Now, the thread about the Obama administration's plans is filled with enough examples of this that I refuse to return there.
But anyway.
My problem with piracy is the justifications, the "It's try before you buy / free advertising", the "It's because prices are too expensive" excuses.
I'm sorry, but that is like somebody driving away from a petrol station without paying because they want to protest against high petrol prices.
Sure, you get your petrol, until the police show up and arrest you. They don't arrest you because you represent a threat to bureaucracy and they want you silenced, they arrest you because you committed a crime. You didn't pay the price for the petrol you used.
Joe Biden called it "theft". It's not hyperbole - THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. You are taking a service without paying.
If you want a CD but don't want to pay the full price - just wait a few months. CDs decrease in price. Same with DVDs, same with games.
If you don't want the publishers and record companies to get rich, you can buy one second hand.
If you still believe yourself to be vindicated, feel free to argue with me - if you can find a way of proving this without using any of the above I shall be impressed.
(Oh, and anyone who says "Everybody does it" as an excuse...you have been warned.)
I'm anticipating this thread devolving quickly into a flame war and being locked. Please attempt to prove me wrong.
People's privacy should not be invaded. However personally I'm surprised the internet isn't monitored more strongly than it already is. In England I believe your internet history is held by the government for 12 months then deleted, should they need to use it against you.
This is not invading people's privacy. This is keeping people's internet history in the short term so that they have it if you commit a crime and they need evidence. If they didn't do this then the law which governs us would be unenforcable.
What people seem to be after is a world where the internet is left unfettered, because breaking the law is of greater benefit to Hollywood, they just don't realise it because they're too busy with their money baths.
This is not invading people's privacy. This is keeping people's internet history in the short term so that they have it if you commit a crime and they need evidence. If they didn't do this then the law which governs us would be unenforcable.
What people seem to be after is a world where the internet is left unfettered, because breaking the law is of greater benefit to Hollywood, they just don't realise it because they're too busy with their money baths.
But anyway.
My problem with piracy is the justifications, the "It's try before you buy / free advertising", the "It's because prices are too expensive" excuses.
I'm sorry, but that is like somebody driving away from a petrol station without paying because they want to protest against high petrol prices.
Sure, you get your petrol, until the police show up and arrest you. They don't arrest you because you represent a threat to bureaucracy and they want you silenced, they arrest you because you committed a crime. You didn't pay the price for the petrol you used.
Joe Biden called it "theft". It's not hyperbole - THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. You are taking a service without paying.
If you want a CD but don't want to pay the full price - just wait a few months. CDs decrease in price. Same with DVDs, same with games.
If you don't want the publishers and record companies to get rich, you can buy one second hand.
If you still believe yourself to be vindicated, feel free to argue with me - if you can find a way of proving this without using any of the above I shall be impressed.
(Oh, and anyone who says "Everybody does it" as an excuse...you have been warned.)
I'm anticipating this thread devolving quickly into a flame war and being locked. Please attempt to prove me wrong.