Pirate Bay Shares Torrent Love via Facebook
I’m sure that there’s going to be another uproar about Pirate Bay because soon there’ll be links coming from your Torrenting buddies asking if you want to also download the latest film or album for free direct from their Facebook profile.
The Pirate Bay site now has a link under torrents to “Share on Facebook†– so, once posted to your profile, your Facebook friends can click the link on Facebook to begin the download right away, provided they already have a torrenting client such as U-Torrent installed.
Facebook is the world’s largest social networking site with over 150 million people signed up already.
This makes it an ideal place to share content but the thing is many of the files on TPB are illegal to download which makes those folks that hold the copyright a tad miffed to say the least.
Keeping in mind the latest court happenings involving TBP I can already imagine the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) and the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) getting their cases ready which will probably put Facebook right in the middle of this age old argument.
Do you think that The Pirate Bay and others like them are hurting the music and film industries or is it a positive thing as more people are getting to see their products and recommending them to friends?
Discuss 🙂
Story via Mashable
