November 21, 2009
Published: 19 Oct 09 15:59 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/22746/20091019/
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Final result:
Site still running and serving: check
Trial appeal postponed: check
Cartels didnt win anything: check
Me downloading as usual: check
40% of Sweden downloading (By IFPIs own study) : check
Everyone giving the music/movie cartels the middle finger: CHECK
RIAA, MPAA, BREIN, et.al. still behind in their social skills. CHECK
And technical knowledge. CHECK
I won't give them my middle finger, I use that finger to turn my machine on to share files. LOL
Hey! Be like me... one hand to start the system, second to give them the finger!
@Spy,
You could be right, but the music and film industries are soooo 1990s so it kinda still works for me being a decade plus more advanced than them ;)
besides, I think few people use TPB as their only source now, with me its a lot of private torrent sites, then back to TPB when i cant find something, it still is one of the best sites out there and also the 'cleanest' in filtering out dead/spam/virus links as well as child pornography (even when the industry uploads *their personal collection* and then tries to point fingers, before they can even point a finger at TPB... its filtered out and deleted.)
Besides which other site in the world gives the finger to the MAFIAA for so long (over half a decade) ? Their legal section has made the industry look like fools all over the world, for years. They have taken on everyone from Apple to the entire music and film industry, and have not lost but have costed the MAFIAA (hundreds of) millions? or more?
They are f*ing heroes.
=( Is someone else having trouble, I already checked with two ISP, I am from Mexico.
I thought that the servers were down.
guess they got drunk and tripped over the wires again :))
Dont worry, they will be back in a while... nothing can sink that ship (not to say that the MPAA and RIAA have not tried... and failed)