3 ms·

Got numbers?

• dkersten 17y ago
  Of course not, but I haven't heard much buzz about torrenting things in quite a while. A few years back, there was always people going on about it. Now the latest fad seems to be megaupload and rapidshare style sites.
  • henrikschroder 17y ago
    That can only work for so long since those services are centralized. If a large amount of copyrighted material is distributed illegally through those services, they will be targeted very quickly by the content industry and either be shut down, or forced to screen all material.
    • josefresco 17y ago
      The only reason RS and MU are still around is because they aren't (and never were) the 'real' problem. If the casual pirates move there (as a result of TPB) you're right, it's an easy kill for the industry.
    • CWuestefeld 17y ago
      Anecdotally and from personal observation, piracy through these channels seem to be huge. There have been some new records released recently, and when I was searching for reviews of them, some of the top Google results were actually links to rapidshare and its ilk.
  • josefresco 17y ago
    dkersten, rapidshare/megaupload have been around, and been used for years by pirates and for pron. Any uptick recently in usage is temporary, the real top-tier pirates stopped using BT and TPB years ago, and are already two or 3 moves ahead (think private, secure networks for top end distribution).
    • dkersten 17y ago
      Actually, I'd argue that the real top-tier pirates never used bittorrent in the first place but always used private networks. There was a guy I went to uni with who was into that stuff and he sometimes mentioned getting zero day releases minutes after they were made available. I doubt think he ever cared for BT.