IOC asks Sweden to block file sharing site Pirate Bay

HAHAHA
stupid companies, will you ever learn?
all forms of entertainment SHOULD BE FREE, and if you charge; someone will distribute it, free of price.
FTW free media

I always find it interesting when massive organizations think they can muscle governments with their big wallets to try to take down pirates. But pirates will ALWAYS find a way around them because they're ten steps ahead of the game.

So if all entertainment should be free, how do you expect people to provide that entertainment if they're not being paid?

How you gonna try to negotiate with pirates? Didn't any one see the Pirates of the Caribbean movies? The pirates always try to double cross you.

Oh IOC... join the queue!

If Hollywood, major labels and other TV networks haven't had huge luck in stopping their content appearing on The Pirate Bay, can the IOC fare any better?

Just as long as they´re as firm as on human rights issues, there is nothing to worry about.
...But what if the poor don´t have any cash? Don´t worry our army lawyers will save you!

Why should entertainment be free? Because it is there? Because we are used to get everything free so we won´t pay for it? Because of freedom of speech? Because we want to free ourselves from the oppressive capitalist system? Because my house is your house? Or whatever the reason may be. You just don´t want to give any credit to the creator(s).

I haven´t heard any solid and thorough reason why everything should be free. I challenge you, persuade me. Why everything should be free?

- a sailor on the piratebay

In any economy nothing is free. Pirate Bay is a file sharing site, which has noble purposes, and less than noble purposes. Intellectual property is of course a touchy subject. One could legally go to a public library and use the book, music, movie at no cost to the user. But when it comes to sharing the same content online be considered as piracy. As for content, it's not free. Someone be it a song, or a book has worked to create that and should be rewarded for their efforts. There is always a cost for work, and work should be rewarded if it's consumed.

The creators of content that is being pirated must realize that unfortunately for them, we will always find a way to obtain this material for free. This is why they must adapt, and find new, innovative ways to profit. Perhaps if they were the ones providing the downloads, instead of these "pirates," they could have better luck...

At the pinnacle of the Information Age, the "copywrite issue" is the Man's trojan horse to find out exactly what information we know. If you think they are just peeking into your laptop to see all of your stolen entertainment, you're wrong. They will also be recording and tracking your "patterns of civil disobedience". The "Fairness Doctrine" and the Net Neutrality issues are as important as the Freedom of Information Act.

I don't see why, stuff that is broadcast on television, we're not even talking cable, is considered illegal to have online and out of their control. The moment they broadcast it, it's out of their control. They can only control what is sent out. Once it's in the air, how can they claim ownership?

Someone makes a cake, I buy it, then put it in a public place for all to eat. I won't get pissey if someone brings a slice home for his/her kids.

As long as people do not edit out the commercials, I don't see how it's a problem. This wouldn't be an issue if sites like NBC would just embrace digital distribution. Waiting days to get it online is stupid.

I swear I've never even heard of The Pirate Bay.

I support the IOC's claim in principle, but their efforts are futile. Eventually, these companies will learn to provide their customers with access to the content they desire; and this will be done in a manner that generates profits for the holder of the rights. Right now, however, they're still operating within the framework of a 20th-century business model.

Pirates are way cooler than Ninjas.

Long live PB!

I find it interesting considering it is the Chinese Olympics, aren't they the original pirates. someone invents it they copy it? Im sure there are hundreds of shops there now producing millions of DVD's of the opening ceremony.