KittyWaste lives at Sleepingplanet.com, Thu 4 Dec 2008, 21:43,
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but where do you draw the line?
I agree with you but from a legal stand point one would have to decide at what percentage a bittorrent site becomes illegal.
Sure100% ok
but like you said, they do have home made albums and linux stuff etc.
90%
80% how do you decide?
And what if your site has a shitload of free torrents that no one uses and one really really really popular pirate torrent...
and for how long? what if your site is legit for 12 months then some naughty users start uploading pirated films, should you prosecute straight away?
I think realistically the law has to be applied as it is now, to the individual person who is doing the uploading. While this is difficult i think "becasue it's too hard" is not a good enough reason to leave the users and go after the trackers.
my two pence. Questions weren't aimed at you Rob, just out loud.
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KittyWaste lives at Sleepingplanet.com, Thu 4 Dec 2008, 21:50,
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