Fwiw, although this is starting to vanish out of articles as the focus shifts to Anonymous's takedown of ... everyone, there was a line in some reports saying the DOJ isn't going after end users:
At the moment, at least, it's still in the linked article.
And yeah; I know a lot of people love streaming, and I'll use it sometimes, but I don't want to have to be online on a fast Internet connection to watch something. I want it in my nice big tv, on a drive where it doesn't have to buffer, where a dodgy connection doesn't keep bouncing me back to the beginning of something.
It's just so stupid. Why are they all so determined to refuse to accept a willing customer base! Arrgh. All the media companies everywhere could market to the entire world, and instead they freak out and demand that we close all the old boxes back up. *hands*
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The site boasted 150 million registered users and about 50 million hits daily. The Justice Department said it was illegal for anyone to download pirated content, but their investigation focused on the leaders of the company, not end users who may have downloaded a few movies for personal viewing.
At the moment, at least, it's still in the linked article.
And yeah; I know a lot of people love streaming, and I'll use it sometimes, but I don't want to have to be online on a fast Internet connection to watch something. I want it in my nice big tv, on a drive where it doesn't have to buffer, where a dodgy connection doesn't keep bouncing me back to the beginning of something.
It's just so stupid. Why are they all so determined to refuse to accept a willing customer base! Arrgh. All the media companies everywhere could market to the entire world, and instead they freak out and demand that we close all the old boxes back up. *hands*