Thats more then my life’s savings.

The UN/ICC Case is scheduled for review within a few months, which should shut down the imperialist patent and fraud industry completely due to explicit crimes against humanity.

childrenofsumatra.org

Marc, it seems for me youre in the wrong business…. Really I dont feel sorry for you.
You dont understand the mechanisms of todays business and you blame us, the “pirates” for your financials problems. We are NOT pirates, we are filesharer who love music and share with others. I play with a band as well, and we have used the Internet to share and spread our music, and believe it or not, we have quite a nice succes in our country, and we could in fact make a living of it, if we had time for it! :-D.(And we ARE a little band!) So dont blame us, but blame yourself for not using the tools that are around you to spread your music and get better known…
Hard words? Yes, but you have to live with your time.. Remember: “If you cant beat them, join them!”…

filesharing downloads do NOT equal lost revenue because those who can buy do buy and those who cant buy dont

most of us cant buy, those who can are try before you buy

there is no guilt, you must be a Catholic dude

Do I have that much in the bank… no.

Say you loan $50. One year in a high-interest account makes that $54. So loaning to Kiva costs you $4, but gives a third-world entrepreneur $50 of value.

People talking about contributing to a p2p defense fund, or to EFF, sound like they’re more interested in what a donation can do for them, instead of what their donation can do for others.

I would def give it to those in poverty.

Like torrent sites, Usenet indexers like Newzbin are now being pursued by the MAFIAA, in this case by two entities, one of which is the MPA (Motion Picture Association) http://www.slyck.com/story1782_Newzbin_Prepares_for_Litigation

They might be in need of a legal defense fund soon.

Celebrando a su modo el Blog Action Day 2008, este año enfocado a la reducción de la pobreza en el mundo, desde TorrentFreak proponen que se hagan donaciones en base al ahorro estimado por las descargas piratas. Poniendo en solfa el “cuento de la l…

Err, are you on crack? Free software is strictly in the domain of the developed – rich, first – world. Are you actually naive enough to think that people who are reduced to eating grass to live at times, have no electricity (or running water, gas,… shoes, I coulod go on) are going to benefit more from – ROFLMAO – free software projects over starting their own micro-business. Let alone benefit in any way at all.

You have a lot to learn about the world my friend. The appeal was to help people who are so poor that they literally die (from indoor fires & associated smoke, hunger, thirst, no medicine or medical help whatsoever).

Seriously, you don’t actually think these people will benefit from free software do you? Lordy, I hope not.

first off… who puts a price on a TV show? Who determines it?

For example, our tax many goes to the PUBLICLY owned broadcast towers in the US, on the PUBLICLY OWNED airways to broadcast in our home. Traditionally, who pays for the TV is YOU the taxpayer, and the advertising on said traditional broadcast means…

so to pay anything, is idiocy…

and NO..

let them starve.

When they develop a massive mobilized Land/Air/Sea strike force, and use military threats for political capital, THEN I might donate…

The point of torrenting is FREE!

All you EMO Apple loving rich AF wearing douches can donate, but I cannot even afford to pay my heating bill… and I supposedly live in the wealthest and “best off” nation in the world

where is my handout? Food stamps don’t buy beer. The bus has negros on it… where is my handout?

i can explain what that means if anyone cares.

Even though I give myself a 50% discount because media shouldn’t cost as much as it does, I’ve been averaging around $5,000 per year over the last 3 years.

$35. I always figured the folks who collect bottles deserved some help more than the ones who sit on their asses asking for it.