It's not my fault I steal from others, its the greedy governments fault, its the greedy corporations fault, it can never be my fault. Darn I work hard to down load illegal stuff. Hell, who do they think they are taking away my right to steal from others it just isn't right.
Why should they come after me they are the ones who are in the wrong.
...and this is were we see the grey line...It's not my fault I steal from others, its the greedy governments fault, its the greedy corporations fault, it can never be my fault. Darn I work hard to down load illegal stuff. Hell, who do they think they are taking away my right to steal from others it just isn't right.
Why should they come after me they are the ones who are in the wrong.
There are two types of folks who pirate...the ones who can afford the software but feel that they shouldn't have to pay and/or feel that the software companies owe them the software...and the ones that can't afford the software but they have a need/desire for said software...
Is it wrong to steal? Yes...is it wrong to charge overbearing prices for some software (many companies do this...no one can argue this point...)Yes...
What caused software to get so high? The pirates or corporate greed...which came first...the chicken or the egg?
I hate that metaphor. It was the egg. After all, the thing that laid the egg was not quite a chicken, it was the chickens closest ancestor that laid the slightly mutated egg that we know as a chicken.
Anyways, I always wanted a good reason to say that.
In this case, Corporate Greed (yes, it is capitalized) is the egg, pirating the chicken.
As long as there are corporations, there will be piracy. The way they set all of this up, it just leads to piracy.
Look at it this way: a dollar a song is not too bad right?
What if you want to buy 1000 songs.....? Ouch...
~Lordbob
If I were to take a guess the greed would be split 30-70. Seventy percent for the pirates and thirty percent for the corporations.
The one thing we forget is the cost to produce a product; companies have overhead, and in some cases it is quite a bit more than some think. Pirates do not take into consideration what a company goes through to put out a product. Nor do they care it is all about getting what they can without thought of payment.
The argument that someone doesn't make enough money qualifies them to pirate software is unwarranted. Just because a song is $1.00 and you want one-thousand is not a good debate tactic especially considering the songs can be purchased over time. How many people really are looking for a thousand songs at any given time.
This is a debate that can never be won in the forum of debates. It can only be won by establishing laws and guidelines then enforcing those laws. And, those who choose to break these laws need to understand without argument that they will be punished.
Well that's the point isn't it - they suffered severe penalties. Without such sanctions there would be anarchy. Avoiding illegal behaviour is one's democratic duty, and it's only when what is deemed illegal seems to be at odds with democracy that we have a moral question to answer - should we break the law for the greater good? It's difficult to see how nicking stuff via P2P is defensible in terms of protecting democratic principles...
Much as I disagree with the idiots d/l ing tons of movies and songs, there is a severe danger to personal liberty here.
Laws only have relevance if the population supports them .
If the population makes it clear they will not put up with it - it will be repealed.
Unfortunately, too many of us just shrug our shoulders and mutter, many more are completely unaware of what is going on.
We are sleepwalking into an Orwellian hell.
Hi all
Thankgoodness some people DO fileshare -- think of many exposures of crimes in high places -- without journalists often at severe risk to themselves getting hold of "sensitive" material we could at times be very much worse off.
P2P per se isn't illegal and even if it were I can see cases where it could be used
For example if I buy a Movie for playing on a DVD player on a laptop and I'm in Europe - why should I have to put up with the B/S saying I can't play that movie whilst I'm visiting the US -- what's a laptop for -- MOBILE computing of course.
So I for one don't treat "bypassing regional encoding" for DVD's THAT I'VE PAID for a crime even if I have to get the cracks from "The Ship" or elsewhere.
Cheers
jimbo
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