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Let's not forget the goold ol' US of A
By LordSojar on 7/5/2010 2:10:17 PM , Rating: 5
The US has been heading towards this as well, on both sides of the aisle. If you don't think they are, you're delusional. This isn't an EU specific issue, it's a worldwide issue.

Copyright holders are getting more and more power. No one is giving pause to their aging business models and growing power except the customers they are screwing over on a daily basis.

You want this to change? Elect officials who aren't getting handjobs from the RIAA and MPAA, and who aren't financially backed by the the ISPs they so valiantly defend (who rat you out).

The majority of piracy is a product of bad business models; you can only f*ck your customers over for so long. Once they're fed up, they turn to piracy. Don't attack us for turning to alternative methods to acquire your DRM infested, legal gray area abundant goods... fix your stupid business practices and retail/marketing models.

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By superPC on 7/5/2010 2:22:42 PM , Rating: 2
Amen to that (fixing online business model). most of piracy would be eliminated if they just eliminated DRM from online distributors and just provide more stuff (video, music, book, what have you) online.

but you have to realize that classic distribution method concern a lot of people. not just the content creator but also the distributor and retail outlet. that's a lot of people that would surely went out of work if company fully distributed content online.

either way it's a catch 22 situation. move fully to online distribution and cut jobs in distributor and brick and mortar retailer or do things like this. either way the big corporation will always profit while people like you and me get screwed over like always.

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By HotFoot on 7/5/2010 3:49:47 PM , Rating: 4
Doing things incredibly inefficiently isn't a good way to provide employment. If it takes fewer people to provide the same service, the cost of that service goes down and that leaves the average person with something left over to spend on something else.

This means jobs lost in one area are replaced by jobs in a different area. Meanwhile, the average consumer is able to get more for their money. This is a case of the pie growing larger.

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By RW on 7/5/10, Rating: 0
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I LOL'd :)







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most of piracy would be eliminated if they just eliminated DRM




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By superstition on 7/5/2010 3:18:02 PM , Rating: 2
Read "The BP/Government police state", "New study documents media's servitude to government", and "How many Americans are targeted for assassination?" by Glenn Greenwald.

It's not just "pirates" who should be concerned with the secrecy and corruption.

"Elect officials who aren't..." Good luck with that. Given the recent Supreme Court ruling that not only are corporations "people", but they also have "1st amendment free speech" -- it's going to be next-to-impossible for ordinary citizens to make much of an impact in elections.

By Alexvrb on 7/5/2010 7:32:15 PM , Rating: 1
The Supreme Court ruling you are referring to changes nothing. You should be more worried about the new justices we're getting on the Supreme Court now. You know, the completely inexperienced, incompetent ones that refuse to answer even basic questions regarding whether the federal government has the power to ban foods it deems unhealthy.

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By damianrobertjones on 7/5/2010 3:46:18 PM , Rating: 2
Sorry, but I cannot agree with what you've said, or at least the last part.

I **cough** acquire media from various sources but for some reason, over the last year, have decided to 'buy' the music and games that I want. Sure, I know where the movies are, for free, plus the music, but I'd prefer to give something back. (Even if the original artist gets a tiny amount)

I know people that simply get every movie they want each weekend and have no intention of buying, ever. I know a person who sits next to me that owns over 17,000+ albums and gets them as he wants to increase his album number.

I use steam to get most of my games and DRM, so far, hasn't caused my gaming pc one problem (I would prefer no DRM but I have a CHOICE)

If you want something, then you should damn well pay for it, full stop.


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Take - to remove something, especially without permission.


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It is better to keep your mouth shut....

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Thanks for making Twain's proverb a factual truth.

You have not stolen it.





By derricker on 7/5/2010 7:24:18 PM , Rating: 2

This is waaaaay beyond piracy, it's called fascism, they are just using piracy as the new "commie" agent to enforce fascism in our laws, what will be next? jail for all that speak against government sanctioned pandemics? Taking the Swine Flu vaccine at gun point??

We really need to start looking at the bigger picture, this, coming from someone, who has...sampled.

By Silver2k7 on 7/6/2010 10:10:32 AM , Rating: 2
"There is NO excuse for piracy and this is from someone that has... sampled."

Well if you have sampled, then you should know the few reasons that do exist ??

Like say music [hard to find things] f.ex. Demos/Promos/Live Shows or just limited editions and things that are not not sold any longer..

Lets say tv-shows you could probably tivo those or whatever, but its also nice to get 1 file without any commercials and stuff in there.. Im guessing Itunes could do this, but im also guessing that they have DRM in the files.

Then there is a few, not avalible at all for purchasing a legit copy, do you order from some russian bootleger or download online then ??

If Kung Fu The Legend Continues would have been availble on legit DVD's I would have ordered it when I ordered 'Kung Fu'..
Anyway there is only crappy VHS rips out there.. so someone thinks that downloading a thing you watched as a kid, and wich makes you zero profit other than watching the show again, in poor quality mind you, should be a criminal act that they can dish out heavy fines or jailtime for, lets hope whoever it comes down to to let this law pass or not, is atleast a little sane!!

