said by JohnInSJ:said by Wayne99021:Only speaking for myself, but to me the best way around all this is just don't download or steal any material that has a copyright.
Never have to worry about getting a call or nasty e-mail.
Yep... "don't steal stuff" - seems simple enough.
stealing implies that the original owner has lost something, but in the case of filesharing, you are not making it so that the owner cannot hold it anymore. Its getting harder and harder to simply say that copyright infringement is stealing, and that they lost vast sums of monies, when in actuality, the copy may not have been a sale, and at most, they lost a few bucks, not thousands. Copyright laws need a refresh, in the right way, to allow digital goods to flourish in an age where everything can be found for free. hell, if the companies gave us a legal alternative that didnt suck, i would probably use it. Look at what Steam did to game piracy and prices. So far, the MPAA and RIAA, and copyright trolls are more concerned about making money from litigation versus the actual act of the infringement, and what possible damage it has to their business. Again, look up the definition of stealing, and you will see that there is no "copy" in theft. File sharing is NOT theft, and never was.