Comments on TorrentFries: TorrentFries, inc.

The problem with running everything through a corp...

2008-11-02T13:40:00.000-08:00

The problem with running everything through a corporation is that corporations have owners, and that ownership information is public information (at least in the countries you mention).

Now, a corporation (or non-person entity, to be more abstract) can be owned by another non-person entity, but at the end of the day the corporation at the top of the stack has to be owned by at least one piece of real human flesh - with a name and an address.

IMHO the way to go is to operate through a paypal account that has been setup through obscure means - even that isn't 100% fool proof but at the end of the day if your servers are run by a fictitious company and paid for from a paypal account that was topped up by pre-paid credit cards paid with cash, then you're pretty tight.

The most critical point this can all fail is the domain name - if you have put in false information and someone reports it to the respective domain authority, they can usually pull the domain.

Personally, I wouldn't operate as a company as directors can still be personally sued for negligence - such as facilitating copyright theft.

Hey, I never said I was right...

2008-10-18T02:48:00.000-07:00

Hey, I never said I was right...

My first inclination would be that in the US, that...

2008-10-18T01:00:00.000-07:00

My first inclination would be that in the US, that wouldn't be a good idea. You have to apply to incorporate a business and can get audited any time. Plus it can cost money.

http://www.costhelper.com/cost/small-business/incorporation.html

Would be very interested in reading a guest entry ...

2008-10-17T21:54:00.000-07:00

Would be very interested in reading a guest entry about corporations and trackers. Helpful for anyone looking to protect themselves as much as possible if anonymity isn't their first choice.