Popular file-sharing site shuts down after flurry of suits...

Drudge ^

[KoRn]

A popular peer-to-peer file-sharing website has closed down amid mounting efforts by the movie industry to crack down on online piracy.

The Suprnova website was one of the most popular places for people swapping and sharing links to illegal copies of films on the BitTorrent network.

[KoRn]

This is bad for the BitTorrent users. Suprnova.org was one of the best. :-(

RIP Nova

[KoRn]

File Sharing Ping! Bad news.....

[Prime Choice]

Word to the wise: NEVER use any of those services without first going through an overseas anonymous proxy. The MPAA and RIAA fully intend to start going after users after they've ripped the servers to the ground.

[proxy_user]

A question, if I may.

If these servers just posted links, why can't BitTorrent users make use of something a little more private, like Usenet or a Frost WOT board?

[KoRn]

Yeah, overseas Proxy is the way to go. Just going in with your connection directly, they can see your IP on the tracker easily.

[KoRn]

"why can't BitTorrent users make use of something a little more private, like Usenet or a Frost WOT board?"

I'm sure that's being done now. p2p Private, by invitation only networks. Most of the time what we see on the popular sites were leaked from such networks.

[Poundstone]

So what's the next-best alternative to Supernova?

[TomB]

What keeps newsgroups from being shut down?

You can download almost any movie, song or game you can think of, and they never even get mentioned.

[phalynx]

I don't believe they can prosecute you for have a "bit" of a file..... only a complete file is proof you have it... After all, it isn't illegal to photocopy the corner of a dollar bill......

[rdb3]

This will end up like playing Wack-a-Mole.

[proxy_user]

Each Usenet server has a DMCA procedure.

If you see an infringement of a file on the server, and you are the owner of the copyright, you can fill out an online form, and the file will be removed immediately.

The only problem is, that you would have to do this for each of thousands of servers every time someone uploads it. The article would expire on most servers before you finished.

[KoRn]

LOL that's the best analogy to this I've seen yet!

A server pops up, they smack it down, a server pops up, they smack it down.........

[APFel]

I found the service incredibly useful when I had missed an episode of my favorite television show. I just considered it an alternative to taping the program and fast forwarding through the commercials. A good alternative, as the quality was by far superior to anything a VCR could reproduce and my Philips 642 player played them just dandily.

But as for legal ramifications... Bit Torrent is a bit tricky that way. A user would download a file from Suprnova which would direct the Bit Torrent client to a server of sorts... Downloading the file would not, in itself, be illegal, I assume. The action happens in the Bit Torrent server, but the server is "blind" to what passes through it.

I doubt any enduser of Bit Torrent will get any repercussions, IMO.

APf

[KoRn]

BitTorrent is, indeed the best for TV episodes. You could get virtually any TV show on there.

PS: Since suprnova is gone this is a great site that has a search engine of all trackers.

TorrentSpy.com

[rdb3]

There's always Torrent Spy.

I like mIRC, personally.

[rdb3]

Dang! Two minutes late!

;-)

[APFel]

I never really cared for IRC. It's a little to clique-y for my tastes. With Torrents and Usenet, I can lurk, get what I am looking for and leave without following all of the rules that IRC guys like to enforce. Thanks for the torrent spy link; I have visited there before and I forgot all about it. Cheers!

APf

[KoRn]

ROFL! I hate it when that happens! ;-)

[Dont Mention the War]

What are some good overseas proxies that don't either slow your downloads to a crawl or prevent you from doing anything but view web pages?

[KoRn]

I've been hunting for some of those too!