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[DV8type]

Im surprised many dont know this....
Releasing it prior to theatrical rls is actually a FEDERAL OFFENSE. While uploading after is considered a civil offense. there is a big difference. When it is a federal offense you actually serve jail time plus fine, while with a civil case you only face a monetary judgement

Personally i dont touch any movies especially those which have not been rlsd in theaters. Especially those that have a huge conglomerate like 20th Century that have the resources to trackdown the most prolific offenders

[Detale]

Well Chronic Tracker sent a mass PM saying they wouldn't host it.

[iLOVENZB]

It's on TPB but they'll get away with it

[tintin123]

The ONLY reason elite torrents was shut down was because they were stupidly hosted on US soil. Also, the owners were .us citizens.

FBI = FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION = U.S. FEDERAL GOV'T.

Please tell how they'd shut down a torrent site that's hosted in Canada or any other country....

Everybody is so damn paranoid. Use a seedbox, ftps, , proxies, VPNs and BNCs and you'll be just fine.

[Tokeman]

The ONLY reason elite torrents was shut down was because they were stupidly hosted on US soil. Also, the owners were .us citizens.

FBI = FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION = U.S. FEDERAL GOV'T.

Please tell how they'd shut down a torrent site that's hosted in Canada or any other country....

Everybody is so damn paranoid. Use a seedbox, ftps, , proxies, VPNs and BNCs and you'll be just fine.

Exactly... except the canada part, they bend when we push

[afterburn999]

So who exactly here are in trouble ?

Of course the person who leaked it, without a doubt. But are uploaders in Trouble too ?

Are Downloaders in trouble ? or only in trouble if you are from the USA ?

[silvertec]

Many peeps spent jail time over the Star wars 3 work print
the original uploader to 1 site
ET owner and some others
Sites should be worried could bring extra heat
Been a long time BT member remember when all that shit happened, also remember the big scene ring that followed the feds step it up

[TP635]

Now I know why one of the movies that I downloaded and seed back just disappear from the tracker; it was pre-release.

[iLOVENZB]

Everybody is so damn paranoid. Use a seedbox, ftps, , proxies, VPNs and BNCs and you'll be just fine.

Hmm, I would never use a SeedBox, FTP, Proxies etc on US soil, considering they'll happily release log details to the Authorities if they suspected the "downloader" to be infringing copyright.

[Vinceftw]

"Digital forensics and detective work have lead to the arrest of an Illinois man in 2004 who uploaded several screener copies of movies such as Something's Gotta Give, The Last Samurai and others. The defendant, Russell Sprague of Illinois, was found dead in his Los Angeles jail cell while waiting to be sentenced to three years in prison for criminal copyright infringement."
wtf?!
so there wasnt any torrent site shut down for hosting it? shouldnt i feel comfortable leeching/uploading it on a small tracker anyways bc they wouldnt bother to investigate?