You copyright responsibility if you run a hot spot

[Baruch Menachem]

I have my wifi open. Does this mean I am liable if my neighbors on either side use it to share porn?

If you use, or operate, a password-free wireless network then legal action being taken in the US by the adult movie industry might just be about to rain on your parade warns one European IT threat mitigation expert.


The lawsuit was filed by Liberty Media Holdings, a producer of adult movie content based in San Diego, and accuses in excess of 50 people in Massachusetts (where the lawsuit has been filed) of downloading and consequently sharing a gay porn movie illegally via BitTorrent. The complaint itself makes a point of claiming that the defendants either have direct responsibility as they downloaded the movie themselves or, importantly, that they contributed to the act of piracy by way of their negligence in not securing the wireless network concerned. In other words, whether they downloaded it themselves or not doesn't matter, they are being held responsible for the controlling, or rather not controlling in this case, access to the Internet which was then used to infringe copyright.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

There is a legal argument right now that porn is not subject to copyright, and it is actually being used in court. I expect it will eventually reach the Supreme Court, and I would not be surprised if it holds up.

 

[waltky]

Ukraine sinks BitTorrent pirate site Demonoid...

Large Ukraine-based BitTorrent site Demonoid shut down
7 August 2012 : Demonoid was one of the largest file-sharing sites

Ukrainian authorities have taken down Demonoid.com, one of the world's largest torrent file-sharing sites. Investigators from the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs raided the data centre that was hosting the website's servers. Torrents allow users to download music, video and other internet content by downloading small bits of files from others' computers at the same time. The shutdown is the latest news in a campaign against file-sharing sites.

It follows the US's closure of Megaupload, and several European ISPs (internet service providers) being ordered to block access to The Pirate Bay. Demonoid was listed alongside both of these sites in The Notorious Markets List - a document drawn up by the US government at the end of last year highlighting services that "merit further investigation for possible intellectual property rights infringements". It noted that Demonoid "recently ranked among the top 600 websites in global traffic and the top 300 in US traffic".

Back online?

Users first became aware of the action on 26 July, when attempts to access Demonoid's site yielded a "server busy" message. The Torrentfreak news site reported that Ukraine's Division of Economic Crimes acted after receiving a request from the international police organisation Interpol. It said the local authorities then contacted Demonoid's ISP, Colocall, which decided to pull its service, and allowed investigators to copy data off its servers. "Demonoid is known for its links to relatively rare content which may be harder to come by now," Torrentfreak's editor Ernesto Van Der Sar told the BBC. "However, it's not going to stop the majority of people from sharing files as the most popular items are available though hundreds of other BitTorrent sites."

The action follows the arrest of one of Demonoid's administrators in Mexico last October. But despite the setbacks Mr Van Der Sar suggested it was too soon to consign the site to history. "In 2006 The Pirate Bay came back online three days after it was raided, and in the years that followed it grew out to become the largest BitTorrent site," he said. The BPI, which represents the UK music industry, and the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) - which have both campaigned against online copyright infringement - declined to comment when approached by the BBC.

BBC News - Large Ukraine-based BitTorrent site Demonoid shut down

 

[iamwhatiseem]

This brings to question...why on earth would anyone pay for porn?
20 years ago...yeah...today??
I know this will be taken with a grain of salt...but honestly I don't view much porn at all. I read way too much to waste time looking at porn flicks. Especially with today's porn which is either up someone's ass (which I absolutely don't get) or it is a 5ft nothing skinny teen-look-a-like which creeps me out wondering how many sick f*cks are there out there who want to look at some chick who looks like their daughter or niece!!??

--Anyway...who would pay for porn when it is free everywhere?

 

[bobcollum]

Ukraine sinks BitTorrent pirate site Demonoid...

Large Ukraine-based BitTorrent site Demonoid shut down
7 August 2012 : Demonoid was one of the largest file-sharing sites

Ukrainian authorities have taken down Demonoid.com, one of the world's largest torrent file-sharing sites. Investigators from the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs raided the data centre that was hosting the website's servers. Torrents allow users to download music, video and other internet content by downloading small bits of files from others' computers at the same time. The shutdown is the latest news in a campaign against file-sharing sites.

It follows the US's closure of Megaupload, and several European ISPs (internet service providers) being ordered to block access to The Pirate Bay. Demonoid was listed alongside both of these sites in The Notorious Markets List - a document drawn up by the US government at the end of last year highlighting services that "merit further investigation for possible intellectual property rights infringements". It noted that Demonoid "recently ranked among the top 600 websites in global traffic and the top 300 in US traffic".

Back online?

Users first became aware of the action on 26 July, when attempts to access Demonoid's site yielded a "server busy" message. The Torrentfreak news site reported that Ukraine's Division of Economic Crimes acted after receiving a request from the international police organisation Interpol. It said the local authorities then contacted Demonoid's ISP, Colocall, which decided to pull its service, and allowed investigators to copy data off its servers. "Demonoid is known for its links to relatively rare content which may be harder to come by now," Torrentfreak's editor Ernesto Van Der Sar told the BBC. "However, it's not going to stop the majority of people from sharing files as the most popular items are available though hundreds of other BitTorrent sites."

The action follows the arrest of one of Demonoid's administrators in Mexico last October. But despite the setbacks Mr Van Der Sar suggested it was too soon to consign the site to history. "In 2006 The Pirate Bay came back online three days after it was raided, and in the years that followed it grew out to become the largest BitTorrent site," he said. The BPI, which represents the UK music industry, and the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) - which have both campaigned against online copyright infringement - declined to comment when approached by the BBC.

BBC News - Large Ukraine-based BitTorrent site Demonoid shut down

Oh Demonoid, you were so good to so many for so long. You will be missed....

Not that I ever used it or anything.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Ukraine sinks BitTorrent pirate site Demonoid...

Large Ukraine-based BitTorrent site Demonoid shut down
7 August 2012 : Demonoid was one of the largest file-sharing sites

Ukrainian authorities have taken down Demonoid.com, one of the world's largest torrent file-sharing sites. Investigators from the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs raided the data centre that was hosting the website's servers. Torrents allow users to download music, video and other internet content by downloading small bits of files from others' computers at the same time. The shutdown is the latest news in a campaign against file-sharing sites.

It follows the US's closure of Megaupload, and several European ISPs (internet service providers) being ordered to block access to The Pirate Bay. Demonoid was listed alongside both of these sites in The Notorious Markets List - a document drawn up by the US government at the end of last year highlighting services that "merit further investigation for possible intellectual property rights infringements". It noted that Demonoid "recently ranked among the top 600 websites in global traffic and the top 300 in US traffic".

Back online?

Users first became aware of the action on 26 July, when attempts to access Demonoid's site yielded a "server busy" message. The Torrentfreak news site reported that Ukraine's Division of Economic Crimes acted after receiving a request from the international police organisation Interpol. It said the local authorities then contacted Demonoid's ISP, Colocall, which decided to pull its service, and allowed investigators to copy data off its servers. "Demonoid is known for its links to relatively rare content which may be harder to come by now," Torrentfreak's editor Ernesto Van Der Sar told the BBC. "However, it's not going to stop the majority of people from sharing files as the most popular items are available though hundreds of other BitTorrent sites."

The action follows the arrest of one of Demonoid's administrators in Mexico last October. But despite the setbacks Mr Van Der Sar suggested it was too soon to consign the site to history. "In 2006 The Pirate Bay came back online three days after it was raided, and in the years that followed it grew out to become the largest BitTorrent site," he said. The BPI, which represents the UK music industry, and the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) - which have both campaigned against online copyright infringement - declined to comment when approached by the BBC.

BBC News - Large Ukraine-based BitTorrent site Demonoid shut down

Oh Demonoid, you were so good to so many for so long. You will be missed....

Not that I ever used it or anything.

Absolutely...I mean...who uses Pirate's Bay or Isohunt or...I mean..I don't EVEN know how I remember the names....