Techradar - At the start of the year everybody was up in arms about SOPA and ISPs were being forced to block Newzbin. Then it was ACTA and The Pirate Bay.
Next month we'll have another bad law to fight and another badly behaved site to block. Meanwhile, piracy of software, video and music will continue regardless.
Now, The Pirate Bay, the infamous torrent hub is setting sail (get it, because of pirates?) into the streaming world.
A few hours ago a cryptocurrency miner appeared on The Pirate Bay website, using the computer resources of visitors to mine Monero coins. The operators of The Pirate Bay are testing it as a new way to generate revenue, but many users aren't happy.
What an ingenious idea. A bit bigger CPU workload won't be that obvious for an average Joe, but the mining from millions of users, even if occasional, will add up.
This is why I use both a script blocker and an ad blocker in all my random browsing. Only trusted sites get to do anything beyond straight html.
well if their users arent paying for the service in cash, the least they can do is unknowingly help them fund their stuff. lol
whats funny is that people using the PIRATE bay arent happy about pirates strealing their PC performance but its ok for them to steal other peoples copyright material. lol
Pirate Bay founder Peter Sunde has a new privacy-oriented startup. Today he launches the domain registration service Njalla, which offers site owners full anonymity, shielding them from the prying eyes of outsiders. "Think of us as your friendly drunk (but responsibly so) straw person that takes the blame for your expressions."
This reminds me of what happen with music. Consumers were frustrated with having to pay high prices for a few good songs and the music industry (still) takes advantage of consumers. Often packaging recycled CD's with a couple of new songs. iTunes has changed that, offering more freedom of choice at the expense of sound quality. People still pirate music mind you as technology has far advanced counter measures to stop it.
That's really where we are at, a global market that is easily connected and easy to grab whatever your heart desires. In the process they have made it more cumbersome for people who do want to do the right thing. Putting in DRM, having to be connected and so on. It still doesn't excuse those who don't pay for their content.