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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...
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Seriously? Worst analogy
ever.
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..still doesn't alter the fact that nothing was physically taken and so the law does differentiate between theft and copyright infringement.
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Then I shall either start or join a campaign to get that law changed as it is obviously ridiculous.
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.. but will increase the amount of BS being posted on forums on the subject enormously.
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As we've noticed
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Originally Posted by martyh
All the products in question i.e films ,music etc are intended for public consumption .The owners of such property give people rights to that product in exchange for money so the semantics are very important.
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If you download it from TPB (or wherever) then you how are you paying them for it? You know, the biit in bold of your statement.
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Originally Posted by Maggy J
Are you saying that it is alright to pirate such a film because the producers make lots of money from people watching it?
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Seems like they might be saying exactly that. But what about the indy producer who
isn't making millions? Though I don't suppose their films will be pirated so there's nothing to worry about.
Or something like that
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Originally Posted by martyh
Nobodies saying that Maggie ,WTF is just highliting the stupidity of film and music companies in constantly pleading poverty because the pirates have stolen their money and using that as an excuse to get governments involved in a civil matter .
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The one flaw in this specific example is that the film isn't even available on disc yet. (And are people so desperate that they will still watch a dodgy, "cam-corded off the cinema screen" copy?
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