US shuts down file-sharing sites

[longsock]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11863288

Thoughts..?

[R_Ethug]

Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites

meh

[luunta]

Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites

meh?

you realized a lot of the internet is routed through american servers, right?

[R_Ethug]

Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites

i don't use torrents much.. sites will pop up again so no worries there.

[MikeKerr]

Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites

yep..FBI shuts em down, someone starts a new one

[stefan]

Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites

yep..FBI shuts em down, someone starts a new one

you mean slapping big seals with eagles on them all over the old domains isn't an effective deterrent?

[luunta]

Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites

its going to affect more than just torrents.

[popp]

Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites

i order my "real-to-me" watches direct from China........ I'm good

[AllGo'n'Show]

Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites

They hit approx 0.5% or less of the total sharing/counterfeit websites out there? Way to go! How much did that cost the US?

[RONDAL]

Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites

the govt will never be able to keep up.

most sites arent based in the US anyway

[Canadian Turbo]

Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites

Sure they are fighting a loosing battle but this is through ICANN which is seizing domains, hosting means nothing on this one so in theory it could happen to any site with 'illegal' activity as most registrations pass through ICANN.

[AllGo'n'Show]

Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites

I see what you are saying but... what about IP addresses? Usenet servers? Torrent is based off a search but then gets an index from a dynamic domain normally (dyndns for example, which is free service that is going to get boned by this) then off to the IPs stored in the list, if they make the torrent grab its sources from an index on an IP, then they haven't slowed the process down at all... but I guess the IP would lead directly to the server so it better be hosted outside the US.

[MusicalGenius]

Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites

This should illuminate some more light for you guys.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-..._b_739836.html

[AllGo'n'Show]

Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites

Wow, a lot more to this, those blacklists are off the wall.

[Lo)2enz0]

Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites

I buy all my music on Itunes. The way I see it is how much I used to spend. Seriously, $25-30 on a cd at HMV and how its just $10. I'm happy with that