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Originally Posted by foreverwar
There's a huge difference, imho, between wanting people to be stopped from stealing services (thus being subsidised by those of us who pay, and have no issue with paying, because that's what you do with services) and "hanging them high".
btw, the person the the linked BBC article was arrested and bailed, and the person in the MEN article was fined £700, so not exactly hung, drawn, and quartered.  |
Read all the threads on this subject some people post like cable theives are kiddie fiddlers
My view is this is a form of piracy and those doing it are breaking the law I accept that. But if someone downloads thousands of pounds in copyrighted material per annum are they doing anything moraly worse ? I do not think so. Its a petty crime yes its a crime I just do not understand some peoples views on it
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Originally Posted by joglynne
But it's the "some of who are" that get naffed off when we hear people bragging about how they have all the VM services for just the minimum package price when we work dam hard to make the money to pay our way legally.
...and don't bother having ago at me about live and let live or what harm are they doing else I'll be forced to box your ears.  |
To pay your way and live your life legally means everything blanket no illegal mp3s no illegal video games no illegal movies no pot smoking or other recreational drug and so on. Someone getting heavy about a petty crime like this has to live an unblemished life or they run the risk of at the least preaching double standards
Q do you own any copied cds/movies/games without owning the original? I do therefore if I was to judge the cable thief then id be a hypocrite