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NEWS: 4 Convicted in Pirate Bay File-Sharing Trial, Appeals Planned

I did this about five pages ago.

given their own indexes coded into the site, with torrents manually sorted out and listed by season.

TPB, by contrast, actively encourages its users to upload infringing files.

And a bag of green leaves that somebody says is "marijuana" could actually be oregano, but I somehow doubt that would fly in a dealer's trial.

(Note: Obviously, this is has the potential to be an out-of-proportion comparison, depending on which side of the respective debates on drugs and piracy you inhabit. It still works.)

And what the heck did you expect from a torrent tracking site?

From the information I've gathered, users don't upload content at all. Please correct me if this is wrong.

Illegal activity, which is exactly what I'm seeing. I'm not sure what you're expecting.

Any argument that nobody could figure out that these are links to copyrighted material is laugh-worthy.

TPB lets its users upload torrent links to the site, where they are then indexed and made available for search and download. That's how these sites work.

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Illegal activity, which is exactly what I'm seeing. I'm not sure what you're expecting.

What I see is a service that's being abused. TPB has serious legitimate uses that are now overshadowed by the purpose of obtaining copyright materials.

Any argument that nobody could figure out that these are links to copyrighted material is laugh-worthy.

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I'm not going to sit here and defend anybody. But anyone with a lick of common sense knows that websites like these aid millions of people to break the law every single day.

To me, this is no different than using Google's image search to display all the images based on my query.
(Note: one thing to point out here that, in truth, Google is actually infringing to post those images in a list. After all, how can it extract said image without copying it?)
Now, about that "lick of common sense" remark...

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internet pirates like PetrifiedJello

To which, I'm clearly not. But you wouldn't know this given you don't read what people reply.

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tell the truth, when none of their lies, double-standards, or any other excuses they could externalize had failed to hide just what exactly they've been doing all along; stealing internationally copyrighted intellectual properties using their own intellectual properties of programs and web designs.

This is libelous material, young man. And this is sufficient evidence such if I wanted to sue you over it, I most certainly can.

But don't worry. I don't participate in that crap. Just warning you that your words can be used against you.

Now, answer me this: when have I ever stolen anything?
What damn evidence do you have to this bullcrap allegation?

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And gaining illegal benefaction in the form of monetary reliefs like service fee, ad revenues, and donations, when they hosted the stolen intellectual properties on their own websites,

And this remark makes the most ignorant person I've run across during this whole conversation.

Show me where the hell TPB posted infringing material. In fact, prove to me beyond all doubt the links provided by TPB point to infringing material.

Maybe you should shut the hell up long enough to understand how torrents work, because TPB doesn't infringe or point to infringing materials.

It never has. Only the owners of the copyright material you defend can place the seed for a torrent tracker to seek, genius.
In other words: If the users don't seed it, The Pirate Bay can't list it.

Don't make another idiotic assumption while claiming "rights".

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and became online service providers themselves not because of their own efforts, but through stealing other people's intellectual properties and then, without proper business licenses, illegally redistributing them with their own websites for profits.

Your misguided understanding in this comment is astounding.

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How internet pirates like PetrifiedJello created their programs, websites and how they sat up their online business are perfectly legal, it's what they do with their creations and the nature of their piracy business that's illegal no matter what they say.

Again, not true, because you're placing the damn blame on the wrong people.
If I create a website that allows my users to post photos, how in the hell am I supposed to stop them from posting copyright material?

Yes, I can take it down. But why in the hell should it be my responsibility to do so? I didn't put the damn thing there. A user did. It should be their responsibility to take it down.

But this is where you are at fault, DomFortress. You just don't get it.
Even a LEGAL, FREE TO USE WEBSITE CAN BE HELD LIABLE FOR ACTIONS OF ITS USERS based on the verdict of The Pirate Bay.

I truly feel sorry for you that you just don't get it. Especially when ARTISTS use TPB to promote themselves for free.

But you'll dismiss this too, won't you.

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Because the truth about what they do with their online business is stealing, and that's why they're wrong.

When my website goes live, you'll understand.

Until then, shut your mouth with your crap allegations.

You're being disrespectful.

1. A false and defamatory statement concerning another;
2. The unprivileged publication of the statement to a third party (that is, somebody other than the person defamed by the statement);
3. If the defamatory matter is of public concern, fault amounting at least to negligence on the part of the publisher; and
4. Damage to the plaintiff.