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Would you like to have someone come into your house and take your fridge, or your stereo, or your bed, your couch, etc. That is the same thing. Stealing. If you do you are a thief. No ifs and buts about it.
Not the same thing at all. That comparison shows a basic misunderstanding of the process.
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Yes it is. The artists that took the trouble to make the music you are steeling isn't getting paid from you for enjoying the fruits of his labor. Do you work for nothing. If you say yes you are a liar.
That also shows a basic misunderstanding of the process. I guess we can call it ignorance, now, since it's obvious that's what is going on here.
Perhaps a couple of cents on the price of a CD goes to the artists. Seriously, maybe 3 or 4 cents, 6 or 7 if you got a really great deal. That's not per dollar, that's for the whole damn CD cost.
The label gets the rest. I am sure as fuck not shedding a tear over ripping off the label, not for a second.
The traditional method of distributing music is _permanently broken_.
It doesn't work and will never work again. There are some enterprising folks out there looking for a new way, and maybe someone will stumble across it. Radiohead and NIN have some good ideas, but they only work for them because they've already had success. Those methods won't work for new upcoming artists, as a rule.
You want to call it stealing? Go for it, as I said, that label just reflects your ignorance on the issue. Comparing it to stealing a fridge - seriously, dude. A fridge is not a computer file, first of all, but let's pretend it was for a second. I couldn't get access to your fridge-file unless you made it available somehow, so you are complicit in the sharing too. And if you were file-sharing your refrigerator, when I downloaded my copy you would still have your refrigerator.
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There is no misunderstanding here. If it cost 1 cent of 1 dollar, you are taking something that isn't yours and you aren't paying for it. You are a thief. It that wasn't so, the recording and film companies wouldn't be taking any actions to prevent people of your ilk from ripping them off.
Yet even more display of basic misunderstandings. You're three for three.
File sharing is not against the law in Canada. So no, I'm not ripping anyone off.
Want to try again? Or do you just want to continue making accusations at people? Stick to areas of your expertise. You're way out of your element here.
For one thing thief waugs, the subject here is not file sharing. The question is pirating movies and music. What are you trying to do, cover up the fact that you are a thief by now calling your pirating a different name? I sure hope this isn't a sign that Canada is ready to be flushed down the toilet. The only thing any of the canadian responses say is that they are pirating. And by the way thief waugs, are you the pussy that downed all my comments? Are you trying to hide something? Does the truth hurt?
No, I didn't downmod your comments.
The subject is file sharing, whether you want to change it or not. And in Canada, file sharing, regardless of what the file is, whether it is a spreadsheet or an mp3 file or a movie, is not illegal.
Please save your judgments about my country and possibly take a look at your own judgments about the issue in light of that.
You can go around accusing an entire country of being thieves, or you can stop and think, hm, maybe there's more to this than I thought. Which do you think is more fucking likely?
The way Digital media is evolving. Pirating video and music will turn into a promotional tool.
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It's still thievery.
In someways yes and no. Watch Piracy is good? This presentation explains the future of video digital content.
I normally pirate music and if i like it ill buy the album to hear more of the artists music but i just think pirating movies is wrong... go to the movies with a friend and have a good time, who cares if its $8(thats how much it costs here)
There are some movies that I will pay to see on the big screen with the huge sound. You just need to have that experience for some flicks, like for a big sci-fi or action flick. But otherwise, screw it.
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You are a thief too.
Wingnutt, I don't disagree. We are all thieves. However the question isn't if downloading pirated intellectual property is illegal, the question is if doing so is wrong. This is a value judgment. I personally don't think it's wrong.
With the growth of technology selling data is getting to be obsolete and fairly ridiculous. In a non-networked, non-digital society it was still possible to sell data because you could never make perfect duplicates. However was it ever really right to sell data. Isn't a free flow of data vital to the continued advancement of technology and knowledge in general?
You may say now, "But music isn't data it's entertainment". To which i respond that it is both. Because without the exchange of knowledge that occurs through listening to and partaking in music what would have influenced each musician to expand the boundaries of music?
People are going to make music and movies no matter what. It's just people passion. When you do something you love you can't stop. But if they intend to do these things as a career they will simply have to find a new way to monetize their commodities. Because, to make analogy between Schroedinger's Cat and the *AAs' business models, the box is open and the cat is dead.
Great answer guydmann, but that isn't the answer to the question asked. There is a big difference in what you say and what the question asks. "Is it wrong to pirate movies and music?" What is a pirate? What did and what do pirates do? What is it called when one takes something that is for sale and doesn't pay for it? I say again; if it isn't thievery, why are the music and movie companies trying so very hard to stop it or to catch the ones doing it? Every once in a while you can read in the papers that they caught someone.
"If it isn't thievery, why are the music and movie companies trying so vary hard to stop it or catch the ones doing it?"
Because they are losing money. But the point is that they are middle men they don't really produce anything.
But think about that same argument from another perspective. I imagine that you probably know that in Afghanistan it is illegal to convert from Islam to any other religion, this crime is punishable by death. So if so many people are trying so hard to keep Muslims from converting to other religions then converting to other religions must be wrong. Same argument different parameters.
You are on drugs, aren't you?