On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Jameson Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > > But, TPB indexed .torrent files regardless of content. They didn't limit > anyone. Even brokep (Peter Sunde) said in his (albeit unverified) claim that > 80% of the torrents the site indexed weren't copyrighted. So it looks like a > stifling of the service because it could, and did, enable infringement. But > that wasn't the purpose of the site. It's a .torrent index, of whatever > anyone wants to make a .torrent out of. Does the fact that I couldn't get my > Windows 7 build 7000 for which I legitimately signed up to receive from the > beta because the site was down mean that TPB didn't provide a great service > in letting me download it? From where I'm standing, it's service was clearly > beneficial, and was about many many other uses. Of course this is just my > opinion. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >
I would like to draw attention to the fact that The Pirate Bay is called "The /Pirate/ Bay". It is pretty clear that its primary intention is to facilitate software piracy. Does it have incidental uses that are not for copyright infringement? Sure. But are we really arguing that a website with the word "pirate" in its name wasn't intending to aid people in piracy? -- RM rsmason.net dreamersoften.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
