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Re:Torrentz Shuts Down, Largest Torrent Meta-Search Engine S... by alanwatts on Friday August 05, 2016 @11:12AM (#12232904)
>The term "piracy" doesn't help the problems any---it's a smear term that tries to put downloading and sharing on the same level as murder and kidnapping.

Precisely:

>I say to you that the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone.

-Jack Valenti (former president of MPAA for 38 years), 1982 congressional hearing

https://cryptome.org/hrcw-hear.htm

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Re:Torrentz Shuts Down, Largest Torrent Meta-Search Engine S... by mikegerwitz on Friday August 05, 2016 @12:18PM (#12233488)
Thank you for sharing this! This is not only a good piece of history, but an excellent example of history repeating itself.

Correct me if I'm wrong---I haven't read it yet, but I'm excited to do so over the weekend.

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Re:Torrentz Shuts Down, Largest Torrent Meta-Search Engine S... by alanwatts on Friday August 05, 2016 @12:24PM (#12233547)
It's simply luditism. Their business model depends upon the constraints of obsolete technology, so they will resist every new innovation as an evil killer until their artificial monopoly finally bleeds out.
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