Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 14:01:13 -0800 (PST) From: youshi10@u.washington.edu To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Torrent Server Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0702011401130.23655@hymn05.u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <013801c74601$2bbd0cf0$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645>
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On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeremy Faulkner" <gldisater@gmail.com> > To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> > Cc: "Eric Hildebrandt" <hildebeb@mts.net>; <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:34 PM > Subject: Re: FreeBSD Torrent Server > > >> On 1/31/07, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: >>> >>> Why? >>> >>> FreeBSD isn't commercial software, there's no need to go through >>> all the hocus pocus to conceal the uploader so the RIAA doesen't >>> sue him. Standard FTP works perfectly fine at any of the mirror sites, >>> and you will get your ISO no slower. >>> >>> Ted >> >> Bittorrent does nothing to conceal the uploader's identity. >> >> The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of Amarica) doesn't give a >> damn about the piracy of commercial software, the RIAA cares about the >> piracy of music distributed by their member companies. <opinion>The >> RIAA exists to be the bully for their member companies and to draw the >> negative public relations away from those member companies.</opinion> >> > > Which is exactly why I cannot understand why anyone would want to > use bittorrent to legitimately distribute anything. Why use a service that > the RIAA is actively attacking, because such service is being used to > illegally distribute pirated music? Uhm, the RIAA / MPAA would be retards to track this sort of information--it only would reduce their efficiency. Thinking that torrents are being used solely to transmit illegal data is a misnomer and incorrect train of thought. There are a number of opensource projects that use torrents to distribute data, just because it exists and it's another means to distributing the data's end. > It's called guilt by association. No. That's your take on the situation and other group's take on the situation, which isn't always correct. > The FreeBSD Beastie was struck from his position as logo for FreeBSD > for some EXTREMELY minor controversy surrounding religions icons. > Well, using a Devil image didn't pirate anyone software or break a law. > Yet Beastie was axed for exactly the same "guilt by association" reasons. That's a different can of worms--the BSD symbol is religious symbolism vs whereas torrents and soft "ware" licenses are ethical issues. > It seems to be EXTREMELY hipocritical to on one hand, strike out Beastie > for some morons based on a guilt by association reason, then on the other > hand turn a blind eye to the guilt by association of using a service, > bittorrent, > that is extremely heavily used for distribution of pirated software and > music, > to distribute FreeBSD. Read above comments. -Garrett
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