LegalTorrents Offers CC Works Via BitTorrent 129
An anonymous reader writes "A site called LegalTorrents has just launched that hosts trackers and seeds for digital media licensed under the Creative Commons license. ('We distribute content with the full permission of the rights holders and use the peer-2-peer file-sharing technology called Bittorrent.') The site even provides a way to donate money to artists you like. (LegalTorrents takes 15% off the top unless you are a member, which costs $50 one-time during the beta period.)" It's always good to see "legitimate" content distributed in ways that make it hard to demonize the distribution system itself — something Lawrence Lessig in particular has been doing for years, and his book "Free Culture" is one of the audiobooks available through LegalTorrents. Note that LegalTorrents has been around for a while now, rather than "just launched," but the current beta period won't last forever.
First post (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Bad name (Score:5, Funny)
"The name of the tracker indirectly spreads the notion that other torrents are inherently less legal"
What about the name of the piratebay? does name of the piratebay indirectly spreads the notion that other torrents are inherently less piraty?
Re:First post (Score:2, Funny)
We don't care. We sue anyone whether we have a case or not. We even sue people who have never used a computer before in their lives. We get new technologies declared illegal in and of themselves. We try to get judges to let us browbeat and interrogate 10-year old girls. You will be sued one way or the other.
- RIAA
Re:Bad name (Score:1, Funny)
What about the name of the piratebay? does name of the piratebay indirectly spreads the notion that other torrents are inherently less piraty?
Yarr
Re:Bad name (Score:4, Funny)