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Re: Today... « Reply #30705 on Mar 26, 2012, 6:25pm »
@Orren: I agree with you mostly.
I never deprive a company of anything though. If I would never pay for it in the first place then what profit are they losing? And I am making a copy of it. They still possess the original.
All the things I pay for, some of those are tools. There is nothing inherently wrong in using tools to acquire things. And if I am better at finding things then they are at hiding them should I not reap a benefit for my skill? Wall street is based entirely on this paradigm.
It could almost be argued that since I can spend less than an hour online to find Batman Begins 'free' that it shouldn't be for sale to begin with. If you bought a copy of it at the store it would cost: fuel, time, labor. If you 'stole' it online it will still cost: fuel(electricity), time, labor.
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While I agree to some extent, this is why IP is such a thing, and why these industries are going away.
I agree also I just like playing Devil's Advocate.
I doubt Lady Gaga or Justin Beiber are having trouble paying their bills though. That is the reality of it in my opinion. If a business owner didn't want their products stolen anymore they can always stop making them. So they must be turning enough of a profit for it to still be ...profitable.
Thank you Rook. You are an exceptional man, do not let anyone ever tell anything else. You always astound me, by managing to be kind, thoughtful and caring. But also stand tall, be hard as steel and never back down.
Thank you Rook. You are an exceptional man, do not let anyone ever tell anything else. You always astound me, by managing to be kind, thoughtful and caring. But also stand tall, be hard as steel and never back down.
Thank you Rook. You are an exceptional man, do not let anyone ever tell anything else. You always astound me, by managing to be kind, thoughtful and caring. But also stand tall, be hard as steel and never back down.
Thank you Rook. You are an exceptional man, do not let anyone ever tell anything else. You always astound me, by managing to be kind, thoughtful and caring. But also stand tall, be hard as steel and never back down.
[quote author=elegaicrequiem board=Music thread=6656 post=318941 time=1332804548]So they must be turning enough of a profit for it to still be ...profitable.
That may not even be true for famous people. And for me, I'd come down on someone so hard and so fast that GW's legal team would take notes.
[quote author=elegaicrequiem board=Music thread=6656 post=318941 time=1332804548]So they must be turning enough of a profit for it to still be ...profitable.
That may not even be true for famous people. And for me, I'd come down on someone so hard and so fast that GW's legal team would take notes.
They have the right to all the cash their song generates. Absolutely. As per the contract I suppose.
I just don't think Justin or Lady are 'suffering'. Let me rephrase that; I don't think they could prove to the common man the punitive damage from such 'theft'. "My Don Perignon warmed by one degree and is now undrinkable because my business manager distracted me about the $17.00 I just lost. The agony."
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Re: Today... « Reply #30717 on Mar 26, 2012, 6:54pm »
They already have all my records, so I don't really care. If TimeWarner really wants to press charges on me for something I did two years ago, and don't even have/have access to anymore, they can go ahead and try. I doubt anybody takes the time to read over every single post on every single forum on the internet.
You could've even just deleted the second paragraph, and left the first, or deleted the part where I 'incriminated' myself instead of deleting all of it.
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Thank you Rook. You are an exceptional man, do not let anyone ever tell anything else. You always astound me, by managing to be kind, thoughtful and caring. But also stand tall, be hard as steel and never back down.
Thank you Rook. You are an exceptional man, do not let anyone ever tell anything else. You always astound me, by managing to be kind, thoughtful and caring. But also stand tall, be hard as steel and never back down.
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Re: Today... « Reply #30723 on Mar 26, 2012, 7:08pm »