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In reply to the discussion: Is online piracy a really serious problem? My opinion: nope. [View all]joshcryer
(62,269 posts)56. I use gimp.
And it's cost is non-zero, the cost to pay for my bandwidth, that is, the monthly fee / time to download is measurable.
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You have a twisted (and fundamentally flawed) view of the motivation behind artistic creation.
Edweird
Jan 2012
#188
You do know without intellectual property we'd still be a pre-industrial civilisation, right?
Donald Ian Rankin
Jan 2012
#89
Bull. Intellectual property has been an inherent clog to technological development.
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#164
The plaintiff doesn't get to fantasize unchallenged what that "compensation" should have been.
JackRiddler
Jan 2012
#22
+1 Some bands will put a 'free' sampler on their web page. And a link to buy more!
wandy
Jan 2012
#88
Don't forget, Bieber himself got popular for doing uncompensated covers of others' songs.
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#31
You should go into law instead, and learn the difference between copyright and trademark.
JackRiddler
Jan 2012
#101
Yep, every kid playing basketball on an inner city blacktop is gonna grow up to be Michael Jordan...
hunter
Jan 2012
#133
Interesting that you can't come up with an example from the last 20 years.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2012
#13
Yes exactly: Anything that ISN'T producing revenue privately is costing something to someone.
JackRiddler
Jan 2012
#45
I'm a creative person and I am strongly supportive of intellectual property rights
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2012
#141
Yeah, I would have been disappointed in you if you hadn't come up with that. Occurred to me, too.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2012
#140
The way to see Avatar is in an IMAX 3D setting, IMHO. So the piracy issue is moot, there.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2012
#144
No, music directors have and are known to send to the publisher for a "review copy" of the score
Occulus
Jan 2012
#84
Then something has changed. Back when I was a young fool, rather than old fool, I was somewhat of a
wandy
Jan 2012
#114
In one thread, you maintain that copyright infringement is not theft and that providing services is?
Donald Ian Rankin
Jan 2012
#124
Ahh, you think that in a modern world with digital distribution middlemen are necessary?
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#173
These companies used sitewide licenses for a reason, made the software very easy to copy...
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#55
I'm quite familiar with it, and it shows that the bottom line is not harmed by student discounts.
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#154
This is called 'Quack'. The software you learned how to use first will likley be you're favorite.
wandy
Jan 2012
#93
The movie industry has done a bang up job of fighting piracy by refusing to make movies good enough
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2012
#10
I think what's going to be amazing is when books start beind readapted into movies...
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#14
You might have a remote point if I didn't already say I would willingly give my shit away for free.
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#157
Ahhh. The argument of "give me yours cause I would give you mine (if I had some)"
joeglow3
Jan 2012
#161
Tell ya what, I'll let you know when I do, and you can apologize profusely for making it personal...
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#167
Ahh but back in the day their were tape deks that used 1/2 inch tape and moved 30 ips.
wandy
Jan 2012
#94
I er... ah..... fold? Haveing never met one of thes things up close and personal, as in
wandy
Jan 2012
#128
Now, go to Top Downloads and note the most downloaded software (see: all piracy releated in top 5):
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#160
FYI - musicians have always made their money through touring and merchandising.
Edweird
Jan 2012
#44
Except for a minority during a limited period who made it by selling recordings.
JackRiddler
Jan 2012
#47
If you are signed to a major label the odds of you ever seeing a dime from unit sales
Edweird
Jan 2012
#185
But nobody argued that the original owners were being deprived of their rightful property, either.
baldguy
Jan 2012
#75
it's a reality. not a matter of opinion. it's a little problem if they're not stealing your stuff.
spanone
Jan 2012
#59
Music sharing doesn't hurt the artists. I realize that doesn't fit your 'wagging finger' narrative
Edweird
Jan 2012
#189
More people justify stealing so they can have free shit, than you think, though...
Hippo_Tron
Jan 2012
#191
Piracy? You mean like the corporations who overcharge for services and products...
fascisthunter
Jan 2012
#76
I'm dumbfounded by the people who will actually BUY bootleg video of a movie shot with a cellphone.
alphafemale
Jan 2012
#119
Many people don't like to think of themselves as thieves, but many of them are theives.
ZombieHorde
Jan 2012
#138
They used to, see Kazaa, Napster. It's just that there are free speech implications to...
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#183
If I could make diamonds at home in my kitchen, De Beers would be shitting bricks...
hunter
Jan 2012
#196