Music Industry Smiles while Torrent Trackers Give in: Is This an Early Celebration

Following the verdict announcement in the Pirate Bay case some private trackers have said hurriedly said goodbye to the p2p scene. One example is NordicBits based in the country that has grabbed the media attention over the last months, Sweden. The site now reads: "We have to shut down the site now due all circumstances. We don.t have time to do anything to the code, we don.t have interest to it, we don.t have any more money and the biggest reason is The Pirate Bay info."

The record labels are already celebrating the success of their anti-piracy lawsuits campaign considering these latest reports as a confirmation that they were right once again and that The Pirate Bay made a really good choice for setting an example.

There are a lot more trackers that will be closing their doors as reported by torrentfreak.

The internet is swarming with posts and articles denouncing the entertainment industry’s belief that the aforementioned trial and four individuals sent to jail will make a difference as false and even stupid. In several previous posts we emphasized that enough as well. And there are some other factors to be taken into consideration – services such as MegaUpload, and even Usenet (through providers like Giganews and UseNeXT) are gaining more and more ground.

There are too many examples of file sharing services and websites shut down with trumpet blast to even mention them here (well…ok…starting with Napster, Oink, Grokster, ShareReactor and many others) and here is file sharing still standing and more popular than ever.

So, how long till the record industry finally figures out that in this story once the genie is out of the bottle you’d better find a way to work with it and befriend with it cause it will never ever get back in again.