Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Ustwo
Peter then goes on to state some of the objectives and motivation behind running the world’s largest BitTorrent tracker: “We’re fighting, The Pirate Bay is fighting for freedom because we don’t want to be information slaves, we don’t want to have someone else decide what we should and shouldn’t think.”
What a long, disingenuous way of saying 'I want free stuff other people worked hard to create.'
I've heard all the 'piracy actually helps the industry' arguments and while I don't drink all the coolaid there, it doesn't matter if its true or not.
Its theft.
|
How is it theft?
I buy a movie from Amazon Unbox. I have it delivered to my Tivo in my living room. I get tired, I would like to go to bed and keep watching it in my bedroom. I don't finish the show before I fall asleep, I'd like to watch it on my bus ride to work and watch it to my iPod.
I would like to transfer it there like I do my normally recorded shows, but DRM locks me to the single living room machine.
If I had purchased the show on DVD, I could play it in my living room, bedroom, PC. (I'd violate copyright but) I could use a program to move it to my iPod.
I record a show on my Tivo, I can move it to my PC, bedroom, or ipod.
Before Tivo 2.0 in order to accomplish the same things, I'd have to hack the Tivo, and basically use piracy tools to accomplish all the same things.
Where is the theft?
edit:Family Guy's Blue Harvest comes with a digital copy for iTunes so that it can be played also on an ipod.
__________________
I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not.
Last edited by Cynthetiq; 03-20-2008 at 06:10 AM..
|