Taken from http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/26/mininova-removes-torrents.html
Peer-to-peer file-sharing is migrating to a new, decentralized technology. Mininova, one of the biggest torrent file-sharing websites in the world, has removed links to all copyrighted content that it does not have official agreements for.
Thursday's move is a win for the entertainment industry as users of the site are now cut off from a major source of torrent files, which link to downloads of television shows, music, movies and other copyrighted content. The victory is likely to be short-lived, though, as peer-to-peer file sharers move on to other torrent sites and new technology.
Mininova, which was founded in 2005 in the Netherlands by five students, made the concession as the result of a court case brought forward by BREIN, a Dutch anti-piracy group. In June, a judge ruled that Mininova was not directly responsible for copyright infringement but ordered the website to remove links to such torrents within three months or face a fine of up to 5 million euros.
The site's founders are still considering appealing the ruling, but in the meantime are allowing only uploads from approved partners.
"It's very unfortunate that we're forced to take this action, but we saw no other option," co-founder Niek van der Maas told the TorrentFreak website.
Mininova has operated as a legitimate business and according to financial records filed in the Netherlands, it pulled in revenue of more than one million euros in 2007. The site's founders said much of that revenue came from advertising on the site, affiliate partnerships and some toolbar offerings, and that after taxes and expenses, it didn't account for much profit.
The website also made efforts to remove links to copyrighted material, unlike The Pirate Bay, another big torrent site, which has taunted entertainment companies by posting their takedown requests and mocking them.
The Pirate Bay itself recently removed its tracker links, replacing with them with a more decentralized kind of peer-to-peer network that will be harder for copyright holders to pin down. The Pirate Bay's founders were found guilty of promoting copyright infringement earlier this year by a Swedish court.
Peer-to-peer users are expected to migrate to the new technology, which uses magnet links to find files, and to other torrent sites that will inevitably spring up as the big ones gradually shut down
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Mininova removes links to copyrighted files
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Final Design Idea For My Copyright Website
Here is my final design for the copyright website I am working on for a simulated client project, I have added some more signs to the two that where there initially and have also dropped the logo that is on the mock ups below as I felt it didnt work with the design, I have sinced replaced it with sign that shows the copyright logo as I feel it works with the theme of the design that I have chosen, I will now be going into Dreamweaver to make the site and will post updates soon.
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Another Design Idea For The Sim. Client Project
More cleaner design, I feel this design works better than the ones below as its more cleanly layout and does'nt have as much going in the background which is easier on the eye.
Monday, 2 November 2009
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Thursday, 22 October 2009
Disney Copyright Video.
Not viewed it properly yet as the sound isn't very good on the computer i'm posting on but it sounds well done.
Copyright: The Basics
Everyone is knowledgeable on copyright to some extent, but what a lot of people don’t know is how bad the consequences of copyrighting and illegal downloading are.
Illegal downloading is a big issue on the Internet today due to the many ways and sources of obtaining movies, songs and games, these can be obtained using peer to peer sources such as limewire and soulseek and from torrent sites such as pirate bay and bit torrent.
The punishments if caught downloading illegally can range from fines to even prison sentences which begs the question is it worth risking illegally downloading music when it is available on numerous legal sites for as little as seventy pence per track.
