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The Pirate Bay May Be Launched As a Pay Service
- Dilpil 17y agoWe already tried this with napster. From what I hear it is not going well. Filesharing sites do not succeed on brand equity, they succeed on the fact that they offer things for free.
- yason 17y agoAnd by offering something the media companies don't: * Movies and tv-series as simple non-DRM'd non-crippled files that can be played on any available video player as many times as you want. * Old productions that aren't for sale currently or any longer. * Productions that aren't released in your country * Productions that you've already bought but unable to convert to easily copyable digital format.
- erso 17y agoEach of the things you've listed here are the sort of thing you'd expect to be negotiated away by said media companies before they agree to any licensing.
- Dilpil 17y agoYes, you would expect that. It would be completely reasonable to expect that. But this is not the reality of the situation.
- reg4c 17y agoBlugh, and the company that bought them was all like "We wanna keep the users happy and keep things the way they are" I think its safe to say that The Pirate Bay has died.
- scapegraced 17y agoI don't think that the Pirate Bay has died yet, but I think once the owners begin to charge for their services, users are going to look elsewhere. I know I will.
- Musashi 17y agoSounds more like Pirate Pay
- drawkbox 17y agoYes I was thinking the same. The irony of "pirates" mixed with legal commerce is obviously not being thought through.
- whatusername 17y agoMaybe a mafia/protection racket might work? ie: We will pass on all your details to the RIAA unless you pay up?