After a lengthy $10,000,000 lawsuit, TorGuard has conceded to movie studios and is now banning BitTorrent traffic and is now keeping logs on American users and servers.
This article is from March of last year, and a quick google seems to show that’s when most outlets covered this story. Am I right in seeing that this is a year-old story? The article mentioning things that happened in 2021 as “last year” caught my attention
I don’t mind too much, I didn’t know TorGuard was blocking that traffic or logging American users but now I do. So I appreciate the article in that regard but the post should’ve been titled like “Reminder that TorGuard tracks American users” or something rather than being presented as new info imo.
Yeah that’s basically my view as well. I don’t take issue with posting “old news”, so long as it’s presented as such. This is good for people to know, especially TorGuard users who are unaware, but the lens people use to understand a story changes depending on whether they think it’s a new development or an old fact, so some distinction is good
Oh sure, I have no issue at all with making people aware of this. I just think it should be denoted that it’s something that’s been the case for over a year now, not a new development
I’ve noticed within the last month I’ve had to switch location server to a non-American one. I’m not seeing in that article that they keep log info now though, do you?
No. And their website still says that they don’t keep logs, and I can find no other information indicating otherwise. If it was the case, I’d have canceled immediately.
I use PIA, and so far torrents still work. It sounds like the film studios are going after smaller VPNs or VPNs that make it obvious that they’re piracy friendly.
I’m curious as to what kind of action they could potentially take against providers that are incorporated overseas, but have servers located in the U.S.
Guess what? While you’re pirating the content you watch, the rest of the world that doesn’t know how to pirate is paying for Fast 45 and Transformers 27… Geee…I wonder why they keep making those movies and not the ones you like?
Is the implication here that the average pirate has statistically different entertainment preferences than the general population? That it’s pirates fault that investors choose an established safe brand over novel, compelling, yet risky storytelling? I find myself skeptical.
It’s response to a complaint. Vote with your dollar. Just as with voting in elections, you don’t get to complain when you’re not participating in any capacity that has an impact on the result.
Good news, tentpole blockbusters are flopping hard right now (flash, Indiana Jones, Shazam 2, antman 3). Along with the writers and actors striking there might be a shift soon. But that’s all speculation of course
Sure but it’s not like original films are having a resurgence. The film industry is in a sad state of affairs currently and the strikes are a symptom of that with the industry choosing to focus on “AI” content for some more nostalgia shit.
And when investment money eventually dries up and stop feeding the current streaming wars the tv show golden age of the last 10-15 years will finally end.
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