You're not gunna like this, but Mininova is dead.
I know, I know. We're all sad, Mr. Messy Hair Blubbering Boy. For years, users from around the globe have come to rely on such sites as Mininova or The Pirate Bay for just about everything from music to movies to television. Now those public trackers are going cold or legal or they're locking themselves into military style bullet proof bunkers to keep out the RIAA killjoys (click the link; that's not even a joke, people) Seriously, dude, get over it. File sharing has been the M-O of the internet since the inception of broadband, and for a good deal before that. There will always be something else for old fashioned greedy businessmen to bitch about, so just focus on that. Maybe get your ass out of that pink Snuggie and get a Usenet account? They've been successfully breaking the law a lot longer than any torrent site. Not that I would EVER download something illegally, mind you. I rather enjoy paying in excess of 20 dollars for CDs that feature lowest-common-denominator artists like Kings of Leon and Lady Gaga playing the same exact song 10 different ways (whatever happened to at least 15 tracks per album?). I also enjoy paying 10 dollars + to go see a movie I'm fairly certain will be full of bad acting and a lot of special effects (god, movie makers are just SO CREATIVE these days). My favorite, though, is paying a monthly service fee for what amounts to a VCR so I can watch wholesome entertainment like Jersey Shore or Jon and Kate Plus 8. Long live shitty business models! Let's all forget about developing value for the given purchase price and stick with the cheapest shittiest product we can come up with and charge more for it and shove more advertising into it. That certainly seems like the answer to me. Let's punish our audience by taking away delivery methods that they enjoy, and let's send them threatening letters saying they had better stop watching our movies, because that will certainly boost sales, won't it? I knew you'd agree.
