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RE: Illegal downloading
June 28, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Hey Damn't!!!, I want a cookie..........
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RE: Illegal downloading
June 29, 2009 at 10:07 am
*Rubs crystal ball*
I'm seeing a post...
It's a post by Kyu. He's talking about illegal downloading being illegal. He's saying people who commit this crime are criminals. He believes this is a valid point against the morality of filesharing.
I'm seeing this over and over again... I wonder what the significance is.
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RE: Illegal downloading
July 8, 2009 at 10:20 am
I hgaven't downloaded "illegal" for a while. Don't need to since my brother does it, moview, music, games even and so on.
We are both supporting the Pirate party here in sweden, which pretty much are the only party that talks about integrity and the rights that people have. I also don't see downloading as a crime. People say that it is stealing. THat downlloading, or in other words filesharing=stealing. it perhaps is indirectly. But if it would be as stealing, then people had hack in to a site and then download. Then it would more resemble to steal. As it is now is it the same thing as when someone give his neighbours free sugar.
Downloading also gives musicians, game devolopers and so on a huge oppertunity. What I mean by this is that a rescent study shows that those who fileshare are also those who buy most music CD's for an example. This becuase people want to support a certain musician, when they have downloaded his/her's music and like it.
It's the same with myself. If I donwload a game for free, and I like it, then I buy it. This because I want to support the game developers.
I don't see downloading as stealing more then listening to the radio in public.
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RE: Illegal downloading
July 8, 2009 at 10:28 am
I know, that does seem a bit odd. I mean, we have legal devices for recording video and sound, yet it's not illegal to record things broadcast on TV (or over radio?), am I right?
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RE: Illegal downloading
July 8, 2009 at 10:35 am
That is because the radio and TV companies pay the royalties for the music/programs they broadcast. When I was a Radio Jock you had to fill out what tracks you played so Buma/Stemra knows what label and artist are in title to the fee we paid.
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RE: Illegal downloading
July 8, 2009 at 10:38 am
Yeah, but radio is free for the consumer, and it is still legal to record off the radio? Same with TV?
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RE: Illegal downloading
July 8, 2009 at 10:39 am
(This post was last modified: July 8, 2009 at 10:41 am by Overmars.)
(July 8, 2009 at 10:20 am)Giff Wrote: Downloading also gives musicians, game devolopers and so on a huge oppertunity. What I mean by this is that a rescent study shows that those who fileshare are also those who buy most music CD's for an example. This becuase people want to support a certain musician, when they have downloaded his/her's music and like it.
It's the same with myself. If I donwload a game for free, and I like it, then I buy it. This because I want to support the game developers.
I don't see downloading as stealing more then listening to the radio in public.
I fully agree, all the video games that I own have been bought after I illegally downloaded the game from a torrents site and played it. If i like a game I will buy it to support the developers and to take pride in having the original game on my shelf. Same thing happens with the music albums.
(July 8, 2009 at 10:38 am)Tiberius Wrote: Yeah, but radio is free for the consumer, and it is still legal to record off the radio? Same with TV?
If it would be legal, for example to record Family Guy, than the company that produces it wouldn't sell DVDs with it, wouldn't they?
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