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Originally Posted by kwikbreaks
ISTR reading that some remote tribesmen used to regard taking their photographs as theft of their souls - still doesn't alter the fact that nothing was physically taken and so the law does differentiate between theft and copyright infringement. It even only regards taking and driving away a car to be theft if the intent was to permanently deprive the owner of the vehicle - TDA <> theft in the eyes of the law.
Anyway - back closer to topic - blocking TPB will not make one iota of difference to the amount of copyright infringement but will increase the amount of BS being posted on forums on the subject enormously.
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If you steal one of my paintings it is still theft whether it is in digital or physical form I will still chase you through every avenue open to me and you can hide behind as much semantics as you like..eventually I will get what is due to me.
If folk are not prepared to see this then you will get the situation we have here where actions that restrict the freedom of the internet are instigated. by those who are having their intellectual product stolen,copied and used without permission.
What is needed is for everyone to respect that artists have a right to make money from their product and no one in the world has the right not to PAY them for that product.