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Itab  Title: I
Posts: 1,020
Registered: 2006-2-20 07:38:15
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1/1/00 12:01am
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"Why I Pirate" - An Open Letter to Content Creators (LONG read) |
HeartView posted:
Music wouldn't cost so much if we could buy directly from the artists. I bet someone could create a music-straight-from-the-artist service using Amazon's cloud for cheap, giving the artists the bulk of the profits and still make a good living.
They don't own their music. The record company does.
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Lanacan  Title: Random, Crazy, Mental....
Posts: 789
Registered: 2002-2-19 17:27:59
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Surge_MT posted:
FineYoungCannibals posted:
Why we rob you - An Open Letter from Bankers
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Yeah because not all businesses can run on wishes and pixie dust that falls from your ass.
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jeune  Posts: 216
Registered: 2005-5-29 13:25:11
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:01am
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"Why I Pirate" - An Open Letter to Content Creators (LONG read) |
The only reason people do it is:
1) super easy
2) risk almost zero
Just recently I wanted to listen to some audio-books while out hiking... I looked at some books and the price shocked me... I really was very tempted to just pirate some for free because there was no reason not to.
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Terminius_Est Title: Moon River
Posts: 894
Registered: 2002-2-27 06:08:05
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levgre posted:
Terminius_Est posted:
He pirates because the consequences are not severe enough. If he got caught and flogged in public, he probably wouldn't pirate.
Yup and they don't chew gum in Singapore because you get flogged for it. Riveting argument, chap.
Thank you for proving my point.
I wasn't advocating flogging, just pointing out that this could be fixed if the consequences were severe enough.
For instance, his mother could be flogged instead.
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levgre Posts: 606
Registered: 2001-10-24 07:24:49
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Terminius_Est posted:
levgre posted:
Terminius_Est posted:
He pirates because the consequences are not severe enough. If he got caught and flogged in public, he probably wouldn't pirate.
Yup and they don't chew gum in Singapore because you get flogged for it. Riveting argument, chap.
I wasn't advocating flogging, just pointing out that this could be fixed if the consequences were severe enough.
For instance, his mother could be flogged instead.
Obviously. But your point is pointless. People will avoid certain actions if it leads to severe punishments, severe beatings being one of those punishments. Duh?
But the fact of the matter is, that there is no such punishment right now. Hence the debate, including in this thread, is over the choice. To pirate or not to pirate.
Then you come in with your irrelevant "captain obvious" post.
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NSMachin  Title: Mighty Fruit Husk
Posts: 324
Registered: 2002-8-29 17:48:31
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Date Posted:
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I only pirate films, music, and the occasional e-book.
Why? Films these days tend towards being utter crap. However, good films, still make big bucks at the theater and, even, in DVD/BluRay sales. Solution: Make better films. Don't just rehash the same tepid bollocks. I downloaded 'The Grey' recently. I liked it so much that I'm going to go see it in the Theater this week. Pirating, for me, is definitely warranted for Films.
Music? Are you joking? Bands lose very little from Pirating, only the music companies (that produce utter crap) lose big from Pirating. The big music companies can go do one. They're out to make middle of the road utter rubbish that appeals to everyone who cannot form their own opinions on music. I can't believe some of the garbage that gets bought/liked/etc. The funniest part is that even stuff that I don't like, I can respect the artist, but the utter sellouts making the same crap as everyone else is dragging down music.
E-Book? To be honest, it's usually books that I've already got as physical books, and I want to read them again, so I have a look for them. I can't, generally, find what I want anyway... so I buy almost all my e-books.
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JD_HOGG Posts: 2,846
Registered: 2008-3-18 08:04:21
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I don't pirate because I don't work for free and I am not a selfish person who thinks that the people who bust their asses creating content that I like should work for free.
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