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pete 12:37 PM 20th August 2009
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In Sweden, where Spotify has been running the longest, Magnus Uggla – well-established since the late 70s – has withdrawn his music from the service. On his blog he said that, after six months on the site he'd earned "what a mediocre busker could earn in a day". Regarding his record label, Sony Music, he says "after suing the shit out of Pirate Bay, they're acting just like them by not paying the artists". When he found out that Sony had 5.8% equity in Spotify he wrote: "I would rather be raped by Pirate Bay than fucked up the ass by (Sony boss) Hasse Breitholtz and Sony Music and will remove all of my songs from Spotify pending an honest service."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musi...labels-spotifyIn Sweden, where Spotify has been running the longest, Magnus Uggla – well-established since the late 70s – has withdrawn his music from the service. On his blog he said that, after six months on the site he'd earned "what a mediocre busker could earn in a day". Regarding his record label, Sony Music, he says "after suing the shit out of Pirate Bay, they're acting just like them by not paying the artists". When he found out that Sony had 5.8% equity in Spotify he wrote: "I would rather be raped by Pirate Bay than fucked up the ass by (Sony boss) Hasse Breitholtz and Sony Music and will remove all of my songs from Spotify pending an honest service."
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pete 12:41 PM 20th August 2009
Originally Posted by GrumpyEditor:
Can't you just use a proxy to access it or something like that?
Depends. If eircom just screw with things on their own proxies or DNS servers, then yes. If they decide to blackhole all traffic destined for IP blocks associated with TPB, then no.Can't you just use a proxy to access it or something like that?
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Also - isn't this pointless since The Pirate Bay will be legit soon anyways?
TPB are just the first of many. I think they're almost aiming for a walled-garden.Also - isn't this pointless since The Pirate Bay will be legit soon anyways?
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ann post 12:49 PM 20th August 2009
Originally Posted by magnus uggla:
"I would rather be raped by Pirate Bay than fucked up the ass by (Sony boss) Hasse Breitholtz and Sony Music and will remove all of my songs from Spotify pending an honest service."
so magnus, making the bold assumption that your male, whats the difference?"I would rather be raped by Pirate Bay than fucked up the ass by (Sony boss) Hasse Breitholtz and Sony Music and will remove all of my songs from Spotify pending an honest service."
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Shneaky 6Pack 12:51 PM 20th August 2009
I wouldn't wanna be trapped in a walled garden with someone called Magnus Uggla.
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ratmonkey 12:56 PM 20th August 2009
Originally Posted by ann post:
so magnus, making the bold assumption that your male, whats the difference?
so magnus, making the bold assumption that your male, whats the difference?
The size of the appendage in question?
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Mormon Nailer 01:02 PM 20th August 2009
Originally Posted by pete:
Depends. If eircom just screw with things on their own proxies or DNS servers, then yes. If they decide to blackhole all traffic destined for IP blocks associated with TPB, then no.
Would a Tor client get through?Depends. If eircom just screw with things on their own proxies or DNS servers, then yes. If they decide to blackhole all traffic destined for IP blocks associated with TPB, then no.
As an aside:
What happens to all of the torrents that TPB are tracking - do they die when the site goes legit or will they torrent tracking be taken over by someone else?
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Froog 01:10 PM 20th August 2009
the torrents will still be there i think, just no way to search them. they'll get adopted by other sites i'm sure.
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ann post 01:26 PM 20th August 2009
read some news article a few weeks back that said that thats being seen to
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Mormon Nailer 01:30 PM 20th August 2009
Originally Posted by Froog:
the torrents will still be there i think, just no way to search them. they'll get adopted by other sites i'm sure.
I read somewhere that people were predicting the death of bit torrent because the torrents that you find on other sites are still actually tracked by TPB.the torrents will still be there i think, just no way to search them. they'll get adopted by other sites i'm sure.
I'm fuzzy on the technology but I think as well as the links on TPB where you search for a torrent there is also something else going on in the background and TPB used to track about 70% of the torrents on the web. So even with the links at the other sites if TPB dies the torrent will too.
This sound right to any of the tech heads?
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oootini 01:37 PM 20th August 2009
Originally Posted by Mormon Nailer:
I read somewhere that people were predicting the death of bit torrent because the torrents that you find on other sites are still actually tracked by TPB.
I'm fuzzy on the technology but I think as well as the links on TPB where you search for a torrent there is also something else going on in the background and TPB used to track about 70% of the torrents on the web. So even with the links at the other sites if TPB dies the torrent will too.
This sound right to any of the tech heads?
private torrent trackers aren't affected i would imagine? what.cd, demonoid etc? torrents will still be around.I read somewhere that people were predicting the death of bit torrent because the torrents that you find on other sites are still actually tracked by TPB.
I'm fuzzy on the technology but I think as well as the links on TPB where you search for a torrent there is also something else going on in the background and TPB used to track about 70% of the torrents on the web. So even with the links at the other sites if TPB dies the torrent will too.
This sound right to any of the tech heads?
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