Kickasstorrents vs. PARI

vs. PARIBanta l Galang l Maligaya l Quiones l Tobias l TolentinoTorrent definedA torrent is a constantly moving file over a large network. typically pirated movies, torrents work by people downloading a small beginning file, and then using a program (ie: transmission) to finish it. this program works by downloading the parts that you don't have from other people doing the same thing, and uploading the parts that others need.

A file that connects a user to a swarm to download a file. The idea of torrents are not illegal, but it is mostly used to distribute illegal files. (i.e. music, movies, video games, etc.)Kickasstorrent definedKickassTorrents (sometimes abbreviated KAT) is a website, founded in 2008, that provides torrent files and magnet links to facilitate peer-to-peer file sharing using the BitTorrent protocol. As of November 2014, KAT became the most visited torrent directory in the world according to the site's Alexa ranking.

With millions of visitors per day KickassTorrents (KAT) is arguably the most visited torrent site on the Internet, outranking even the notorious Pirate Bay. After several domain hops KAT has been operating from the KAT.cr domain name for a few months now.History of Kickasstorrent Complies with DMCA and removes infringing torrents reported by owners; kat.ph, kat.tt, kickass.to, kickass.so, kickasstorrents.im, and kat.cr blocked as per the order of the High Court ruling that it contributed to copyright infringement; kickass.to (global maintenance) blocked and unblocked potentially malicious but not blockedHow PARI decided to tackle Kickasstorrents Representatives from the governments Intellectual Property Office (IPO), Optical Media Board (OMB), the Philippine National Police (PNP), and the Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI) came together to reinstate and reaffirm their commitment to curb piracy, illegal camcording and other IPR violations. Theme: Movies: A Global Passion

Six months later PARI succeeded in taking down the KAT.ph domain name through a temporary restraining order; and a cease and desist order issued to the dotPH for having allowed KAT.ph to go online.Nature of Kickasstorrent not actually illegal nor malicious Torrent is not equal to piracy; It is the content that makes the act illegal; Kickasstorrents does not condone illegal activity and encourages the proper action against those acting criminally; Risks of piracy is inevitable when producing and uploading something;

When tackling copyright issues Anyone who find their copyright being abused should seek to fix the problem without legal involvement; If this does not work, then, by all means, use the exiting legal proceedings made for such an instance; PARI had failed to follow the said process and had not specified what particular copyrighted properties were pirated.

Source: kickasstorrents.eu/safety/