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Originally Posted by xg4bx
i do think bulk uploaders are scum though. theres no justification for posting a thread of "new york times best sellers:1980-2011" or "12,000 ebook" threads. thats just inexcusable. to me thats true theft.
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I'm not so sure. I mean, who's ever going to read that many books in their lifetime? it appeals to some people's hoarding drive, I'm sure, but who would've bought those books fair and square? Those are really not lost sales, more like people downloading the bunch (cause it's there and, more importantly, it's free) and see what they like, if anything.
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Originally Posted by mikemc2
Some torrent sites have moved the physical location of their servers to Eastern Europe and moved their top level domains outside the U.S. (.me for example which is Montenegro) to avoid preemptive seizure by ICE. Build a better mousetrap and the mice just get smarter...
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There's also IRC, and the dozens of one-click download sites. Oh, and Usenet. Really, this isn't going to change anything.