File Swapping and the Analog Hole

forehead writes "Lawmeme is running an interesting piece on piracy in the digital age. It covers a number of the logical fallacies often cited by the major media companies and certain lawmakers."

Comments

Re:what the hell is the loss?

[t_allardyce]

Theres a problem with your counter-argument: me. My religion states that i must not give financial support to capitalist-pig megacorporations. This obviously means that i cannot by CDs. However, i still want to listen to the music on these mediums. My solution is filesharing - i can download the music for free and thus not financially support the company, while still being able to hear the music. Since its against my religion to buy CDs, i wouldn't buy them anyway. These numbers that the pigs wave about are meaningless, they always assume, that just because their over-priced product is consumed without paying them, someone would have paid if the means to get it free didn't exist.

Re:what the hell is the loss?

[t_allardyce]

I think you'll find that your US Constitution clearly states that i have the right to believe what i want. I believe i don't want to buy CDs, therefore i won't ever - look if filesharing was somehow stopped, if the SSSCA came in to power, if people were burnt at the stake for pirating music or buying or trading or owning illigal copy-protected data, i would not by a CD. If the satan himself declared that he would burn every man, woman or child that was involved in pirate material, or if all computers or filesharing devices were destroyed, I, would not by a CD. How much more do i have to explain - its simple, i will never buy a CD. But, i will get pirate music for free. I don't care what you say, it doesn't matter, i have no morals? maybe, i am breaking the law? - almost certainly, i care? i don't think so.