Authors against Piracy

In the last few weeks I have been in contact with nearly all the mass storage providers in efforts to completely remove all chess related materials from their servers unless the original uploader can prove they own the copyright to the material.

Since getting websites like AradiTracker.com and Lionroad.com shut down, I have been working with websites that utilize search programs for mass storage providers like Rapidshare.com and Megashare.com.

These efforts have been extremely helpful in getting pirated material removed as quickly as possible, sometimes just mere minutes after it was originally uploaded for distribution.

Other websites like Demonoid.com and ThePirateBay.com were initially opposed to helping. Since I can prove without a shadow of doubt that Amir Ban owns Junior, or Frans Morsch owns Fritz, and would be _very_ unlikely to post their own files for others to download without purchase, they have been more agreeable, but I have to provide more than just a suspected link and a request to have removed.

Since we know that it is nearly impossible to win this war on piracy, we don't just throw up our hands in defeat. Instead we look at better ways of removing content as quickly as possible.

In the end, making the business of piracy harder to operate will have to suffice until there are _real_ laws in place with _real_ punishments.

With that in mind, I bid you all a good day, and may all your downloads be legal.

Peter Skinner
Owner/Operator
Kikrtech.com