Anticipated Closure of BitTorrent Sites Spurs Panic Downloads In China 114
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timothy
from the quickly-now dept.
from the quickly-now dept.
hackingbear writes "Beijing Internet users are scrabbling for downloads from BitTorrent websites following speculation that authorities will shut them down as early as this week. Internet experts told China Daily the failure might be caused by an overload of users seeking last-minute free downloads. As the largest BT download website in China with 5 million downloads each year, VeryCD has been on the verge of closure after the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) shut hundreds of similar peer-to-peer file sharing sites, including the 50 million-user BTChina, during the last 10 days in its latest attempt to fight pornography and piracy online."
I'm confused (Score:3, Funny)
Some Internet policy experts are suggesting that Internet officials might have gone too far.
"I suggest the government apply less harsher rules on rapid-sharing websites, beause they still need nurturing the market," Fang Xingdong, a Beijing-based Internet analyst, told METRO.
Huh?
Is the internet analyst saying that piracy is good for the market?
Re:So, Essentially (Score:1, Funny)
probably ACTA related. China would get it's internet cut off in no time... They're past the 3 strikes count; I think.
I swear! (Score:3, Funny)
This country is turning more and more into the US every day!
er, wait a minute. :p
Neato (Score:4, Funny)
Advisor: "Sir, we don't need to stop 100% of Pirating sites, we just need to stop the top 50% so that the underlying 50% are so overburdened by requests that they can't function! It's like a DDOS attack without hacking!"
Hu Jintao: "Hooray! Promotions for everybody!"
Scrabbling? (Score:4, Funny)
There's got to be a triple word score joke in there somewhere!
Re:China? (Score:5, Funny)
All sex is best when it involves a little bit of a chase, imo.
You mean like solving a CAPTCHA?
Re:So, Essentially (Score:2, Funny)
Indeed. That's what separates us from lesser nations like China, because our RIAA and MPAA crack down SO HARD on pirated Chinese content.
Pfft.
Re:That's alright (Score:2, Funny)
Deadly sins? I thought it was a todo list...
Re:China? (Score:2, Funny)
asl plz?
I agree with you. I always thought the most interesting part of sex was the wait. But that only applies to the 15 minutes before the certainty to get some.
Anyway, asl plz?