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Originally posted by Faiol
reply to post by Whyhi
hey guys, I never used the internet, so, let me call everyone a bank robber
downloading over the internet is not stealing, simply because you are downloading a copy and the owners are not losing anything, since its a digital copy, meaning, it did not cost anything to the owners that copy
besides, to this day, no one proved that people that dont have money would buy a CD or whatever if they did not have the mp3 available for free
plus, in the past, people always pirated this kind of thing, now its more easy, but people always did the same thing in other technologies
ignorance is not a blessing
Originally posted by triplereiki
Wow, why are the peer-to-peer sites still allowing folks to download,
Originally posted by Illegal Alien
Originally posted by triplereiki
Wow, why are the peer-to-peer sites still allowing folks to download,
Maybe it's all part of a conspiracy to keep everyone in debt through massive fines.
I think it's called 'Entrapment', and last I heard, it was illegal.
But hey,....... what do I know?
Originally posted by Whyhi
reply to post by Zanti Misfit
Regardless, the problem isn't sharing specifically, it's that she stole them to begin with.
Picture it as her walking in and stealing a CD instead of a p2p program, it's no different.
Originally posted by Illegal Alien
reply to post by ldyserenity
And you can bet your bottom dollar that if YOU did it to bring to justice a real 'criminal', they'd have your a$$ on a skewer.
Originally posted by MadDogtheHunter
Originally posted by Faiol
reply to post by Whyhi
downloading over the internet is not stealing, simply because you are downloading a copy and the owners are not losing anything, since its a digital copy, meaning, it did not cost anything to the owners that copy
That has to be the silliest thing I've seen in this thread thus far. Copying IS stealing. Ignorance of Copyright Laws is no excuse. I will argue the facts in this thread no longer. Instead, I will let the Federal Copyright Laws argue it for me. Its in black and white. If people can't understand it or want to take time and understand it, then thats their problem.
I BUY all the music I listen to. I don't mind obeying the Copyright Laws. After all, those laws are some of the very few Laws that actually make sense in our Government.