The End Of Illegal Tubes Starts HERE

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xxxjay it does look promising that the pieces are starting to fall into place to kneecap the tubes

Originally Posted by Pagan

Most ISPs won't be caught, and frankly could care less. Big guys like Roadrunner don't blink even when presented with documentation that they are hosting illegal sites using blatantly pirated software. It wasn't, "Prove it", it was "So what? We don't have the manpower to check on this stuff, even with a complaint".

Well I guess that adding some manpower to do it will become a cost of doing business because the alternative fines/jail cost a lot more.

And as faxxaff mentioned trademarks are easier to push internationally. In these cases LV is a French company going after American companies in the USA.

Originally Posted by Pagan

Not all ISPs are in countries that care about copyright or 2257. In some respects, targeting the ISP just drives the illegal operators offshore and onto hosts where anything goes, including underage crap. Is this really the best way?

They may find themselves in even bigger shit in some of those countries also.

Just look at the copyright suit in South Korea against 10,000 heavy uploaders who could face millions in fines(or worse) each.
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090...20090813063524
The case may or may not work as far as copyrights, but at the same time 10k uploaders have been identified to the cops in a country where porn is illegal.