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Originally Posted by bopdude
 well it would seem obvious that the next step would be to put them onto disk and make money  |
It certainly didn't mention in the news story that this is what he did - so I assume on that basis that he did not. You're accusing him of something he probably didn't do, which is a bit unfair.
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Originally Posted by bopdude
No he wasn't, he was prosecuted for uploading three ( 3 ) films.
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I think we're saying the same thing. He let people download movies from his hard drive - as such, and becuase of the nature of Bittorrent, tens of thousands of people could download a file on his computer...in fact it is very likely (assuming he ripped the movies in the first place) that his files are still circulating around the net even now.
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Originally Posted by bopdude
And what difference does it make what I do or do not do, theft is theft whether it be downloading off the internet or as someone has said, lending a film to a mate to watch. Now get off ya high horse  |
So what difference does it make if someone commenting on this thread has downloaded an image or an MP3 either? Why bring it up?
I know you're not the only person using that argument, but it does irritate me that this should be used as a weapon to attempt to silence someone who speaks out against piracy and copyright theft.
There is a world of difference between making tens of thousands of copies of a film available via Bittorrent and photocopying a page froma book, for example...
...just like the world of difference between stealing a pen from work and stealing a Van Gough masterpeice.