Now, if you don't like a business, you can choose not to shop there, and you are choosing *to forgo the benefit of what you would otherwise buy* in order to keep your money out of their pockets.
Pirates, however, cheat because they have their cake and eat it too by accepting the benefits of possession, without depriving themselves of the funds that the market has decided they should pay to get it.
It doesn't matter that pirates are or are not hurting sales. The point that is relevant is that they are cheating the system by enjoying stuff for free that they are supposed to be paying for.
Pirates aren't thieves in the physical sense. They're more like gatecrashers at a museum.
The only reason pirates pirate is because they can.
They are blood suckers.
The only way DRM figures into the picture is that making it hard for legitimate customers to enjoy their stuff only pisses them off.
Now, I used to pirate, but I recently got a DMCA notice after torrenting HTTYD. Charter's abuse department then forwarded it to me along with a TOS violation notice. It was 100 percent legit, and the evidence with it had me caught red handed, timestamps and IP address included.
Paramount caught me fair and square, and were even nice enough to tell me "stop it and we'll forget this happened."
Us smart folks that have a clue though just get drowned out in the noise among the sheep that get hynotized by corporate run media that sponsors these egregious rights violations in the first place.
Not to mention that this is a lame duck session taking place after we've already given them notice to quit.
They already know damn well we can't do a thing.
What are they going to do? Get impeached by their buddies eating out of the same trough?
There's so many dumb sheeple lulled into complacency by corporate run media that the few smart folks left get drowned out in the noise at the ballot box.
You cannot have the centralized control you need to block out abuse without also having that centralized control in the hands of censorship happy powers.
Freedom of expression implies freedom to be an ass.
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I'll bite...
Eh, no I won't.
I suppose it's hard to argue against "no harm done so who cares" especially among slashdot crowd.
Though I could make the same argument about people sneaking into theatres or museums without paying admission.
The whole point of economy is exchange of value.
Now, if you don't like a business, you can choose not to shop there, and you are choosing *to forgo the benefit of what you would otherwise buy* in order to keep your money out of their pockets.
Pirates, however, cheat because they have their cake and eat it too by accepting the benefits of possession, without depriving themselves of the funds that the market has decided they should pay to get it.
It doesn't matter that pirates are or are not hurting sales. The point that is relevant is that they are cheating the system by enjoying stuff for free that they are supposed to be paying for.
Pirates aren't thieves in the physical sense. They're more like gatecrashers at a museum.
The only reason pirates pirate is because they can.
They are blood suckers.
The only way DRM figures into the picture is that making it hard for legitimate customers to enjoy their stuff only pisses them off.
Now, I used to pirate, but I recently got a DMCA notice after torrenting HTTYD. Charter's abuse department then forwarded it to me along with a TOS violation notice. It was 100 percent legit, and the evidence with it had me caught red handed, timestamps and IP address included.
Paramount caught me fair and square, and were even nice enough to tell me "stop it and we'll forget this happened."
Say hello to eminent domain and zoning laws.
They're probably going to be nailed for hacking as a part of building their botnet in the first place.
Scalping might not be illegal, but electronic trespass sure is.
Extortion is effective if you can't prove they did it.
The problem then isn't bittorrent.
It's sue-happy companies that honestly do not give a shit if they hit innocent victims.
http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/11/19/1339220/Anti-Piracy-Lawyers-Knew-Letters-Hit-Innocents
These fuckers need disbarred for sending frivolous legal notices.
I doubt they will, because that's just how corrupt the system is.
I think that china's ballsy move with rare earths is a power play to say "don't fuck with us"
Exactly why I'll settle for the strongest remedy that remains legal.
Knowingly sending frivolous legal threats is a serious offense.
I want those fuckers DISBARRED.
And desperate enough to void the warranty.
And gullible enough to risk having the vendor brick his device on purpose.
They need to just buckle down (no pun intended) and treat cellphone violations the same way as seat belt violations.
Ticket the crap out of cellphone users and the problem will fix itself.
We do plenty.
Us smart folks that have a clue though just get drowned out in the noise among the sheep that get hynotized by corporate run media that sponsors these egregious rights violations in the first place.
Not to mention that this is a lame duck session taking place after we've already given them notice to quit.
They already know damn well we can't do a thing.
What are they going to do? Get impeached by their buddies eating out of the same trough?
Which just goes back to basic politics: The strongest win.
1. You paid a premium for the privilege of having it two days early.
2. Participation in a boxing match constitutes consent to be hit, and thus there is no assault.
3. Given the mechanics involved in childbirth I would say that any sexual abuse would be overruled by the involuntary nature of giving birth.
I think you mean "potential jury", if they have those in Sweden.
As if forfeiting the price of a non refundable ticket isn't good enough for them...
There's so many dumb sheeple lulled into complacency by corporate run media that the few smart folks left get drowned out in the noise at the ballot box.
Vicious circle (noun):
The one who has the gold makes the rules, and the one who makes the rules gets the gold.
See also: futility.
You cannot have the centralized control you need to block out abuse without also having that centralized control in the hands of censorship happy powers.
Freedom of expression implies freedom to be an ass.
"It's a two party system, you have to vote for one of us!"
- Kodos & Kang.
Seriously, the same greedy corporate interests have puppet strings leading to both sides.
The black hole is large enough that it swallows more matter than it burns in radiation.
Think of it as a fat slob too tubby to exercise.
We would need to see the edge of the universe to pinpoint its center.
Invention is a scientific process.
Innovation is an economic process.