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I'd be careful about calling things "rubbish" when you have no clue who I am or for how long I've been involved in this field.
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No we have no clue who you are because until you show your credentials you are just another nameless, faceless critic.
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I said repeatedly what your service is doing is necessary and is part of fighting the war, but it's not the end all solution. Even in the best case you will eventually end up with a core group of offenders who will not be reachable by your current tactics.
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There is no place on this planet where Visa and Mastercard act outside of the law and there is no magic jurisdiction where some form of pressure cannot be brought to bear in one form or another.
The types of sites we go after need a constant turnover of funds to keep operating. In any case where this is true then hitting their ability to monetize deals a huge blow to the viability of the site.
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I've been involved in Federal prosecutions of computer crimes and your assertion that getting prosecutions is 100% is complete bullshit. There are specific circumstances where the Feds will even pursue it, for small time, one-site offenders with no proof of repeated offending you will need to hand them a case on a silver platter to even get past the first FBI / ICE agent.
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Hate to break this to you sport but we operate on the world stage, where we are based all but frivolous reports of crime are investigated. Referrals are often made between Australian law enforcement agencies and US & European law enforcement agencies.
Every case we have referred to law enforcement agencies has thus far resulted in the commencement of an investigation.
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Yes, there are hosts, payment systems, networks and entire parts of the planet where these tactics will not work. I look at this as prohibition era crime fighting, the end result will be to eliminate the small time competition and help make the strongest offenders even stronger.
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It's true there are jurisdictions where there are more challenges than in others, however we go back to the need of commercial piracy operations to monetize. If you take away the money from commercial piracy then it's not commercial piracy anymore.
With 128 days, a handful of volunteers and a relentless pursuit of offenders we have brought pressure to bear on around 600 sites and we haven't even started using many of the methods we have devised for hitting the hip pocket of commercial pirates.
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If your only interest is in painting your service as the end all / be all of anti piracy and ignore advice from real experts then I have to question your motivation and level of knowledge, sorry.
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We have real experts, we have legal teams with specialist capability in IP law, trade, commerce, foreign treaties and finance. We have advice of a couple law enforcement agencies and are building relationships with more.
We'll stick to taking advice from truly qualified persons, not a nameless person on a web forum.
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That goes for the golden bit of wisdom about DRM, also. People love to toss that little gem around who have no real experience in the full capabilities of secure content. That's not anyone's fault though, up until now none of the entertainment content producers have really implemented it at an effective level, mainly because of the hardware side requirements and being willing to accept the trade off to gain wider compatibility.
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Your condescending tone reminds me of some other people who have posted in this thread, they each had their own agenda that was served by trying to derail our work. The simple truth is if you can display content then it can be copied. There is no way around this fact - none. DRM is part of a complex solution, it's not the final solution though.
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This is the real problem w/ fighting piracy I've found. Too many people looking at the short term.
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If you knew anything about us, it's clear that you don't, then you'll know that our strategy is far from short term, we are playing the long game and have inflicted immense damage already with very few resources and a handful of volunteers.
When we're truly established we'll pose an even greater threat to commercial piracy.