Thread: 100M The Pirate Bay is blocked
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Old 19-05-2012, 22:46   #584
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Re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
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Originally Posted by AdamD View Post
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?
That song has adverts. As such, Warner are getting money each time you play it. They get nothing from torrents.
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