BitTorrent Blamed for Matrix2 Downloads

MartyJG writes "The BBC are running a story on how Matrix Reloaded is available via P2P. This time BitTorrent is taking the heat for the distribution - even though there's no company behind it to drag over the coals. The story speculates about the source of the copy, suggesting it's from a film or digital source rather than a cinema-screen-leech." Despite this piracy, the flick has made over $365M already. Including my tickets. Twice.

Slashdotting of BitTorrent

[Anonymous Coward]

Great work guys. I'm downloading Matrix: Reloaded right now with BitTorrent and the whole thing is about to get Slashdotted. Thanks.

Link?

[override11]

Someone plz post the bit-torrent link? :)

Let's see

[octalgirl]

Let's see the MP** go after this one....

Wow!

[Verteiron]

The Matrix Reloaded is available through BitTorrent? Wow, thanks BBC, I never would have known that without that story! Now I just gotta find that .torrent file...

Village Roadshow pictures is sueing themselves.

[Trespass]

Their lawyer was quoted as saying 'This one is the exact same thing as the last one. Same gimmicks, same fast-food mysticism. I believe we have a strong case for plagarism'.

BitTorrent is being used for piracy?

[FosterKanig]

I guess next you will tell me that people use Kazaa for porn.

At last....

[Anonymous Coward]

Slashdot subscriptions have real added value... subscribers can get their copy of Reloaded before the whole site gets /.ed

100s of Agent Smiths...

[Junior J. Junior III]

Those hundreds of Agent Smiths that Neo had to fight were actually multiple streaming BitTorrent threads. It all makes sense now.

Re:Social Event

[inaeldi]

Speak for yourself, Mr. Social. Signed, A social reject

Matrix reloaded AVIs ain't what you think

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

I've tried getting the movie 3 times with eMule, and each time it wasn't Matrix but a porn movie. The female characters were reloaded alright, but not the Matrix ...

I guess I'll just go the theater to see it.

theatre sneak-in

[victorvodka]

Though it's true the Matrix Reloaded is a far better film to see on the BIG SCREEN than in some cheesy little window on my PC, my enjoyment of it that way (and I took my wife with me to see it too!) did not contribute anything towards the 380 million dollars it has collected to date. Why? We snuck in! Never pay to see a movie at a megaplex... just leave your coat in your car and claim you're returning from a cigarette break. It's the punk rock thing to do!!

They are just pissed...

[caffeinex36]

Becuase Bruce Almighty [cnn.com] made more money than them....they have to come up with some excuse for a shitty Jim Carrey movie beating them. Wouldn't you?

Rob

Re:Does Anyone Really Want a Crappy Bootleg?

[AlgUSF]

I'll probably rent it on DVD when it comes out, because my girlfriend doesn't want to see it. I guess she doesn't understand the responsibilities of dating a geek?

Real Menace

[slaker]

"Digital piracy has become a real menace," - Jack Valenti (see, I RTFA!)

I'd say SARS is a real menace. Or AIDS. Or rednecks in the white house. How many people has my piratred copy of Matrix 2 killed? Injured even?

OK, there was the Russian. But I didn't know he was standing there when threw the CD.

Clearly ones and zeroes are dangerous things. We shouldn't be teaching these things in school. Think of the children! Won't someone think of the children!

Oh, the humanity.

Jack Valenti must not have a very good grip on reality if he thinks my vain effort to figure out if Carrie-Anne Moss shows either of her no-doubt perfect nipples in that one scene is in any way dangerous to civilization as we know it. Fucktard.

Just In: Cisco Routers Blamed for Matrix2 Swapping

[smd4985]

In other news, the Associated Press is reporting that 85% of Matrix2 bootleg bytes flow over Cisco routers. Therefore, Cisco is to blame for bootlegging. Several users reported that their Cisco products simply began downloading a Matrix2 bootleg without their permission.

Don't need no BitTorrent

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

I can share the Matrix on Slashdot. Here :

_O__-._O__
_|\___\|__ Dodge this !
_|_____|__
_/\____/\_

Re:100s of Agent Smiths...

[victorvodka]

This is getting off topic I know, but I thought Neo's battle with 100s of Agent Smiths was a great metaphor for what I do to my spam every blessed day.

But you didn't really download it

[Zog The Undeniable]

The Matrix program just made you *think* you did, so you could believe you were sticking one on The Man. This made you happy and contented so the machines could suck a few more amps out of your neural synapses.

Re:BitTorrent is being used for piracy?

[peter_gzowski]

Kazaa is used for porn. CNN told me so [cnn.com].

Re:How much is enough?

[stephenry]

Well then! Get back to work and stop wasting your companies money reading slashdot! :-)

Funny you mention this :-)

[BLKMGK]

I bought a NEW DVD from COSTCO no long ago. Got home and discovered I had already purcahsed the DVD previously so I put it on the shelf to give to a friend. Gave it to a friend later on, they cracked the seal, put in the DVD - label matched the cover - and were treated to the hated purple Barney!

I laughed my ass off when they called me up bitching and insisted on getting the DVD back. I can hardly wait for someone to ask to borrow it :-) Unfortunatly I don't recall off the top of my head which one it was - funny as hell though!

Re:Matrix reloaded AVIs ain't what you think

[wo1verin3]

could you put the porn up on BitTorrent please? I've been trying to download porn and every time I wind up with a dvd-rip of Matrix Reloaded :(

slow downstream?

[shmuc]

thanks to the /. and bbc postings, downloading this bootleg will be in bullet-time.

Re:Problem is, its EQUALLY distributed.

[EpsCylonB]

This had the effect of completely stopping piracy of copyright works owned by RIAA member companies.

Excuse me ?...

Re:Governing Dynamics

[Yet another account]

Jack Valenti and Hilary Rosen always go for the blond chicks.

Re:Still making their money....

[ryanvm]

Is it so wrong, after paying $30 total to see it in theatres, to download a low quality telesync just to double check your facts for arguements sake?

Yes. It is wrong that you are that much of a dork.

It's their own fault...

[Remik]

...for making a movie about Philosophy and then charging $9 to see it. No one with a philosophy degree can afford to pay $9.

-R

We know why this movie is so popular.

[MongooseCN]

Everyone is trying to figure out the recipe for the OrgAsMo Cake.

Hah...I got your social event

[GT_Alias]

Yeah man, it was definitely a social event the night we caught it. If the people couldn't bring their friends or family with them, they sure as hell could have them call on their cell phone! I'm sure the caller was enjoying the movie vicariously through the movie-watcher, and I know we were all enjoying the incessant bleeps and burbles of cute little ring patterns.

And hey, don't let age be a factor in bringing that family. Got an infant!? Grab an extra diaper or two and bring 'em right in with you! After all, what infant wouldn't love special effects blasting at 1000 db with flashing explosions lighting up the room. They were absolutely screaming with joy!

Re:Link?

[zangdesign]

Great. So now you're reducing /. to a warez board.

Re:Link?

[Anonymous Coward]

Reducing ?!

Re:Does Anyone Really Want a Crappy Bootleg?

[GroovBird]

The best part about being a geek is going to see it, love it, and then come on /. and bitch about how much it sucks and about the philosophy of it and yadda yadda yadda..

Love it.

Dave

Re:Real Menace

[slaker]

Being from the midwestern US, having been raised in a town with a population under 100, and actually attended a marriage of second cousins, I'm not without qualification to make the following statement:

Clinton was more of a hillbilly than a redneck.

Re:But you didn't really download it

[Fweeky]

So, how much energy they can leech from you is linked to your happiness? Damn, I must be about ready for being replaced as faulty.

Psst, Matrix supervisors, fix me up with a girlfriend and I'll make sure I generate a few more watts to help, uh, boost your fusion processes.

<waits...>

Bah. The service here sucks; I'm off to Cyberia*.

(* Cyberia: Ref; Red Dwarf book _Last Human_. A computer-generated reality tuned to be your own personal hell)

Ssssh!

[Fweeky]

Humans Blamed for Piracy - MPAA Lobbies for their Extermination
Posted by CmdrTaco on 2003-05-27 15:32

Damnit, too late.

Re:Problem is, its EQUALLY distributed.

[ReelOddeeo]

Shhhhhh! Don't let them know. :-) Let the RIAA believe it was successful.

Re:They are just pissed...

[JustKidding]

'Bruce Almighty' topples 'Matrix' sequel

i read that as "'Bruce Almight' topless 'Matrix' sequel."

That's just disturbing

Re:How much is enough?

[spectecjr]

I would be all for your right to make as much money as you want if you're doing honest work. Making a film once then profiting off it in perpetuity is not honest work.

So just what is "Honest Work"?

Garbage Removal?

Road laying?

Making License Plates?

Simon

Re:MPAA Shouldn't Freak ....

[TeknoHog]

Try doing that at home without the wife ripping your head off ...

mention "wife" on Slashdot.. DOES NOT COMPUTE

Re:Slashdotting of BitTorrent

[Malor]

Yep, freedom is bad. People might misuse it to do things of which the government doesn't approve.

Re:That's not how it works...

[Anonymous Coward]

I hope no one here blames me if I'm a little bit wary of contacting a host with a name like Torrentse.cx!!

Re:Problem is, its EQUALLY distributed.

[aminorex]

> I'd think any civilized country would have a
> similar law. Law enforcement agencies cannot pick
> the people and the time to enforce the law.

C'mon, we're talking about the United States of
bloody America here. The purpose of law in the USA
is to create a condition in which everyone is
equally vulnerable to being imprisoned and gang
raped, so that every one will keep their head down
and their mouth shut. This is not a "civilized"
country like, say, China, or Saudi Arabia. It's
the rabid, frothing, nuclear-bombing madman of
the world.

Re:Worldwide releases

[jafuser]

When this movie was released there were actually people in Europe that FLEW OVER TO THE USA to watch that movie. Can you believe the insanity?

Don't tell everyone that... Now the MPAA will lobby Congress to restrict all international flights when they release a new movie.

Then destroy the Internet

[mmol_6453]

I guess you need to go out and destroy the Internet, then, huh?

Re:They are just pissed...

[the_truk_stop]

However, according to the estimates in USA Today [usatoday.com], The Matrix: Reloaded [warnerbros.com] dropped 50% in sales [usatoday.com] from opening weekend to this past weekend. Granted, that's an estimate, but that's still one big drop. I'd be willing to bet that a significant factor for that drop is the pirating of the movie.

Re:Wow!

[Anonymous Coward]

Hey! I liked Ishtar!

GOBBLES!

[EvilAlien]

Maybe GOBBLES [immunitysec.com] got another contract!

Re:Wow!

[Anonym1ty]

In 1999, I saw the Matrix 3 times in theaters - $25
I already saw the movie in theaters once. $10.
I will see it with my dad. $20
I bought the first Matrix DVD. $20
I bought the Matrix Revisited DVD $20
I will buy the Animatrix DVD -- unknown cost.
I will buy Reloaded on DVD - $20
I will see Revolutions, twice in theaters, $20
I will buy Revolutions on DVD - $20

Being able to have a fun computer copy for free on top of all I spent.... Priceless

...the very meaning of our lives

[TrekkieGod]

I believe it is our fate to be here. It is our destiny. I believe this day holds for each and every one of us...the very chance to download the matrix. When I see thousands of us here, on slashdot, and a program that thrives on distributed downloading, I do not see a coincidence.

Re:Digital leech? BULL

[Anonymous Coward]

" my buddy has it and I looked at it...after scolding him for downloading it....."

yeah, right. just admit it, bitch!

Re:Is dead.

[klparrot]

It's trying to connect to suprnova.dyndns.org, but they've changed the DNS entries to point to 127.0.0.1. Try pinging it, it'll come back fine from 127.0.0.1.

time for a new poll

[RestiffBard]

Matrix Reloaded

1. saw it in the theater
2. saw it twice or more in theater
3. theater, then Divx
4. theater, then Divx, then Matrix box set
5. there is no Divx

Re:That's not how it works...

[cpeterso]

The solution is to distribute .torrent files using BitTorrent. Maybe you'll soon seen URLs to filenames like the_matrix_reloaded.torrent.torrent. ;-)

crumble, crumble

[maudite]

Let's make sure that a /. story about BitTorrent shows up every few days on this site so none of the damn tracker sites work. They are as fragile as eggs anyway. The RIAA or MPAA or whoever must be paying .\ to do this knowing that the nerds will post in their comments a web address to "their favorite sites" and that other nerds will gangbang the damn sites. Thanks \..

If you eat too much in the Matrix....

[Spittles]

Is it just my stretched monitor settings, but does the photo of Mr Morpheus on the BBC news site make him look a touch tubby?

Re:Question

[Anonymous Coward]

It has to do with The Matrix. You see, the ships have to go to broadcast depth to connect to The Matrix. That depth is exactly 6881 meters from the surface, minimum. Sometimes, they can't get a connection to The Matrix, so they move away, one meter at a time until a connection is made.

Now that you've downloaded BitTorrent, it would be silly to stop now. My advice is to download as many movies as you can. You might ask "But, wouldn't that make my a pirate?" I would just remind you that everyone knows they're doing it, it's just that no one talks about it. You would say "So, it's kinda like a secret society?" And I would say "Sure!"

I suggest you call the movie theatre. They have someone on staff that can talk you through the setup of your firewall so you can reach the right depth for The Matrix port. The theatres are secretly pushing p2p sharing as a way to pressure movie makers to increase dividends. Be sure to tell them that you're a n00b too. They'll hear your hacker lingo, and thus know that you're not some lamer MPAA geek.