Except he can still sell his apple again and again and again, you just cloned it.
Government drops website blocking
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Except he can still sell his apple again and again and again, you just cloned it.
Not exactly, you're not taking something from someone else which will cost them money, just using an alternative means to get what you paid for.
1 more example if you will:
EA downloader/origin has a thing where if your account is inactive for a certain period, they wipe all your games off. If I purchased Crysis 2 from there, and 2 years later I decide "I fancy playing Crysis 2" but it's no longer there, technically I shouldn't torrent it, because it's illegal, but I have already paid for the game, so I'm getting what I paid for, once you buy something it's yours. I'm not going to pay again because of a ridiculous decision which shouldn't even be there.
It's all about taking what you're entitled too, sometimes it's not legal, but morally it's not wrong IMO.
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This is great news today.
I'm so happy that the UK is not becoming like China.
I'm so happy that the UK is not becoming like China.
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These are pirate sites were talking about here. You know illegal downloading. It wasn't becoming like China.
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Which is why very few people can come up with any equivalents to pirating in any other field. You can't clone an Apple.
But when you originally paid EA for the game, you did not buy the game, you only paid them for the licence to play the game. If you check the small print when you install, it will probably tell you that you only buy a licence, and that if not used, that licence will be revoked.
It is not their fault that you didn't use the licence for two years.
If you kill my brother, does that mean morally I should be allowed to kill you or your brother to even things out. No.
You were (in your cinema scenario) only entitled to one viewing of your chosen film at the cinema not at home, and not for multiple viewings.
What ever. Filthy pirate.
The license is bound to you regardless, they can't reuse it.
I know what the small print says, but i'd still torrent it, because I have paid for the game, not using it for a set time is ridiculous. I will take what I have paid for and what I am entitled to, regardless of it is it legal or not. Technically it's still mine and morally it's not wrong.
Irrelevant.
Mad?
A person hears an Iron Maiden song on the radio on the way to work, he quite likes it so looks at buying their latest album online, he is disgusted at the price, so downloads it by torrent instead, saving him £6
For the majority of pirates, this would be the kind of thought process they go through. Those that want to steal for stealing sake would do so anyway, so lets ignore them for now.
What hasn't been done is a detailed study on what happens AFTER the said illegal activity. How many of these Pirates are actually some of the artists biggest fans, and subsequently splash out on merchandise and concert tickets? ( We cannot yet download a T-shirt)
I'd argue that in many cases in music piracy, torrents can increase sales for an artist. Many artists in the metal genre get next to no album sales at all, and haven't done for many years, yet they are still able to make a living do what they love thanks to concert and merchandise sales.
This argument doesn't really apply to the film or game industry however
For the majority of pirates, this would be the kind of thought process they go through. Those that want to steal for stealing sake would do so anyway, so lets ignore them for now.
What hasn't been done is a detailed study on what happens AFTER the said illegal activity. How many of these Pirates are actually some of the artists biggest fans, and subsequently splash out on merchandise and concert tickets? ( We cannot yet download a T-shirt)
I'd argue that in many cases in music piracy, torrents can increase sales for an artist. Many artists in the metal genre get next to no album sales at all, and haven't done for many years, yet they are still able to make a living do what they love thanks to concert and merchandise sales.
This argument doesn't really apply to the film or game industry however
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I wonder how may 'shops have been performed with dodgy copies of Photoshop by members here.
Not me, since where I work I get a lot of Microsoft & Adobe products under our campus agreement.
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Thats the flip side to the question. Very debateable.
You're not entitled to it, legally nor morally. Simples.
Jovial, actually. Can tell you're mad though
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Let's be realistic here.
In the red corner, websites which actively promote the illegal/immoral violation of copyrights. We are not idiots here, please don't argue that there is a legitimate use for sites such as "thepiratebay". Clue's in the name, there.
In the blue corner, the government. Plenty of evidence that they don't like copyright violations, and will snuggle up to media rights companies. No evidence to support the conspiracy theorists here who are sure they will start blocking access to labour.org.uk or worldofwarcraft.com.
Are we really so paranoid that we'd give more weight to the anti-blocking conspiracy theorists than the actual and proven rights violations that we know are occurring millions of times a minute?
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No, because 'your opinion' doesnt matter, neither does mine, or iDroids. All that matters is what the law says - and the law tells us that if you take my mobile phone and run away with it and sell it on Ebay, thats theft, but if you download a music album, thats not theft.
It doesnt mean its legal - it just means it isn't theft.
Why is this so hard for some of you to grasp?
What a daft comparison.
In my opinion it's a brilliant comparison and all that matters is my opinion.
Ah, now I see what you did there!
You're not entitled to it, legally nor morally. Simples.
Jovial, actually. Can tell you're mad though
Looks like you have nothing else to really retort after your moronic assumptions made you look a bit silly. You can have the last word though if it makes you feel a bit better about it all.
Also love the disguised "NO U" response, very mature.