Lokitorrent down permanantly??

Just clicked on lokitorrent.com only to find an MPAA notice saying it has been shut down permanantly!, if this is right then is any bittorent site safe? I mean this was the only site who were fighting back legally against them

http://www.lokitorrent.com/

this is what i see now

[|Nuno|]

This doesn't look good...

[XTwinTurboVR4X]

it doesnt look good at all:

One such site that will no longer exist is LokiTorrent—one of the largest BitTorrent host servers. The operator of that site, Edward Webber, agreed to not only pay a substantial settlement with even greater financial penalties for any further such actions, but by Court Order must provide the MPAA with access to and copies of all logs and server data related to his illegal BitTorrent activities, which will provide a roadmap to others who have used LokiTorrent to engage in illegal activities.

from the 10th feb doc here http://www.mpaa.org/CurrentReleases/

[5vz-fe]

Scariest things in the states other than the army must be lawyers....gotta be

Originally Posted by Dan\/6 it doesnt look good at all: One such site that will no longer exist is LokiTorrent—one of the largest BitTorrent host servers. The operator of that site, Edward Webber, agreed to not only pay a substantial settlement with even greater financial penalties for any further such actions, but by Court Order must provide the MPAA with access to and copies of all logs and server data related to his illegal BitTorrent activities, which will provide a roadmap to others who have used LokiTorrent to engage in illegal activities. from the 10th feb doc here http://www.mpaa.org/CurrentReleases/

Fuck, so much for fighting the cause, looks like he has used the donations to save his ass :roll: and consequently given up all the people who uploaded torrents on there or shared substantial ammounts :roll: ahhh well still plenty of other options

well yeh, but while they might be going after the big sites and uploaders now.. what will they do once they have them but still have list of all the downloaders

Originally Posted by Dan\/6 well yeh, but while they might be going after the big sites and uploaders now.. what will they do once they have them but still have list of all the downloaders

surely there are too many of us to sue?, well i guess the worst they could do is send a cease an desist type notices via email or to our ISP's?. Though i'm no expert on all this

I have no idea...

[crazidude]

Aye... this ain't good. I should start searching for more IRC channels to get my goods.

Originally Posted by Dan\/6 I have no idea...

I guess nobody does really, especially as now nobody as far as i know is fighting back against this lot they'll take it as far as they think they can get away with i guess

[neilo63]

Begining of the end is heating up.

[stracing]

its not just the states you get in trouble, recently a man got arrested in hong kong for using BT. but the articles weren't clear on what he was hosting, torrent files or actual data files?

not many journos have an idea how bt works and yet their pieces still get published

[ZfrkS62]

Stifles creativity my ass. The same unmitigated crap has been coming out of hollywood for alot longer than the internet has been around

[Refefer]

I don't think we have anything to fear for using torrents yet... it's pointless to "log" a torrent file's activity unless you're doing it actively. Torrent files themselves are not made up of copywrited material, and unless the MPAA has downloaded stuff directly from someone using the torrent, they cannot prove that the user was uploading/downloading copywrited material. Thus, from a legal standpoint, they can only sue someone who they've seen download a file. People who have submitted files on lokitorrent should also be fine: the MPAA has no proof that the uploader of the torrent also seeded.

Still though, this isn't good :roll:

[Toronto]

it's all 1's and 0's if you think about it, your in trouble of giving someone else 1's and 0's, really, the world sucks!