RapidShare Fighting Piracy By Slowing Download Speeds 154
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An anonymous reader writes "File hosting sites have been under increased pressure since the shutdown of Megaupload — both from law enforcement and from the sudden influx of new users. RapidShare, already dealing with a reputation as a facilitator of piracy, has now instituted a policy they hope will drive pirates away: download speed caps for its free service. According to TorrentFreak, 'RapidShare says that there is a direct link between free users of file-hosting services and copyright infringement. Those who like to pirate prefer not to pay, the company believes, not least because they want to avoid connecting their personal payment details to a copyright-infringing cyberlocker account. Now, there will be those who say that however RapidShare dress it up, the company will be aware that the restrictions will drive users to their premium services to get better speeds. But interestingly RapidShare is now offering ways for users to get faster download speeds without paying a dime — providing those uploading the original files they’re trying to access do some work.'"
Re:nominal payment (Score:4, Informative)
where are these mythical $20 DVD's?
Here. [amazon.com] Pick one.
Re:nominal payment (Score:3, Informative)
Those "mythical" $20 DVD's are what nearly any move that isn't at least a couple of years old costs retail. "Most are under $10" only applies to used and bargian-bin sales. But you already knew that.
Re:nominal payment (Score:2, Informative)
That comic is stupid. People need to stop making up stupid excuses.
OMG I have to get HBO to watch HBO series from HBO who payed millions to produce said show?!?! SHOCKING!! So hard to add HBO to your cable and watch via HBO GO or on demand. Yeah, pricy too, I mean, I've never heard of getting 3 months FREE of HBO when you sign up. Get hbo, watch show on demand, cancel hbo. How is this hard if you want to go legit? This is not "CHANGING YOUR ENTIRE CABLE PACKAGE!!!!!!!one one!!".
No DVD's to buy? Wait. They'll get there.
If you want it now, immediately, torrent it, but don't make up stupid excuses like it's too hard to get legit. The people that want tv and movies streaming via their computer are still in the minority. Most people want to watch TV on their big screen set, not a small monitor in a computer chair. Most people don't have spare computers sitting in their home theator to get the picture up on it in the first place.
It's getting there... but the user base is not in place yet for a company to fully commit to it. If you have some moral quandary about watching the show (is it a crime if you go over a friends house who has hbo to watch it? ) via another means, wait for the legitimate delivery source to be open to you.
Making things happen legally and on a massive scale is a hell of a lot more involved than some dude ripping the show as it airs and throwing it up online in a torrent. Just the fact HBO GO exists is testament to companies understanding that streaming ondemand services are something people want.
I want crusader kings 2, but not at full price. I don't want to shaft paradox by pirating it, so I'll wait for an inevitable steam sale and buy it then. Not that hard.