Google goes anti-piracy

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by alltherage

I'm more inclined to join something like netflicks myself, but again... pirated stuff makes its way to the net earlier... I dont want to wait!

Then again you've got our country making pirating more appealing. There's little decent content available here on netflix.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by TylerSVT

Actually, pirates don't even have to insert the DVD.

[Barnes]

Ughhhh...

All I can see is someone sending a takedown notice for some flimsy copyright violation like a user uploaded picture stolen from somewhere else to our site and all of a sudden we are out of AdSense.

From experience, I have no confidence in Google's automated dispute process if that's how they're going to work with sites to resolve takedown notices.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by HPLovecraft

You can not stop the inter webz.

http://www.rapgodfathers.com/

[HPLovecraft]

Originally Posted by Azure

http://www.rapgodfathers.com/

Oh dear, they took over the domain and put a big graphic on it.

A minor hindrance, at most, fo piraters and piratees.

[Azure]

The point is that the so called freedom loving US government has the ability to take down sites without due diligence. Sure I realize there are workarounds, but unless that ability to take down websites they deem illegal is taken away, it will only happen more and more in the future.

[Barnes]

They aren't taking sites down, they are seizing domain names. If you know the IP, you can still get there. They can only seize the domain if it is .com .net .cc or .tv. If it's a .org or one of the many others they can't be seized and redirected.

[Jimmy Stang]

Originally Posted by kunkstyle

Then again you've got our country making pirating more appealing. There's little decent content available here on netflix.

The funny thing is, even with the relatively weak (but improving) selection on Netflix, it has been hugely successful since it was launched here in Canada. It proves that Canadians are willing to pay for content if it is delivered efficiently and affordably.

The industry, of course, doesn't want to hear that. They want to keep the "Canada is a haven for pirates" mantra going for as long as they can while they lobby the government to make it illegal to put your own DVDs onto an iPod, for example.