![]() A couple of months later it was down again, this time kicked out by its new Netherlands-based host. “Due to the speed of which content and mirror links are added, this site enables users to download pre-release titles quickly but also request new links if older links have been removed.” Copyright Pressures Mountĭuring the same year as the RIAA filed its complaint with the USTR, RLSLOG was pulled offline by its German hosting company following a takedown request from Universal Music. For each title there are multiple one-click download links known as ‘mirrors’,” the RIAA told the USTR. “has thousands of pre-release or recently released music titles available on the site. At the time, RLSLOG had grown into the world’s most popular release news site, a position not lost on the music industry. In 2010, RLSLOG was reported to the USTR by the RIAA, labeled a ‘notorious market’ worthy of enforcement action. While a particularly unwelcome status, any site reported to the United States Trade Representative by copyright holders can consider itself well and truly on the map. (Note: An earlier version of this article incorrectly attributed the “existential threat” quote to Wilkinson) RLSLOG Reported to the USTR That position was also held by the broader entertainment industries a decade earlier so, with growing numbers of visitors to RLSLOG, the site received plenty of attention from copyright holders. More than 10 years later, however, The Man From Earth director Richard Schenkman was describing pirates as an “existential threat” to all creators. “In the future, I will not complain about file sharing,” he wrote, “When I make my next picture, I just may upload the movie on the net myself!” ![]() In November 2007, Eric Wilkinson, the producer of the independent film ‘The Man from Earth’, wrote an email to RLSlog in which he thanked them for the free promotion the site gave him. This information was welcomed by millions of pirates and in one stand-out moment, was even appreciated by a prominent filmmaker. These articles also linked to Scene ‘NFO’ files but where the site broke relatively new ground was the addition of links where the files could be found on torrent sites including the long-dead Mininova. Music was also broadly covered along with apps, games and other pirated content. Unlike so-called ‘pre databases’ that displayed only raw information, new releases on RLSLOG were presented in an article format with comments on the quality, source (such as DVDSCR or the now largely defunct Telecine), runtime, IMDB rating and format (Xvid, for example). When it first launched, visitors were able to read about the latest pirate releases, who had placed them online and, importantly, what the files were called. Founded in 2006, was one of the pioneers of the ‘release blog’ format.
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