| Not polluting P2P - just illegal music and video sharing Media Defender, whose job is essentially to pollute p2p networks and make them annoying to use No, their job is to make stealing music and videos annoying to do. If, as many here claim, that they use P2P mainly for game and linux software distros, then they aren't affecting P2P networks for the majority of users at all. Now, does anyone believe P2P is used mostly for legitimate activities as is so often claimed? 
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 FiLPremium
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Silver Spring, MD | Doesn't matter TCH.
There's at least ONE legitimate reason (of which I can make out 10) that knocks the whole "its ALL illegal" talk out of the equation.
The real mantra is "What you do to one you will eventually do to hundreds." Meaning just cause I'm Latino doesn't mean I'm from #%^%ing Mexico...
Get it?
Generalizations don't do us any good. Maybe for the trendsetters and paparazzi rags, but not the common man. Lump everyone into one category is REAL easy to do. But I can't see how this is black and white...theres lots of gray area in this scam of a cleanup job the RIAA and MPAA got going on...
And I can't say it enough: Mutha#&@ the AA's! |
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| said by FiL:Doesn't matter TCH. There's at least ONE legitimate reason (of which I can make out 10) that knocks the whole "its ALL illegal" talk out of the equation. The real mantra is "What you do to one you will eventually do to hundreds." Meaning just cause I'm Latino doesn't mean I'm from #%^%ing Mexico... Get it? Generalizations don't do us any good. Maybe for the trendsetters and paparazzi rags, but not the common man. Lump everyone into one category is REAL easy to do. But I can't see how this is black and white...theres lots of gray area in this scam of a cleanup job the RIAA and MPAA got going on... And I can't say it enough: Mutha#&@ the AA's! Seems pretty BLACK and WHITE to me.
If you are distributing copyrighted works without the permission of the copyright holder, you are breaking the law and can be held civilly or criminally liable.
If you are downloading copyrighted works without the permission of the copyright holder, you are infringing on copyrighted works and can be held civilly liable.
If you are downloading software that is considered to be Freeware, Shareware, or have a GNU License, and you are following the restrictions of said license, you are fine.
The only gray area comes in when people try to justify their illegal use of other people copyrighted works without permission and they somehow justify it by spewing the usual mantra..
"Music is crap.", "Movie tickets are too expensive.", "Artists and Record labels have enough money.", "I'm entitled!".
All a bunch of crap.
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One more time. It's not stealing, it's copyright violations. If people start letting the **aa's get away with changing terminology, they effectively change it from an actionable civil issue into an actionable criminal issue. Big difference. |
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