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"Why I Pirate" - An Open Letter to Content Creators (LONG read) [Locked] |
-Mithan-  Title: VNBoard Admin
Posts: 1,287
Registered: 2000-3-1 11:53:15
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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"Why I Pirate" - An Open Letter to Content Creators (LONG read) |
Some of you may find this interesting, some may not:
http://tinyurl.com/83wq4y8
It is a letter from somebody discussing "why he pirates" and actually a pretty good read once you get going on it and with all the normal crap we talk about here, something "different".
What do you think of the letter?
Do you think piracy is right or wrong? Why or why not?
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Fozzie_Bear Posts: 2,490
Registered: 2001-12-20 01:43:43
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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"Why I Pirate" - An Open Letter to Content Creators (LONG read) |
I thought we werent allowed to talk about that stuff?
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-Mithan- Title: VNBoard Admin
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Registered: 2000-3-1 11:53:15
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
Subject:
"Why I Pirate" - An Open Letter to Content Creators (LONG read) |
Fozzie_Bear posted:
I thought we werent allowed to talk about that stuff?
You can talk about piracy itself.
You are just not allowed to pirate on the boards, link to places to pirate or discuss how to do it with that intent.
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JD_HOGG Posts: 2,846
Registered: 2008-3-18 08:04:21
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
Subject:
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I'm all for it. How do I get started?
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FineYoungCannibals Title: Top of the food chain
Posts: 1,620
Registered: 2003-7-14 19:17:12
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
Subject:
"Why I Pirate" - An Open Letter to Content Creators (LONG read) |
you are stealing, you can not justify it no matter how hard you try
Why i rob banks - An Open Letter to Bankers
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HeartView Title: Be right back...
Posts: 1,209
Registered: 2001-12-20 08:11:56
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Date Posted:
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"Why I Pirate" - An Open Letter to Content Creators (LONG read) |
FineYoungCannibals posted:
you are stealing, you can not justify it no matter how hard you try
Why i rob banks - An Open Letter to Bankers
Banks have insurance. If you rob a bank you're stealing from insurance companies.
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-VanDraegon-  Title: Ratt-n-Roll
Posts: 237
Registered: 2000-6-26 19:59:09
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
Subject:
"Why I Pirate" - An Open Letter to Content Creators (LONG read) |
FineYoungCannibals posted:
you are stealing, you can not justify it no matter how hard you try
Why i rob banks - An Open Letter to Bankers
Agreed.
The author of that piece is a selfish, self entitled tool.
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Chevya Posts: 48
Registered: 2002-3-17 05:52:26
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1/1/00 12:00am
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Didn't make it through the whole thing. From what I read I think the guy is frankly just making a bunch of excuses to justify his behavior. Just because the RIAA is wrong doesn't make you right.
Edit: Also I would like to read 'Why I rob banks - An open letter to bankers.'
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Fozzie_Bear Posts: 2,490
Registered: 2001-12-20 01:43:43
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
Subject:
"Why I Pirate" - An Open Letter to Content Creators (LONG read) |
When I was 16 and got my first job, I had nothing else to spend my money on but movies, music and games. I amassed a decent collection those first couple of years. As I grew older, I discovered I had purchased a lot of garbage. I was buying based on hype and I hated myself for it. By the time I was 21, I had stopped buying everything. I only played video games at my friend's houses and I only rented movies because at $1 a pop, I didn't feel ripped off if the movie sucked. I stopped buying music completely because it was hard to justify gambling $10 per CD. And trust me, that's what it all felt like, gambling.
Here's one thing a lot of content creators seem to not understand: I'm downloading your content because I'm interested in it. I'm not downloading it to try and stick it to you, I don't even know you. It's up to you to make the content compelling enough for me to buy it. I might not buy this one since I already have it, but if I become a fan, I'll likely buy the next thing you put out. Many content creators will think this is unfair. "I created the content, I get to control distribution and formats." No, you are wrong.
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The Oatmeal Butterscotch paired with a Snickerdoodle
turned my cynical penis into a happy vagina
Then after an Oatmeal Cranberry and Double Chocolate,
it made my new vagina spontaneously sing the Trolololo Song in an elevator.
---AkagiyamaMissile
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Surge_MT Posts: 213
Registered: 2001-5-9 11:10:00
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
Subject:
"Why I Pirate" - An Open Letter to Content Creators (LONG read) |
FineYoungCannibals posted:
Why we rob you - An Open Letter from Bankers
ftfy
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