RE: Thoughts on torrent sites
October 4, 2014 at 8:33 pm
(This post was last modified: October 4, 2014 at 8:52 pm by Aractus.)
(October 4, 2014 at 9:51 am)Chas Wrote:Right and who gets to decide what is "fair use"? You? Copyright lobby groups?(October 4, 2014 at 2:06 am)Aractus Wrote: You have the exclusive right to profit from your works, but you do not have the right to dictate what is done privately with those works.When it is fair use, no. When it is piracy, then yes.
Copyright holders don't have the right, nor should they have the right, to decide what a person is allowed to do in private with their works.
(October 4, 2014 at 1:44 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: As a photographer, piracy doesn't effect you that much because people will rarely pay for photo's anymore any way.Last year Tennis Australia sparked controversy when they posted this ad:
![[Image: RjEHvnU.png]](https://i.imgur.com/RjEHvnU.png)
Essentially they were seeking volunteer professional photographers for one of their amateur events for a full 2 weeks (16 days total!) It sparked outrage - if they wanted volunteers they may as well have advertised for amateur photographers, not professionals who already find it difficult enough to get paid work.
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The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
