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Piracy...your take?
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RE: Piracy...your take?
(October 9, 2009 at 5:25 pm)Nick A. Wrote:
(October 9, 2009 at 2:06 pm)Retorth Wrote: I just feel that its so rampant that its extremely hard, borderlining on impossible to solve. I could be wrong however. A full proof solution may well be at hand. Smile

I agree. Even if extremely powerful protection software is designed, if it can be used on someone's computer it can be pirated. Luckily though, for companies, a lot of people (such as you, Eilonnwy), have a strong moral conviction regarding piracy.

I'm not going to say piracy is right or that it isn't stealing, but clinging to those two guidelines, while very responsible and logical, doesn't have a lot of practical strength. Companies will continue to make massive profits because very focused moral people realize that stealing is stealing. I personally, have only ever downloaded material from large corporations or artists. I think for developing music artists and such, they really do need the money, and at that point your actions do have a practical impact.

You argument is ridiculous, it's as if your saying as long as other people buy it, it's okay for you to steal. I know that's not specifically what you said, but that's the impression I get.

Practical strength? I don't purchase things just because I don't want to get caught stealing. I want to actually support artists or companies I like. If everyone decided it was okay to steal because it doesn't matter, then it will eventually destroy that music industry. If that's what you want, fine. Money talks, don't buy what you're not willing to pay for. The piracy is already impacting the music industry. I work for my friend who is trying to "make it" and I see first hand how they suffer from this problem.

I'll never forget, I was working a table and a sudden downpour happened. I was under a tent but water was rushing to this one spot and my friend's guitar was there, so I was focused on getting that out of the water. I turned back and noticed a CD was gone. Would you say it's okay for whoever took that CD to do it? Probably not, so why is it any different for music you can download?
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." Benjamin Franklin

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Messages In This Thread
Piracy...your take? - by Nick A. - October 8, 2009 at 7:59 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Secularone - October 8, 2009 at 8:12 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Nick A. - October 8, 2009 at 8:16 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Dotard - October 8, 2009 at 8:23 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by theblindferrengi - October 8, 2009 at 8:46 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Nick A. - October 8, 2009 at 8:52 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Tiberius - October 8, 2009 at 8:55 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Nick A. - October 8, 2009 at 9:28 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by leo-rcc - October 9, 2009 at 3:11 am
RE: Piracy...your take? - by fr0d0 - October 9, 2009 at 5:02 am
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Meatball - October 9, 2009 at 9:54 am
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Eilonnwy - October 9, 2009 at 10:27 am
RE: Piracy...your take? - by fr0d0 - October 9, 2009 at 12:36 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Meatball - October 9, 2009 at 11:23 am
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Eilonnwy - October 9, 2009 at 11:48 am
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Minimalist - October 9, 2009 at 11:55 am
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Eilonnwy - October 9, 2009 at 12:36 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by theVOID - October 9, 2009 at 12:43 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by fr0d0 - October 9, 2009 at 12:46 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Meatball - October 9, 2009 at 1:28 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Eilonnwy - October 9, 2009 at 1:52 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Retorth - October 9, 2009 at 1:47 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Retorth - October 9, 2009 at 2:06 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Eilonnwy - October 9, 2009 at 2:28 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by theVOID - October 9, 2009 at 2:19 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Nick A. - October 9, 2009 at 5:25 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Eilonnwy - October 9, 2009 at 6:23 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Meatball - October 11, 2009 at 4:36 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Eilonnwy - October 16, 2009 at 10:02 am
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Nick A. - October 10, 2009 at 3:02 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Edwardo Piet - October 10, 2009 at 3:17 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Amphora - October 10, 2009 at 5:11 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by padraic - October 10, 2009 at 6:47 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Falhalterra - October 11, 2009 at 12:33 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Rhizomorph13 - October 11, 2009 at 2:20 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by leo-rcc - October 11, 2009 at 3:10 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Tiberius - October 11, 2009 at 7:02 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Edwardo Piet - October 11, 2009 at 7:30 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Nick A. - October 11, 2009 at 8:42 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Edwardo Piet - October 11, 2009 at 8:43 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Dotard - October 12, 2009 at 8:13 am
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Tiberius - October 12, 2009 at 8:45 am
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Tiberius - October 12, 2009 at 8:46 am
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Edwardo Piet - October 15, 2009 at 9:34 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Edwardo Piet - October 16, 2009 at 10:05 am
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Meatball - October 16, 2009 at 12:04 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Eilonnwy - October 16, 2009 at 12:18 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Meatball - October 16, 2009 at 1:16 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Edwardo Piet - October 20, 2009 at 9:19 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Meatball - October 20, 2009 at 11:06 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Edwardo Piet - October 20, 2009 at 11:10 pm
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Meatball - October 21, 2009 at 10:14 am
RE: Piracy...your take? - by Edwardo Piet - October 25, 2009 at 8:54 pm

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