The US Government has arrested the owner of Kickass Torrents

[WYP]

The US Government has arrested the owner of Kickass Torrents, a website that is allegedly responsible for distributing over $1 Billion of copyrighted materials.



Read more on the arrest of Kickass Torrent's founder.

 

[Kushiro]

Was going to say that it was surprising that Apple was so helpful, the torrents...

 

[Dawelio]

Was going to say that it was surprising that Apple was so helpful, the torrents...

Dumb question, but how do you mean?... I'm not following :huh:

 

[AlienALX]

Dumb question, but how do you mean?... I'm not following :huh:

Try reading the whole article dude

 

[Dawelio]

Try reading the whole article dude

I did, hence me still not getting it and hence the dumb question...

 

[Daft Behemoth]

I did, hence me still not getting it and hence the dumb question...

I believe he's pointing out that despite Apple having famously not disclosed private information in the past, readily gave the FBI anything they wanted in this case due to it being in their bests interest (i.e. stopping torrenting to increase sales).

 

[Thelosouvlakia]

I believe he's pointing out that despite Apple having famously not disclosed private information in the past, readily gave the FBI anything they wanted in this case due to it being in their bests interest (i.e. stopping torrenting to increase sales).

Only to think that a lot of Apple fan boys try to sell Apple products with "You can actually crack apps for the iOS or the OSX easier than what there is in windows because developers don't expect their apps to be cracked"