LokiTorrent, MPAA fears off again
p2pnet.net News:- If you’re among the people who’ve been worried by the on-again-off-again LokiTorrent situation – ie, that the Big Movie cartel might, or might not, have your name and address – stop worrying, says isoHunt.
“First of all, for those scared of big brother reading Lokitorrent’s server logs: Loki’s Map Leads MPAA on Road to Nowhere (source: Slyck),” says a post on the site. (A different source told p2pnet there was indeed something to worry about.)
“I got off the phone with someone at EFF this morning,” says isoHunt.
“Regarding the Lokitorrent case, so far no US court records are found for any lawsuit / trial that were filed between the MPAA and Lokitorrent. A court order (as mentioned on Lokitorrent’s shutdown notice) may have been made to validate the settlement between them, but the million USD fine, site shutdown, and turnover of server logs appears to be a voluntary and private settlement between them, rather than a trial happening and ruling passed to require Lokitorrent for such.
“What deal did the MPAA give Lokitorrent for them to take the fall remains unknown. As for the donations that went to Lokitorrent’s legal defense fund, until we see a refund to donators, we can conclude that it was a scam.
“The importance of this is that what happened to Lokitorrent sets no legal precedent for P2P developers and service operators like isoHunt.com. More legal research is underway, I’ll update as I learn more.
“isoHunt.com isn’t exactly a news source, but I think this is important that this is made known. Feel free to re-distribute whatever here on other publications.”
Stay tuned.
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See:-
big brother, LokiTorrent, isoHunt legal update, isoHunt, February 10, 2005
worry – LokiTorrent data fears revived, p2pnet, February 14, 2005
February 18th, 2005 at 12:13 am
This smelled like a private settlement from the beginning. There was no precedent for the MPAA obtaining a such a heavy-handed court order by due process in such a short time.
February 18th, 2005 at 6:09 am
So how does this get the individual user off of the hook? If theyve got the info, why does it matter if it was court ordered or not?
February 18th, 2005 at 7:04 am
FINALLY SOMEONE HAS THE GUTS TO SAY IT THIS ASSHOLE TOOK PEOPLES MONEY AND RAN LIKE HELL!
February 18th, 2005 at 8:37 am
IF the MPAA did pay off Lokitorrent, would that mean that there is something infact that someone with enough money could battle them over and win?
February 18th, 2005 at 9:13 am
why not start a found. every one of the millions of p2p army donates one dollar to a global fund. not for a particular site, just for the general cause. and then we can see where the battle can lead.
February 18th, 2005 at 3:38 pm
Sharing is caring isn’t that the word in the P2P world J
February 18th, 2005 at 3:44 pm
What?? That sentence made absolutely no sense.
February 19th, 2005 at 2:07 am
and who would manage that money? who would be responsible for spending this fund?
February 19th, 2005 at 3:40 pm
Every American who is even remotely into P2P or any other computer activity for that matter should donate five dollars to the Electronic Freedom Foundation. This is a wonderful organization that works to protect the Constitutional rights of the people in cyberspace. http://www.eff.org $5.00 from 10% of the polulation would equal $150,000,000 dollars. That would be enough for a lot of lawyer!
Of course everyone who votes for a “Republicrat” should look for an alternative party such as http://www.lp.org or http://www.constitutionparty.com . This way, we could make a real difference.
February 23rd, 2005 at 7:41 am
Donate $5?? hahahahahaha
That is SO funny!!
hahahahahahahahaha
February 24th, 2005 at 4:49 pm
Has anyone managed to confirm what happened to the donations?
Did Lowkee cut a deal weeks in advance (maybe after his attempt to sell) and *sold* logs to the MPAA?
Most people have nothing to worry about anyway I should think, the MPAA would only focus its resources on the prolific seeders first and then work its way down. Casual filesharers are probably at the bottom of the list if they’re even on it.
However, people need to remember what was said on Slyck about this. To me all of these people sticking up for Lowkee are:
a) In on the deal
or
b) woefully optimistic
or
c) not very bright.
P2Pnet and ISOhunt is the only news source that has dared to raise the spectre of foul play. The others should be viewed with a,b,c in mind.
Now, *just* say that the case was closed by an agreement with the MPAA and Lowkee, why aren’t the terms of this published?
If there is nothing to hide then we should be able to see the terms. So far all I can see is a load of sychophants trying to justify lying to people about where their money has gone.
Why didn’t he tell people he was going to cave in advance? Why so sudden? Why all the secrecy? Was the Sedo.com business about getting a valuation of the site, for horsetrading with the MPAA?
Discussing this is not doing the MPAA a favor. If anything publishing the terms of the court order helps others fight in the future!