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The smoke has settled, somewhat uneasily on the crazy spin cycle Pirate Bay got itself in, including charges against the owners, their web host threatened with fines if they don’t pull down the site, and the not-so-straightforward dealings of the company that supposedly bought TPB.

In light of aggressive campaigns of big Hollywood companies like Disney in tryting to stop copyright materials from being shared and downloaded through torrents (a peer-to-peer file sharing method) – remember the woman who was fined $1.9M for downloading 24 songs (look up my previous entry “think before your share”) – I wonder if it’s wise for sites like QueenTorrents to launch a tv torrents site.

The site claims to have a powerful search engine and a smooth interface for people who are looking to download music, games, movies, tv shows, etc. Torrents in itself is not illegal as it only essentially tells you where the files are, but once you decide to get a torrent, it may start to download copyright materials contained in that torrent’s info.

The thing is to stay away from copyright material, but with media companies trying to sell season dvds for Gossip Girl or Top Chef or 24, even though these are shown on free tv, well, it still considered copyright material right?