Google Will Gladly Help Fight Piracy... for a Fee

[TheWhiteRose000]

[citation][nom]duk3[/nom]Google manager James Bond[/citation]
I'm happy I'm not the only person that noticed that.

XD

 

[tonitelaoag]

may i say that for the first time i saw an improvement in our country about games being sold on local stores here that gives me a sigh of relief, no need to pirate games because the price is very affordable, i like to mention that nbalive 11 is selling for 1,300 pesos, unlike before its more than 2,000 pesos, there is a growing interest for ligit copy. i hope the trend will continue on new releases base on price.

 

[kikireeki]

So they want Google to help them turning Google into a useless search engine!

 

[segio526]

How can anyone claim they lost money on a film due to piracy. Studies have shown that people who pirate typically wouldn't have purchased in the first place. These studies also show that by sampling the pirated versions, a percentage of them fall in love with the content and end up purchasing that work and/or other works by the artist/group/director/producer/etc.

 

[iiiceaser]

Just in case nobody checked it out. The, "Independent filmmaker Ellen Seidler--who lost money" may have lost said money been because the film sucked, not necessarily because it was "distributed illegally online."

"And Then Came Lola" (2009) IMDb score of 3.8 of 10.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1123894/

 

[dimar]

[citation][nom]iiiceaser[/nom]Just in case nobody checked it out. The, "Independent filmmaker Ellen Seidler--who lost money" may have lost said money been because the film sucked, not necessarily because it was "distributed illegally online.""And Then Came Lola" (2009) IMDb score of 3.8 of 10.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1123894/[/citation]

yep, checked it right away,,
also check the comments section for this movie...
All that piracy stuff is a very stupid excuse of untalented idiots who want to make lots of cash. I will pay more for content that I find worth paying for, such as proper HD remasters of some movies or shows I really really like.

 

[keczapifrytki]

"Ellen Seidler--who lost money on her film because it was distributed illegally online
--said that Google fences stolen goods."
Lost money?? I mean her movie "And Then Came Lola" has only like 46 seeders and 14 leechers on pirate bay. If she is complaining about that, then for it to be a big deal maybe a total of 80 people saw that movie.

 

[igot1forya]

So if Google helps shut done these pirate sites, how will Google ever make money on the Text Adds they place on these sites? Killing your customer seems bad for business.

 

[DjEaZy]

Google Will Gladly Help Fight Piracy... for a Fee... but who gonna fight google???

 

[dsolom3]

"but who gonna fight google???"

Anon

 

[dalauder]

"The Department of Justice could pull the plug of a suspected site's domain." I hope this means "suspected" in the sense of, with strong supporting evidence and a court order, as opposed to Patriot Act violation of the Bill of Rights B.S. I'm really getting sick of how many new laws are about subverting our rights through law enforcement control of telecommunications.

But really, I don't see how this should reflect negatively on Google. They provide a service (advertising) to make money. Other companies say, "Hey you're losing money for us!" Google says, "Okay, we'll help, but you cover the cost of helping you." That sounds like Google's once again, the champion of doing good things. I sure am gonna be sad when they complete their world takeover and I'll have to hate them.

 

[gti88]

I'll just sit and watch how this will turn out. I'm highly doubtful that, even if Google do what it sais,piracy will go down, and all music lable bosses will be happy with their profit.

 

[cruiseoveride]

James Pond

Haha, how cruel.

 

[sargentchimera]

The names Pond, James Pond...

 

[ScoobyJooby-Jew]

Yeah I looked up Ellen Seidler on IMDB, and I don't think her movie is losing money because it's being pirated...
People should be allowed to reap the benefits of their effort. However the RIAA is trying to get every last nickel and dime. You know who should be suing pirates? The makers of World of Goo.

 

[NuclearShadow]

Something I always find amusing on pirating sites is the advertisements. Not only do large advertising companies like Google with Google ads around. But you will actually see ads for video-games and other forms of commonly pirated media.

So in one hand they **** about piracy and on the other they help keep those very sites alive by advertising on them. I've seen this with games, movies, music, and of course we all know of the porn ads on those sites too. Seriously what the ****?

 

[techguy378]

Why isn't Google charging $5 per link?

 

[teodoreh]

If Google wants to become the new big evil of technology, they can agree with those stupid RIAA/MPIAA greedy people.

There's a catch though: If Google cooperates with them, Google will loose the wide public support it had 'till now, when it was the next big thing versus Microsoft. Google is a bit boxed with its street view scandal, I hope it won't start another fight with its loyal customers (hint: Everybody pirates something)..

 

[eddieroolz]

I want the entertainment industry to become innovative and forward-thinking.

But why bother changing, when you can just make a lot of noise?

These guys have it all wrong.

 

[g00ey]

James Pond is actually the name of an old platform game for the Amiga; (James Pond - Underwater Agent, JP2 - Robocod etc....)