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HangFire · **Re: Lokitorrent fighting back -** 31-12-2004

They have a copy of the legal paper on the site, and recently many Torrent sites and trackers were attacked by the MPAA/RIAA, so it wouldn't surprise me if they were being threatened with legal action.

I'm really not sure why people are donating. The smart thing for the people who run site would be to give the donated money to a fund for something worthwhile (like disaster relief), then shut down the site, and host the thing outside of the US, where its very difficult for the US to enforce copyright laws.

Its a gray area with Torrent trackers. They do not actually host the files, they only facilitate the downloads by "hooking up" peers together to share the files. So.. technically the site operators are not actually distributing copyrighted material. Thats why they believe they have a hope of winning.

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HangFire Best served chilled Status: Offline Posts: 1,005 Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Saskabush, Canuckada	Re: Lokitorrent fighting back - 31-12-2004 They have a copy of the legal paper on the site, and recently many Torrent sites and trackers were attacked by the MPAA/RIAA, so it wouldn't surprise me if they were being threatened with legal action. I'm really not sure why people are donating. The smart thing for the people who run site would be to give the donated money to a fund for something worthwhile (like disaster relief), then shut down the site, and host the thing outside of the US, where its very difficult for the US to enforce copyright laws. Its a gray area with Torrent trackers. They do not actually host the files, they only facilitate the downloads by "hooking up" peers together to share the files. So.. technically the site operators are not actually distributing copyrighted material. Thats why they believe they have a hope of winning.