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> They could sell this information to MPAA and RIAA for gold. Maybe in the US, but in many other countries they would be breaking several privacy laws. In fact
by rickmb 15y ago
> They could sell this information to MPAA and RIAA for gold.
Maybe in the US, but in many other countries they would be breaking several privacy laws. In fact, even the collecting the initial minimal information (IP's + downloads) already breaks privacy laws in most of Europe. Commercially, this information has no value.
- acangiano 15y agoThey are an American company.
- lotu 15y agoThought the site said Russian.
- lotu 15y agoThe lack of seriousness on the site greatly compromises the value of the data. As a captcha they they ask you enter the entire text of the USA Constitution, and give a mailing address in Antarctica. There is no evidence that large portions of the data isn't made up, no sane company would want to touch this. The agreement above sound more like an attempt to prevent people from contacting them in the first place (probably as they have to remove data manually), than a prelude to extortion.
- ars 15y ago> The lack of seriousness on the site greatly compromises the value of the data. I think that's the point. They want to make a point about privacy, but they don't want anyone to take the specific data seriously.
- trocker 15y agocountries can definitely be forced or rather be asked to cooperate to reduce piracy - http://croak.eu/uDKQwa http://croak.eu/uDKQwa