Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
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join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ
| reply to BF69
Re: par for the course
is the netflix subscription free? No. Saving the stream = ILLEGAL.
its not illegal saving the stream is no different then pushing record on a VCR while you have the cable box tuned to HBO while a movie is on, HBO isnt free either but no law states one cant tape it.
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captain456
@gci.com
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said by nasadude  :just another part of the war on file stealers. every part of American society and government must be enlisted to fight infringement, because the media companies are so important for our existence, ya know (even more important than terraism). resistance is futile (as long as we are governed by idiots) It's not about media companies being important it's about enforceing laws that are already on the books and have been for years. It's just that before the internet copyright THEFT was not nearly as easy and common. And easy to catch for that matter |
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PDXPLT
join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR
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I know this post was tongue in cheek, but this legislative result is not surprising. Colleges have knowingly permitted their networkes to be used for wholesale copyright infringement for years, and have refused to do any self-policing. If you don't clean up your own house, and continue to permit illegal activity that a multibillion dollar business says is hurting the bottom line, you're gonna get stomped on by the government. Not only can the entertainment industry afford plenty of lobbyists, it is one of the few industries than contributes a positive export cash flow; i.e., they've got lots of friends in D.C.
Yea, lots of posters here want to do whatever they want online, and rationalize that they're only hurting "greedy" corporations. Well, those corporations send alot of money to D.C., and when was the last time you sent a check to the EFF? |
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53059959
Temp banned from BBR more then anyone
join:2002-10-02
PwnZone | reply to BabyBear
maybe now people will start using the »Campus Broadband Chat again |
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Capharnaum
join:2006-06-19
Montreal, QC
| reply to BF69
said by BF69 :Seriously I think you must be stupid. Let's just say everyone pirated everything. Would new stuff ever get made? If you think so why? What is the motivation to create new movies, Tv shows or music if the artist won't get paid? what just to please you? If your boss said from now you you will work but not get paid, how long would you stay at that job? Not long. Let's just say that the amount of crap that gets funding (honestly, how many good movies get made? 5%? How many good cds? 2%?) proves that the industry is too rich still.
I wish that people would stop paying for the crap they produce.
Also, their problem is not people making copies, it's their business model that doesn't work. Great movies still register great sales (record sales even). People will buy the good stuff. It's the bad stuff that gets killed by the copying (since then people can watch it without paying and won't get their greens out for crap). |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
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said by stomp357 :said by BF69 :said by nasadude :just another part of the war on file stealers. every part of American society and government must be enlisted to fight infringement, because the media companies are so important for our existence, ya know Obviously the media companies are important to the file sharers' existance since they steal so much of their content to begin with. If media is so unimportant it wouldn't be worth stealing. You don't see people going around in other people's yards taking piles of dog crap do you? Why? Because it isn't worth having, thus it's not worth taking. It is dog crap. That's why it's not worth paying for. What, the media? If the media is dog crap why do you want it in the first place free or not? That doesn't make sense. If I gave you a plate of actual dog crap, would you eat it if I said it was free? Seems like for you the answer is yes. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to karlmarx
said by karlmarx :Actually, songs sell at a fraction of that cost. Try mp3sparks.com, it's less than .05 cents per song. Sorry I choose legal stuff.
And movies? FREE, from netflix. Just save the stream, and you have a movie that you PAID FOR (by subscribing to NexFlix). is the netflix subscription free? No. Saving the stream = ILLEGAL.
Granted, in your world, the megacorps control what you watch, when you watch it, where you watch it, and how much you pay, EVERY TIME you watch it. But the good news is, they don't control the rest of the world. And the REST OF THE WORLD has determined that the prices they charge in the US, well, just aren't worth it.
A pirated work != Lost Sale, much to their dismay.
In your world everything is handed to you you don't have to work for everything while everyone works to provide you everythig and not get paid. No such thing as a free lunch buddy. You'll learn that one your join grown up world.
Seriously I think you must be stupid. Let's just say everyone pirated everything. Would new stuff ever get made? If you think so why? What is the motivation to create new movies, Tv shows or music if the artist won't get paid? what just to please you? If your boss said from now you you will work but not get paid, how long would you stay at that job? Not long.
I swear some of these people here must secretly be fans of Karl Marx. |
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stomp357
join:2003-04-13
Lake Charles, LA
 ·Suddenlink
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said by BF69 :said by nasadude :just another part of the war on file stealers. every part of American society and government must be enlisted to fight infringement, because the media companies are so important for our existence, ya know Obviously the media companies are important to the file sharers' existance since they steal so much of their content to begin with. If media is so unimportant it wouldn't be worth stealing. You don't see people going around in other people's yards taking piles of dog crap do you? Why? Because it isn't worth having, thus it's not worth taking. It is dog crap. That's why it's not worth paying for. |
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karlmarx
join:2006-09-18
iraq
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| reply to BF69
Actually, songs sell at a fraction of that cost. Try mp3sparks.com, it's less than .05 cents per song. Guess what, the prices they set in the US don't have much meaning on a GLOBAL internet.
And movies? FREE, from netflix. Just save the stream, and you have a movie that you PAID FOR (by subscribing to NexFlix).
Granted, in your world, the megacorps control what you watch, when you watch it, where you watch it, and how much you pay, EVERY TIME you watch it. But the good news is, they don't control the rest of the world. And the REST OF THE WORLD has determined that the prices they charge in the US, well, just aren't worth it.
A pirated work != Lost Sale, much to their dismay.
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
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said by rcdailey :The fact that someone steals a thing does mot prove that the thing stolen has actual value. A thief broke into our car one time and the only thing taken was a broken flashlight. I guess that broken flashlight must have had great value, like some of the downloads people acquire. First I was making a point. Second the fact that songs sell at a prcie of 99 cents and movies sell for several dollars prove they have an actual value. |
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rcdailey
Dragoonfly
Premium
join:2005-03-29
Rialto, CA
| reply to BF69
The fact that someone steals a thing does mot prove that the thing stolen has actual value. A thief broke into our car one time and the only thing taken was a broken flashlight. I guess that broken flashlight must have had great value, like some of the downloads people acquire. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to nasadude
said by nasadude :just another part of the war on file stealers. every part of American society and government must be enlisted to fight infringement, because the media companies are so important for our existence, ya know Obviously the media companies are important to the file sharers' existance since they steal so much of their content to begin with. If media is so unimportant it wouldn't be worth stealing. You don't see people going around in other people's yards taking piles of dog crap do you? Why? Because it isn't worth having, thus it's not worth taking. |
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BabyBear
Keep wise ...with Night-Owl
join:2007-01-11
| reply to nasadude
said by nasadude :resistance is futile (as long as we are governed by idiots) Garbage in, Garbage out |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
·Comcast
| just another part of the war on file stealers.
every part of American society and government must be enlisted to fight infringement, because the media companies are so important for our existence, ya know (even more important than terraism).
resistance is futile (as long as we are governed by idiots) |
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