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You could take down the pirate bay legally because most of its use as a search engine is for illegal content. Of course you would also have to take down torren
by iopq 12y ago
You could take down the pirate bay legally because most of its use as a search engine is for illegal content.
Of course you would also have to take down torrent client repository because most people torrent illegal content. We know that most people who DOWNLOAD videos get copyrighted material because free to watch videos are usually available to stream.
Technically you could then take down Media Player Classic repository. Of course it just facilitates watching torrents and bootlegged DVDs.
Popcorn time is literally bittorrent + media player + search engine. It's just a convenient package. And as we've shown all of those things are illegal.
Do you see how slippery the slope is?
- justizin 12y agothe pirate bay has been taken down several times. ;)
- PM_Tech 12y agoIt's not a slippery slope at all. It's quite clear cut. If a shop was distributing fenced goods or human traffic we wouldn't allow it to remain in business because they also distribute free and legitimate groceries. Do you see how slippery the slope is? You have left from the tiny tiny tiny niche use of file transfer for free content to the massive industrious downloading of intellectual property. As long as you are still being paid your salary though...easy to have a faux-morally superior position when it is not your efforts being ripped off.
- iopq 12y agoYou seem to miss that this project is based on three legal programs: a search engine, a torrent client and a media player. What next, ban search engines from displaying illegal content?
- PM_Tech 12y agoThe basis of the components do not matter. We make judgements on the whole. In the UK a shotgun is simply a series of tubes with some minor metallic parts. Does not mean because tubes and hammers are legal you are allowed to build one and own it. Seriously; this is like arguing with a child. Stick to technology and leave the law to actual lawyers and Judges. You don't have the reasoning for it.
- dang 12y agoPersonal attacks are not allowed on Hacker News.
- iopq 12y agoYou seem to miss that this project is based on three legal programs: a search engine, a torrent client and a media player. What next, ban search engines from displaying illegal content?