Hrmm...I remember the newsgroups being the first to see it. Why doesn't the MPAA go after newsgroup downloaders? Oh yeah, it's not p2p. When will people realize that the only "safe" way right now to pirate is though Usenet services that offer X-Header stripping? Yeah, and I wouldn't want Lucas to starve to death over lost sales...
About the homeless guy stealing $100 from you physically, yes, you lose it. However, if I steal SW3, Georgie Boy doesn't lose any money. It's like a homeless guy not buying an album of mine because I play in a local band. That homeless guy would never have bought my album in the first place! If he wants some free MP3s of our songs, I would fucking give it to him because I would be happy to have someone interesed in our music! Of course, we play out a lot and other people buy our merchandise, but I'm not going to hunt someone down for downloading our band's music over BitTorrent. I would rather shake his hand...
You don't think that Amazon.com had a hand in helping to change the law? One would have to be quite naive to think not;-) Amazon.com didn't know how to deal with many of the legal issues regarding online wine sales -- and Wine.com didn't have the customer base. So, put together, the two companies are hoping to cash in on the deal -- you know, a win-win situation for everyone...including the politicians that made it happen:-) Not that it is a really big deal or anything secretive, but without help from the law changes it would be much more difficult to reap the profits! Always follow the money trail...
Kristian Hermansen
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Hrmm...I remember the newsgroups being the first to see it. Why doesn't the MPAA go after newsgroup downloaders? Oh yeah, it's not p2p. When will people realize that the only "safe" way right now to pirate is though Usenet services that offer X-Header stripping? Yeah, and I wouldn't want Lucas to starve to death over lost sales... About the homeless guy stealing $100 from you physically, yes, you lose it. However, if I steal SW3, Georgie Boy doesn't lose any money. It's like a homeless guy not buying an album of mine because I play in a local band. That homeless guy would never have bought my album in the first place! If he wants some free MP3s of our songs, I would fucking give it to him because I would be happy to have someone interesed in our music! Of course, we play out a lot and other people buy our merchandise, but I'm not going to hunt someone down for downloading our band's music over BitTorrent. I would rather shake his hand...
You don't think that Amazon.com had a hand in helping to change the law? One would have to be quite naive to think not ;-) Amazon.com didn't know how to deal with many of the legal issues regarding online wine sales -- and Wine.com didn't have the customer base. So, put together, the two companies are hoping to cash in on the deal -- you know, a win-win situation for everyone...including the politicians that made it happen :-) Not that it is a really big deal or anything secretive, but without help from the law changes it would be much more difficult to reap the profits! Always follow the money trail...
Kristian Hermansen