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Old 19-05-2012, 18:24   #582
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Re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)

Another thing I don't understand about this whole situation is with regards to sharing music.

Let's say for instance I use piratebay to download and listen to Linkin Park's "In the end", which happens to be a song I like.

If I share that, through bittorrent, I'm apparently committing a crime, right? I'm violating someone's copyright, could face a heavy fine and someone loses money as a result (blah blah)

But, that same song is available, for free, on youtube, via Warner bros' official youtube channel - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yw1Tgj9-VU&feature=plcp

It's had, 39,580,982 views.

By watching that video/song, it's downloaded to my PC in a temporary area, thus, I now have a copy for playback whenever I want to, so Warner bros has lost a sale.So I have to wonder, what the hell is the point of going after people for "sharing" songs which are already shared on places like youtube?
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