[citation][nom]bison88[/nom]That's no victory, not even a small one. All that does is give added length to the noose that's already been wrapped around there necks. You'd think with all the money these shady "file-sharing" services are offering, whether profiting off illegal content or not, that they'd find some common ground and bind together to lobby governments Internationally. I mean even organized crime finally came to there senses that a politician is worth the extra cost for the benefits you get in return.[/citation]
because they aren't criminal and don't see the need.
here let me pose this to you.
you make, lets say a program, movie, illustration, whatever, and you want to offer it to people
some file share sites offered you part of the ad revenue that you generate for them to you...
yes the practice can be abused for copyrighted content, but should lets say youtube be taken down because it can host a copyrighted movie?
these places comply with dmca laws and take down files, they have to be alerted to it though, and most of the time because the database isn't searchable (legitimately on the sites) you get a harder service to have it taken down.
you have to look at legitimate uses for these services, and think that if its worth protecting movie and music rights, especially with how messed up their business practices are (star wars on the books has never turned a profit, so they dont have to pay percentages, as an example of one)