thrash;271597 wrote:
Jim, the only one of those that is a technical difference is the issue of the tracker. The rest are non-technical, which is entirely my point. This case isn't an issue of what TPB has done, it's how they've done it.
It's an issue of saving face for the parties involved, not of any particular action or technology.
Incidentally, how does google "remove files"? Are you referring to gootube? Does google actually axe entries out of its search index?
Running a tracker for torrents is a HUGE difference then simply indexing files.
Google will remove direct infringement's to somebodies copyright if requested (yes, indexed files, and yes it is a technical difference as they have infrastructure setup to remove these files); so I would again say that this is a HUGE difference between TPB and Google...
I'd like to see TPB win, the RIAA and MPAA are antiquated and the tactics they use ridiculous... but Google = TPB argument just don't hold with me.