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I'll let history just their actions. :heh: |
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I'll let Thomas Jefferson comment:
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No, no, no, a thousand times no.
Piracy cannot be stopped. It will not be stopped. It is simply an impossibility to stop. There are more websites than there are people in the world. This is simply rent-seeking, and nothing more. I have no sympathy for the vast majority of piracy victims. If you're well-known enough to be pirated, you're well known enough to have been remunerated appropriately by that point. And if your work is bad, then nobody will bother file-sharing it anyway. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critici...ctual_property Creations throughout most of human history had no "limited time" at all. You saw an idea and thought it was cool, you used it. You heard a bard sing a tune and you'd create your own take on it in the next town. |
Even one of our primary means of destruction could be called stolen propery if you take it that way. Gun powder. Chinese invention form a very long time ago. It seems like the Europeans got their hands on it and some hand cannons and decided to improve on the hand cannons and such that were coming out of China and the Middle East. And with them stated to take over he planet...even though the Chinese, Arabs, and Persians had them first.
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Thing is, IP is with us for good now. Something we will have to deal with from now on, as companies have shown they are not willing to accept new models. I do wonder what their thought processes will be when pirating is gone and revenue doesn't skyrocket. |
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OPEN has been around for a while as a moderate alternative to SOPA/PIPA by the more moderate members of the parliament.
Incidentally OPEN is backed up by Google, Facebook, and several tech companies. Apparently this time around it will be the complete opposite when it comes to who's supporting it and who's against it. :p It's not perfect though, and it has many shortcomings, but it's definitely a step in the right direction. I do believe that piracy is a problem that should be addressed eventually. But I also believe that intellectual copyright is the bigger problem and should receive our attention first. |
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I'm not the person who has the money to watch the all the movies I wanted to watch.
I'm not an otaku who has the money to buy or imported mangas, and DVDs from Japan. I don't even have the money to get out of my country. All I got is a dollar to t spent in a internet cafe to experience it all.... Is that wrong?! Take it all away you, WESTERN ZAIBATSUs! DAMN, McArthur will sure get your ass kicked!!! |
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We had a lot of youngsters in the late 80s early 90s that managed to figure out arcane computer systems and internet protocols and clients... I guess we may see if the young people are still as clever.
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