Torrent Site Mininova to Go Legit
PrintThe world of BitTorrent has turned all kinds of topsy turvy as of late. First the uber popular PirateBay sinks its tracker and urgers others to do the same, and in an equally surprising move, Mininova says its going completely legit. Can you believe it?
"Today is an important day in the history of Mininova," the site admins wrote in a blog. "From now on, we are limiting Mininova.org to our Content Distribution service. By doing so, we comply with the ruling of the Court of Utrecht of last August."
Mininova's Content Distribution service was actually launched back in 2007, but the commitment to go legit came only after a judge last summer ordered the site to remove all copyright infringing links within the next three month. If it didn't comply, Mininova would have faced up to $7.5 million in fines.
Interestingly, Mininova's commitment could be short lived. The site's admins said they're "still considering an appeal at this moment."
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snapple00
December 01, 2009 at 9:04am
Or, you could simply grow some balls and steal from a Best Buy or steal from a Walmart.
Whats wrong? Afraid?
gypsy_mf
December 01, 2009 at 1:57pm
...I would steal from Best Buy or Wallmart but then id still have to covert music to mp3's and Movies to AVI.Not to mention having to pay retail price and waiting in line behind jerk offs like you.
F' that!!!!
I'd rather just find another torrent site where everything is served in a silver platter in the comfort of my own home.
Thanks for your suggestion though, i'll be sure to take it under advisement.
sethgho
December 01, 2009 at 6:19am
I love Maximum PC and all, but it never fails - everything I read from this RSS feed is days behind the other blogs I read. Yesterday I was literally thinking "God I hope that's the last mininova article I see" and this one shows up this morning.
What gives? Why is MPC always so far behind other news sites? Does it have something to the nature of being a print company?
JohnP
December 01, 2009 at 9:47am
I notice that MPC will use their print articles online but only after a suitable wait period as to not piss off their subscribers (like me!).
I just like this site for their good coverage on hardware and the well written articles. This is the first site I come to after the news. Slashdot is much more current but I dislike its brevity, poor writing, and multiple links to actually find the real article.
Its OK, MPC. Just keep up with the well written articles online.
LordPyro
December 01, 2009 at 5:21am
Good, I personaly think every bittorrent site should be help responsible for keeping copyrighted material off of their website.
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