GIVEAWAY HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO OP BEING IN A BAD MOOD. I apologize, Zeh3. I have one invite to FileList. Rules: Like this post Reply to this post with a comment that says you are applying Do not PM me, I will PM Do not apply if you have been banned from this tracker Do not apply if you are not willing to use it (collecting trackers) The winner must leave a positive feedback to @Slifer after receiving the invite Note: FileList is a Romanian private torrent tracker for general releases. (The winner will be announce one week from now; Tuesday, October 1, 2020, 9 AM EEST.)

Cox Communications is requesting a reduction of the piracy damages awarded by a Virginia jury last year in favor of a group of prominent music companies. The ISP argues that 2,438 duplicate or overlapping works should be scrapped, which translates to a massive $243 million in damages, roughly a quarter of the total. Last year, Internet provider Cox Communications lost its legal battle against a group of major record labels. Following a two-week trial, a Virginia jury held Cox liable for its pirating subscribers, ordering the company to pay $1 billion in damages. Heavily disappointed by the decision, Cox later asked the court to set the jury verdict aside and decide the issue directly. In addition, the ISP argued that the “shockingly excessive” damages should be lowered. If that wasn’t an option, Cox wanted a new trial. No Miscarriage of Justice In June the court denied Cox’s request for a new trial and the damages amount per work wasn’t seen as excessive either. The jury set this amount at $99,830 per work. Cox summed up a list of arguments why this is “historic” amount is “shockingly” excessive. However, unlike Cox, the court saw no “miscarriage of justice.” “In sum, Plaintiffs were well within their rights to elect both a jury trial and statutory damages. After significant deliberation, the jury awarded $99,830.29 per work, well within the Act’s statutory range of $750.00-$150,000.00,” Judge O’Grady wrote. These conclusions were a major disappointment for Cox, but there was also a positive note. The court agreed with the ISP that damages should be issued per ‘work’ and not for each ‘copyright,’ as was the case in the original verdict. Overlapping Works Shouldn’t Count The $1 billion in damages is based on 10,017 copyrights, multiplied by $99,3830 in damages. However, the court said that infringers shouldn’t be punished multiple times for one pirated track simply because there are more copyrights related to it. After all, some tracks can easily have 20 different copyright holders. Over the past few weeks, the ISP went over all the works that were listed by the music companies. According to its analysis, this includes thousands of overlapping copyrights. This careful examination of the evidence didn’t just reveal derivative tracks. As it turns out, the original list of tracks also included the musical composition “Shine” twice. A small mistake, but one that cost nearly $100,000. $243 Million Reduction After going over all the provided evidence, Cox argues that 2,438 works should be removed. This represents a total damages value of $243,386.25. “The total number of works to be removed from the damages award under the Court’s order is thus 2,438, leaving 7,579 works in suit that are eligible for statutory damages,” Cox writes. “Applying the per-work award of $99,830.29 to the 7,579 remaining works in suit, the statutory damages award should be reduced from $1 billion to $756,613,767.91,” the Internet provider adds. While this is still a historically high damages award, shaving off nearly a quarter-billion from the original sum is certainly significant. That said, this is all based on Cox’s calculations and has yet to be formally approved by the court. — A copy of Cox’s post-trial response brief, detailing its calculations, is available here (pdf)

Almost one year from our last lottery draw, it's time for a new one! Each user will have a chance to win! Each of you will receive one lottery ticket, which will entitle you to take part in the prize draw. Donators site will be able to increase the number of tickets (which also means increasing number of prizes). Each $3 donation (made between July 29th - August 10th) will give you an additional special ticket and increased opportunity modifier ! This means that if you have 5 special tickes then you will have chance to win 5 prizes, and with every draw you make, the chance modifier is increased 5x times! In short, special tickets not only give you more prizes, but they also increase the chance of winning each one of those prizes. (The more tickets the better chance of winning the best prizes). Users with special tickets will be drawn from a special prize pool. Basic prize pool (sorted from the highest chance of winning): +5 GB of upload +10 GB of upload +5 reputation +10 reputation +1 invitation +3 invitations +1 month Free Leech +1 month VIP class +100 GB of upload Special prize pool (special tickets required, sorted from the prize with the best chance of winning): +25 GB of upload +50 GB of upload +25 reputation +50 reputation +3 invitations +5 invitations +250 GB of upload + 500 GB of upload +3 months VIP class + Free Leech +6 months VIP + Free Leech class +1000 GB (1 TB) of upload +12 months class VIP + Free Leech + 5 000 GB (5 TB) of upload +3 years VIP + Free Leech class +5 years VIP class + Free Leech Rank PT LEGEND If you have any questions concerning lottery, feel free to leave them in comments to this news or use our HelpDesk. PT4EVER! Cheers! PT Team

Global Notice Since sending out the last message for donations, I’ve had 5 people donate, I’m starting to wonder what the point anymore, maybe after 14 years it’s time to call it a day, I’m closing the doors with immediate effect, let’s hope I’m not closing the site in a couple of days!

I want to exchange all these accounts combined: FileList, TorrentDay, TranceTraffic, TorrentLeech, & ArabP2P with either Empornium or Bibliotik.

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Google Translation: Dear Retailers, This (downtime) was not a malfunction, but just someone who passed us on to the brain. I know who this is, simply because no one else can find the IP of the web server as we use a frontend. This was a blow because we had to take another server now while the old one had just been paid for 3 months .. However this is much more important!!! All data is safe, which is why we run the database of data on a third server. Ironically, as alleenretail.org we exist exactly 12.5 years today !!!! So we have a nice promotion!!! And still money that you can respond to this message for a link !! Then we'll be on it ... We also ask everyone to seed on as much as possible so that we are back on the right level!!! Overseeding is no problem this week .. Lots of fun! AlleenRetail

Google Translation: Le Chaudron is in freeleech thanks to the Common Pot

Dear BWTians, To celebrate EID and independence Days of India and Pakistan, BWT will be freeleech from today (midnight IST) until 16th August. Use this opportunity to increase your ratio, don't hit & run. Enjoy!!

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Google Translation: In July, the Chinese Valentine's Day activity is about to start!! -------------------------------- On the Qixi Festival, meet at the magpie bridge; Lang loves concubine, don’t forget to be safe; good news and trembling music, enjoy together with Melody Special activities on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month (all members including staff can participate): (1) From August 1st to August 16th, ordinary users will be invited to register, and the level will be reduced to User level. For invitations sent during this period, after each invitee successfully passes the novice assessment, the inviter will receive the following rewards (choose one): 1. The upload volume increased by 300GB 2. Downloads reduced by 100GB 3. The upload volume increases by 50GB, while the download volume decreases by 50GB Because the assessment period is one month, the rewards will be issued uniformly before September 30. (2) From August 1st to August 16th, the top 10 music torrents released: First place, you need to upload more than 150 music seeds that meet the requirements, 15 invitation cards, 1.5 million magic power, 10T upload, permanent yellow star, 7 boxes of brand-name condoms Second place, need to upload more than 140 music seeds that meet the requirements, 14 invitation cards, 1.4 million magic power, 9T upload, permanent yellow star, 6 boxes of brand-name condoms No. 3, need to upload more than 130 music seeds that meet the requirements, 13 invitation cards, 1.3 million magic power, 8T upload, permanent yellow star, 5 boxes of brand-name condoms No. 4, need to upload more than 120 music seeds that meet the requirements, 12 invitation cards, 1.2 million magic power, 7T upload, 3 boxes of brand-name condoms No. 5, need to upload more than 110 music seeds that meet the requirements, 11 invitation cards, 1.1 million magic power, 6T upload, 3 boxes of brand-name condoms 6th place, need to upload more than 100 music seeds that meet the requirements, 10 invitation cards, 1 million magic power, 5T upload, 3 boxes of brand-name condoms The 7th place, need to upload more than 90 music seeds that meet the requirements, 9 invitation cards, 900,000 magic power, 4T upload, 3 boxes of brand-name condoms No. 8, need to upload more than 80 music seeds that meet the requirements, 8 invitation cards, 800,000 magic power, 3T upload, 3 boxes of brand-name condoms The 9th place, need to upload more than 70 music seeds that meet the requirements, 7 invitation cards, 700,000 magic power, 2T upload, 3 boxes of brand-name condoms 10th place, need to upload more than 60 music seeds that meet the requirements, 6 invitation cards, 600,000 magic power, 1T upload, 3 boxes of brand-name condoms (3) From August 1st to August 16th, the number of music seeds that meet the requirements exceeded 50, but did not enter the top 10: reward 5 ordinary invitations, 100,000 magic power, 500G upload (4) From August 1st to August 16th, 20% off on the entire shopping mall, sufficient supply For specific sets of rewards, please check the event details

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