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Re: A little rant on Piracy

AlexBlom — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:29:16 -0000

BTW, thanks for the compliments on the blog :)

Re: A little rant on Piracy

AlexBlom — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:28:52 -0000

Alex,

Yes and no. I think creating the means (and we all know the purpose was for pirated material) can be just as bad.

More importantly, whether you agree with the entertainment industries business model or not, it is still theft. Power to the people and everything else I think still confuses and clouds the central issue - people are stealing their stock. You can&#39t expect anybody to turn around and say &#39well thats ok&#39.

Re: A little rant on Piracy

Alex -S- — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:14:56 -0000

"Should these guys have gone to goal? Yeah. They did break the law and steal a companies product."

Actually - the founders of the Pirate Bay stole Nothing! Zip! Zilch! - they created a means for the actual thieves (The public at large) to find copyrighted material - maybe not morally right, but not actually stealing on their behalf.

Also funny how the judge in the case just happened to be a member of two copyright associations - no trial bias there whatsoever.

And who really won? The MPAA or RIAA? Not one bit - not until they get the gawd knows how many other torrent trackers closed down (Thats all the Pirate Bay were - not theives -information sharers, them and thousands of other torrent trackers.)And even then - what about the myriad of file download sites (Rapidshare, etc etc.)

Its a crusade, just like the whole sue Napster users thing was! "The Man" winning nothing, wasting a lot of taxpayer dollars in trial money and making more people hate them. That&#39s winning?

Other than disagreeing on this view - nice blog and great work - keep it up! :

Re: A little rant on Piracy

AlexBlom — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:29:16 -0000

BTW, thanks for the compliments on the blog :)

Re: A little rant on Piracy

AlexBlom — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:29:16 -0000

BTW, thanks for the compliments on the blog :)

Re: A little rant on Piracy

AlexBlom — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:28:52 -0000

Alex,

Yes and no. I think creating the means (and we all know the purpose was for pirated material) can be just as bad.

More importantly, whether you agree with the entertainment industries business model or not, it is still theft. Power to the people and everything else I think still confuses and clouds the central issue - people are stealing their stock. You can't expect anybody to turn around and say 'well thats ok'.

Re: A little rant on Piracy

AlexBlom — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:28:52 -0000

Re: A little rant on Piracy

Alex -S- — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:14:56 -0000

"Should these guys have gone to goal? Yeah. They did break the law and steal a companies product."

Actually - the founders of the Pirate Bay stole Nothing! Zip! Zilch! - they created a means for the actual thieves (The public at large) to find copyrighted material - maybe not morally right, but not actually stealing on their behalf.

Also funny how the judge in the case just happened to be a member of two copyright associations - no trial bias there whatsoever.

And who really won? The MPAA or RIAA? Not one bit - not until they get the gawd knows how many other torrent trackers closed down (Thats all the Pirate Bay were - not theives -information sharers, them and thousands of other torrent trackers.)And even then - what about the myriad of file download sites (Rapidshare, etc etc.)

Its a crusade, just like the whole sue Napster users thing was! "The Man" winning nothing, wasting a lot of taxpayer dollars in trial money and making more people hate them. That's winning?

Other than disagreeing on this view - nice blog and great work - keep it up! :

Re: A little rant on Piracy

Alex -S- — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:14:56 -0000

Re: A little rant on Piracy

AlexBlom — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:29:00 -0000

BTW, thanks for the compliments on the blog :)

Re: A little rant on Piracy

AlexBlom — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:28:00 -0000

Alex,

Yes and no. I think creating the means (and we all know the purpose was for pirated material) can be just as bad.

More importantly, whether you agree with the entertainment industries business model or not, it is still theft. Power to the people and everything else I think still confuses and clouds the central issue - people are stealing their stock. You can't expect anybody to turn around and say 'well thats ok'.

Re: A little rant on Piracy

Alex -S- — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:14:00 -0000

"Should these guys have gone to goal? Yeah. They did break the law and steal a companies product."

Actually - the founders of the Pirate Bay stole Nothing! Zip! Zilch! - they created a means for the actual thieves (The public at large) to find copyrighted material - maybe not morally right, but not actually stealing on their behalf.

Also funny how the judge in the case just happened to be a member of two copyright associations - no trial bias there whatsoever.

And who really won? The MPAA or RIAA? Not one bit - not until they get the gawd knows how many other torrent trackers closed down (Thats all the Pirate Bay were - not theives -information sharers, them and thousands of other torrent trackers.)And even then - what about the myriad of file download sites (Rapidshare, etc etc.)

Its a crusade, just like the whole sue Napster users thing was! "The Man" winning nothing, wasting a lot of taxpayer dollars in trial money and making more people hate them. That's winning?

Other than disagreeing on this view - nice blog and great work - keep it up! :

Re: A little rant on Piracy

AlexBlom — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:29:16 -0000

BTW, thanks for the compliments on the blog :)

Re: A little rant on Piracy

AlexBlom — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:28:52 -0000

Alex,

Yes and no. I think creating the means (and we all know the purpose was for pirated material) can be just as bad.

More importantly, whether you agree with the entertainment industries business model or not, it is still theft. Power to the people and everything else I think still confuses and clouds the central issue - people are stealing their stock. You can't expect anybody to turn around and say 'well thats ok'.

Re: A little rant on Piracy

Alex -S- — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:14:56 -0000

"Should these guys have gone to goal? Yeah. They did break the law and steal a companies product."

Actually - the founders of the Pirate Bay stole Nothing! Zip! Zilch! - they created a means for the actual thieves (The public at large) to find copyrighted material - maybe not morally right, but not actually stealing on their behalf.

Also funny how the judge in the case just happened to be a member of two copyright associations - no trial bias there whatsoever.

And who really won? The MPAA or RIAA? Not one bit - not until they get the gawd knows how many other torrent trackers closed down (Thats all the Pirate Bay were - not theives -information sharers, them and thousands of other torrent trackers.)And even then - what about the myriad of file download sites (Rapidshare, etc etc.)

Its a crusade, just like the whole sue Napster users thing was! "The Man" winning nothing, wasting a lot of taxpayer dollars in trial money and making more people hate them. That's winning?

Other than disagreeing on this view - nice blog and great work - keep it up! :

Re: A little rant on Piracy

AlexBlom — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:29:16 -0000

BTW, thanks for the compliments on the blog :)

Re: A little rant on Piracy

AlexBlom — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:28:52 -0000

Alex,

Yes and no. I think creating the means (and we all know the purpose was for pirated material) can be just as bad.

Re: A little rant on Piracy

Alex -S- — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:14:56 -0000

"Should these guys have gone to goal? Yeah. They did break the law and steal a companies product."

Also funny how the judge in the case just happened to be a member of two copyright associations - no trial bias there whatsoever.

Its a crusade, just like the whole sue Napster users thing was! "The Man" winning nothing, wasting a lot of taxpayer dollars in trial money and making more people hate them. That's winning?

Other than disagreeing on this view - nice blog and great work - keep it up! :

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