Tossing the DVD and TV set altogether ... Part 2

R.I.P. "AllSimps.com."

Yeah, we reported it on September 27; sometime between then and now, the site which purported to provide pretty much every "Simpsons" episode for easy, non bit-torrented download, is gone with the Schwinn.

From the site:

I have been asked by fox to close this site. Thank you

I do think my site was legal, but I'm sure Fox doesn't think so and I dont want to take the risk. So...

Here are links to other sites that inspired me to create this one.

Heh.

The good news -- at least, depending on how you look at it -- is that there are any number of sites out there willing to pick up the torch and start running (for "The Simpsons," "South Park," "Family Guy" or other shows), until doused with a bucket of "cease and desist" water from the legal folks. My personal favorite has a very un-PC name, but what makes them the most fun right now is that their front page has a pissy warning (provided here, poor punctuation and language included):

Updated October 15th:
Other sites are stealing our shit. We work hard finding these episodes, then sorting through them and bringing them to you. Then other assholes are copying our exact HTML, (javascript and all) and putting their names on it. If this keeps happening the cartoon portal is going to be member's only. Sorry.

Hee! They're completely ticked that the stuff they stole ... is being stolen. Hubris, thy nickname is Internet.

But on the other side, Denial, thy name is Network/Cable TV. No matter how many Googles merge with YouTubes, no matter how many suits file suits, the fact is that the software is out there to make these files, the will is out there thanks to people with a lot of time on their hands and the know-how, and the TV shows are out there. Cut off one head, and two more sprout up in its wake.

-- Randee Dawn