There’s a whole lingo among the top tier of Internet video pirates and a Topsite is an important cog in the Piracy Pyramid, a place where often only hackers who know each other from way back congregate to chat and download. Last week, the Norwegian publication IT Avisen published a rare interview with an administrator of a so-called Topsite, and if the studios were worried before, they will no doubt be even more worried should they read the article, starting with the defiant tone of the unnamed pirate’s comments. “Nobody sees anybody,” the mid-twenties student of computer programming explains of the level of anonymity used in his circles. “The IRC OPs knows who the others are, but normally we don’t know who they are in real life. We only use nick names.”

Via: Film Stew

• Posted: November 21, 2007 | Filed: Channels | Permalink |