 thegeekPremium
join:2008-02-21
united state
kudos:1 | New Revenue Stream? It's sad that copyright owners consider suing pirates as a revenue stream. I wish making content worth paying for and providing content in methods preferred by potential customers were higher priorities. |
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| the biggest pirates are the ones who progfit form it and we are the victims here.these big content owners have ripped us off and stole from us for years and did they get sued for it ???
no they get away with all the BS they do.
I feel no sympathy for their greedy practices. |
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PDXPLT
join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR | reply to thegeek
said by thegeek:I wish making content worth paying for ... Yea, well, there are enough people who think zero is the only price worth paying (some even on this thread), that this business model may work.
"Don't do the crime if you can't pay the fine"... |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | reply to gorehound
Ripped you off by selling you their content? I continually fail to understand this logic. |
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| When I first read his post I figured he was talking about NYC bootleggers, etc. I agree that those people should be punished. There is definitely a line between copying for personal use, and large scale copying for profit. |
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NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:4 Reviews:
 ·SONIC.NET
·Pacific Bell - SBC
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said by PDXPLT:"Don't do the crime if you can't pay the fine"... If the U.S. Copyright Group were prosecuting crimes, that sentiment would be correct. However, only DAs and AGs (and their assistants) can prosecute crimes. This is about civil tort, and there are only damages to collect. |
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pandoraPremium
join:2001-06-01
Outland
kudos:1 Reviews:
 ·ooma
·Google Voice
·Future Nine Corp..
 ·Comcast
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said by thegeek:It's sad that copyright owners consider suing pirates as a revenue stream. I wish making content worth paying for and providing content in methods preferred by potential customers were higher priorities. Holy BS. If you don't want to legally acquire content, because it's not worth paying for, then just avoid it.
Owners are entitled to collect profits from their work.
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"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." |
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