Having download those MediaDefender emails when they were first released, i can backup TPB's claims.
Good luck and god speed to TPB in fighting the corporate giants.
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Having download those MediaDefender emails when they were first released, i can backup TPB's claims.
Good luck and god speed to TPB in fighting the corporate giants.
Originally Posted by Ranika
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Just goes to show how ineffective current anti-piracy laws are considered to be by companies losing money due to illegal downloads.
Last edited by Geoffrey S; 09-24-2007 at 13:50.
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Owwwwwwwwww I like
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If they actually are losing that much money, I can't really see how they can afford to pay Tom Cruise 20 million dollars for a movie...
Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban
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No, I agree that they really need to work on where their finances go. But is that ever a good excuse to steal, that someone's got enough money anyway?
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Stealing from the rich and giving to the poor is the best excuse ever.
Worked wonders for Robin Hood.
Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban
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Careful. We were doing fine, until we started advocating theft as social justice.
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Praise of Robin Hood is not allowed?
Breach of copyright is theft?
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Well, technically piracy is not theft. But I agree that artists should get paid for their work, and blatant piracy isn't the way to go.
I'm not sure about movies (they cost more to make and finance), but the old way of selling music needs to change. I'd be more than happy to see the artists themselves distributing their work and marketing themselves. With online digital distribution, this should be easy to do, and some bands are taking this step. Cutting out the middleman should have artists getting more of the profits. If a few music execs have to lose their jobs because of it, well, I don't really have a problem with that. There is no law stating that a company has to be profitable, if the series of tubes can make a business model obsolete, so be it.
Considering the extortion campaign currently being run by the RIAA here in the States, it's nice to see them getting nailed for their indiscretions elsewhere. Hopefully, the Swedish police/courts aren't bought out yet.
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The surprisingly widepsread amount of popular support bandits have at times enjoyed has historically really stemmed from a simpler source - the commoners usually hated their overlords enough to be willing to root for about anyone opposing the authorities, whatever his reasons, which pirates and bandits obvioously do sort of by default. (Except of course if they came and murdered *him* on the side...)
That they also tended to pay their assorted contacts, supporters, fences etc. quite well of course didn't hurt.
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