Re:Who really needs a lesson
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And you take money away from the artists that work hard to produce those cd's. i know everyone has images of big rock stars lounging away all day on yachts with naked women and cocaine coming out of every porthole, but it doesnt work like that. if you write a program and release it as freeware, thats one thing. if you make a commercial project out of it, thats another. if you work very hard to create something worthwhile, in order to make your living, then do you think someone should have the right to just come and steal it because they think you charge to much? intellectual property is not necessary to survival, especially the latest metallica item. its a luxury. turn it around however you want, it is not definite action for you to go out and steal it. you are NOT helping the cause, you're compounding the problem. the article made a good point, we as geesk spend way to much time doing exactly what we're doing now: running to slashdot and typing for three hours about it, getting another jolt cola, and trying for a couple more frags before bedtime. I am obviously guilty myself. what we need to do, and what i plan on doing aftet this, i formulate our complaints in some meaningful way. dont bitch to slashdot, they dont control it. complain to a congressman. and do it coherentky and with legal basis, not the same 'metallica are dicks, i should get their music free' crap. that is NOT a valid argument. in fact, its something i would expect to hear out of a spoiled five year old, or an especially annoying script kiddie. it disturbs me to come to slashdot and hear the same stuff that goes through aol chatrooms.
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And you take money away from the artists that work hard to produce those cd's. i know everyone has images of big rock stars lounging away all day on yachts with naked women and cocaine coming out of every porthole, but it doesnt work like that. if you write a program and release it as freeware, thats one thing. if you make a commercial project out of it, thats another. if you work very hard to create something worthwhile, in order to make your living, then do you think someone should have the right to just come and steal it because they think you charge to much? intellectual property is not necessary to survival, especially the latest metallica item. its a luxury. turn it around however you want, it is not definite action for you to go out and steal it. you are NOT helping the cause, you're compounding the problem. the article made a good point, we as geesk spend way to much time doing exactly what we're doing now: running to slashdot and typing for three hours about it, getting another jolt cola, and trying for a couple more frags before bedtime. I am obviously guilty myself. what we need to do, and what i plan on doing aftet this, i formulate our complaints in some meaningful way. dont bitch to slashdot, they dont control it. complain to a congressman. and do it coherentky and with legal basis, not the same 'metallica are dicks, i should get their music free' crap. that is NOT a valid argument. in fact, its something i would expect to hear out of a spoiled five year old, or an especially annoying script kiddie. it disturbs me to come to slashdot and hear the same stuff that goes through aol chatrooms.