Zachary Elinson CS 3111 Spring 2020
Transcript of Zachary Elinson CS 3111 Spring 2020
Table of Contents
History
Foundation
Purpose
Projects
Trial
Convictions
Aftermath
Reservella
Persistence
The Hydra Bay
The Future
Technical Background
P2P Sharing
Torrents
BitTorrent
Magnet Links
Domain Names
Ethical Theories
Rule Utilitarianism
Act Utilitarianism
Peer-to-Peer Sharing
❑ Centralized
❑No redundancy
❑Vulnerable
❑ Protects users
“Hybrid” Peer-to-Peer Network
BitTorrent ProtocolSoftware❑ Calculates ID
❑ Locates data
❑ Sorts data
Terminology❑ “Peer”
❑ “Seeder”
❑ “Leecher”
Magnet Links
❑ Unique value
❑ Tracker unnecessary
❑ Impossible to stop
❑ Extremely small size
❑ 1,643,194 links ≈ 90 mb
Example: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:6bd956b1844ee643f51856d636eda1cbbe9a9fcc&dn=The.Big.Bang.Theory.S03E08.The.Adhesive.Duck.Deficiency.HDTV.Xvi
Domain Names
❑ Address alias
❑ Suffix = location, purpose
❑ Approved by ICANN
❑ thepiratebay.se,
thepiratebay.org
Foundation of the Pirate Bay
2001 : Rasmus Fleischer,
Piratbyrån
2003 : Peter Sunde,
Gottfrid Svartholm,
Fredrik Neij
2004 : 1 million users
60,000 torrents
2006 : 2.5 million users
Associated ProjectsPeRiQuito - ISP
❑ Neij, Svartholm
❑ Hosts WikiLeaks
“…firm believers in freedom of speech,
commerce, and the right to privacy and
anonymity…”
- PRQ
Associated ProjectsPirateBrowser
Mozilla Firefox + Vidalia
❑ Released August 10th, 2013
❑ Plugins, add-ons, proxy settings
❑ Bypass blocks
Associated ProjectsPlayble – Music Store
❑ April 30th, 2007
❑ “pay what you can afford”
❑ Nonprofit
❑ Payout by downloads
❑ Rejected by labels
Humble Bundle
Digital Game Store
❑ November 24th, 2010
❑ “pay what you want”
❑ Revenue divided
❑ 12 million unique customers
❑ $174 million donated to charity
2006 Raid
❑ March : 2.5 million users
❑ MPAA demands action
❑ March 31st : TPB goes offline.
❑ April 3rd : TPB online.
❑ May : 12 million users
❑ Alexa ranked 73rd
2008 Trial ❑Sunde, Neij, Svartholm, Lundström charged
❑“promoting other people’s infringements of copyright laws”
❑17 plaintiffs
❑$15 million USD in damages
❑Half of charges dropped
2008 Trial“The case against The Pirate Bay was not the fight
against illegal downloading of their works but a fight to preserve the monopoly on the distribution means”
– European Digital Rights
Verdict: Guilty
❑ $3.6 million, 1 year prison
❑ Prison 4-10 months by appeal
❑ $6.5 million by appeal
❑ 2nd appeal denied
❑ TPB still active
“A person who is holding someone’s coat while they assault someone else is complicit in the
crime.”
– Prosecutor Hakan Roswall
Västervik Prison, 2014
Reservella, Ltd.
❑Founders sold TPB, 2006
❑Seychelles-based shadow firm
❑Nonprofit
❑No paper trail
❑No employees
The Hydra Bay
❑2014 raid
❑Two weeks offline
❑TPB source on GitHub
❑397 clones of TPB < 1 week
❑70 domain names
The Future of The Pirate Bay
❑Piracy decline, 2014
❑Abundant subscriptions, 2019
❑80% streaming-related
❑Exclusive content
❑“Monopolistic distribution”
The Future of The Pirate Bay
❑DRM “stops” copying
❑License, not owned
❑“Locked in” to company
❑Remove DRM, reduce piracy
❑38% of music pirates pay
❑34.7% “region locked”
❑80% of files legal
Rule Utilitarianism
❑ Sum of knowledge increases
❑Accessibility
❑Derivative work
❑ Expose corruption
❑ Innovation
❑Collaboration
Benefits:
❑ Less/no business profit
❑ Fake information
❑ Illegal information
Drawbacks:
Sharing Free
Information
Judgement:
Moral
Act
Utilitarianism
Let The Pirate
Bay Exist?
Service One-time Cost ($) Annual Cost ($)
Apple TV 5 60
Shudder 6 72
Disney Plus 7 84
Hulu 8 96
CrunchyRoll 8 96
Netflix 9 108
Starz 9 108
CBS All Access 10 120
Showtime 11 132
Youtube Premium 12 144
HBO Now 15 180
Sling TV 30 360
Playstation Vue 40 480
Youtube TV 50 600
Hulu TV 55 660
AT&T Now 65 780
Digital Purchase 5-20
Digital Rental 6
Theater Ticket 9.16
❑ Average person has 3 subscriptions
❑ ≈ $37 / month
❑ 47% “need” multiple subscriptions
❑ 57% - “shows disappear after subscribing”
❑ Estimated 20% share accounts
❑ 18% of 1500 admitted “piracy at least once”
Act
Utilitarianism
Let The Pirate
Bay Exist?
Judgement:
Moral
United States Movie & Television Revenue:2017 : $87.36 billion2018 : $97 billion2019 : $101 billion
United States Media & Entertainment Revenue:2019 : $717 billion2023 : >$825 billion
Estimated global lost revenue2017 : $31.8 billion2019 : $29.2 billion
Slide 1:
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Slide 3:
Zhang, Lily. “The Network You Forgot You Had.” The Muse, The Muse, 15 Oct. 2019, www.themuse.com/advice/the-network-you-forgot-you-had.
Slide 4:
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peers-on-the-network-who-receive.png
Slide 5:
Torrent File Editor 0.3.17.” Chocolatey, http://chocolatey.org/packages/torrent-file-editor.
Slide 6:
“Why are the authorities only after The Pirate Bay when there are also others, like Kickass?” Quora, 13 December 2014, https://www.quora.com/Why-are-the-authorities-only-after-The-Pirate-
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Slide 7:
Sharma, Anchit, et al. “10 Best Free Torrent Clients for Windows and MAC ~2020.” TechWorm, 4 Feb. 2020, www.techworm.net/2018/10/torrent-downloader-10-best-torrent-clients-for-
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btarunr Feb 29th, 2012 09:19 Discuss (18 Comments). “Pirate Bay Gets Rid of Torrents, Serves Magnet Links.” TechPowerUp, 29 Feb. 2012, www.techpowerup.com/161466/pirate-bay-gets-rid-
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Slide 9:
Didactico. “Tipos De Dominios Geográficos, De País o Territoriales.” Internet Didáctica - Programas, APP, Formación y Cursos Online, 20 Nov. 2018, www.internet-didactica.es/dominios-
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Slide 10:
Mejia, Paula. “Ahoy, the Pirate Bay Has Returned.” Newsweek, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2016, www.newsweek.com/ahoy-pirate-bay-has-returned-303551.
Slide 11:
O'Brien, Chris. “One Of The Pirate Bay's Founders Has Been Released From Prison After Almost 6 Months.” Business Insider, Business Insider, 10 Nov. 2014, www.businessinsider.com/pirate-bay-founder-peter-sunde-released-prison-2014-11.
Slide 12:
Dannen, Chris. “Pirate Bay Not Dead After All.” Fast Company, Fast Company, 30 July 2012, www.fastcompany.com/1340752/pirate-bay-not-dead-after-all.
Slide 13:
Musicandcopyright. “Is the BBC Report on the Effectiveness of the Pirate Bay Block Missing the Point?” Music & Copyright's Blog, 18 July 2012, http://musicandcopyright.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/is-the-bbc-report-on-the-effectiveness-of-the-pirate-bay-block-missing-the-point/.
Slide 14:
Torres, Ida. “Amazon, Pandora Testing out Pricing of Music Streaming Services .” Android Community, Android Community, 13 Sept. 2016, http://androidcommunity.com/amazon-pandora-testing-out-pricing-of-music-streaming-services-20160913/.
Slide 15:
Kolar, Bradley. “PSA: Humble Bundle.” The Fanfare, http://bpsfanfare.com/9032/showcase/psa-humble-bundle/#.
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Slide 16:
“10 Years Ago Hollywood Awoke The Pirate Bay 'Beast'” TorrentFreak, 9 Jan. 2017, http://torrentfreak.com/10-years-ago-hollywood-awoke-the-pirate-bay-beast-160531/.
Slide 17:
The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, www.theguardian.com/technology/piracy/2009/jun/30/all.
Slide 18:
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Slide 19:
Larsson, Daniel Goldberg and Linus. “Pirate Bay Co-Founder Peter Sunde: 'In Prison, You Become Brain-Dead'.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 5 Nov. 2014, www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/nov/05/sp-pirate-bay-cofounder-peter-sunde-in-prison.
Slide 20:
Stenovec, Timothy. “Details on the Royal Couple's Honeymoon Destination.” HuffPost, HuffPost, 7 Dec. 2017, www.huffpost.com/entry/seychelles-map-population_n_860481.
Slide 21:
“The Pirate Bay Aims High with Bizarre Flying Server Scheme.” Geek.com, 20 Mar. 2012, www.geek.com/chips/the-pirate-bay-aims-high-with-bizarre-flying-server-scheme-1476755/.
Slide 22:
Weissman, Cale Guthrie. “The Pirate Bay's New Logo Sends a Loud Message to the Authorities Trying to Shut It Down.” Business Insider, Business Insider, 19 May 2015,
www.businessinsider.com/the-pirate-bay-has-a-new-logo-with-a-clear-message-2015-5.
Slide 23:
“The Streaming Services Are Getting Out of Hand.” Grit Daily News, 22 Jan. 2020, http://gritdaily.com/the-streaming-services-are-getting-out-of-hand/.
Slide 24:
Feldman, Brian. “Piracy Is Back.” Intelligencer, Intelligencer, 26 June 2019, http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/piracy-is-back.html.
Slide 25:
“r/BulletBarry - Keurig Coffee DRM.” Reddit, www.reddit.com/r/BulletBarry/comments/796vzx/keurig_coffee_drm/.
Krzywinski, Martin. “DRM Revolution 01.” Flickr, Yahoo!, 24 Mar. 2007, www.flickr.com/photos/fullaperture/432100462.
Slide 26:
“Intellectual Free Property Speech to Copyright Laws Are Anti-Free Speech: Meme on ME.ME.” Me.me, http://me.me/i/intellectual-free-property-speech-to-copyright-laws-are-anti-free-
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Slide 28:
Kim, Eddie. “After 15 Years, the Pirate Bay Still Can't Be Killed.” MEL Magazine, 23 Mar. 2020, http://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/after-15-years-the-pirate-bay-still-cant-be-killed.
Slide 31:
“’TPB AFK’ – Simon Klose's Documentary about The Pirate Bay out Now.” Grundversorgung 2.0, http://digitale-grundversorgung.de/blog/2013/02/21/tpb-afk-simon-kloses-documentary-about-
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