Comments on: Is Piracy OK if the Property isn’t Intellectual? http://torrentfreak.com/is-piracy-ok-if-the-property-isnt-intellectual/ Breaking File-sharing, Copyright and Privacy News Wed, 29 Oct 2014 12:05:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 By: Movies » Is Piracy OK if the Property isn’t Intellectual? /is-piracy-ok-if-the-property-isnt-intellectual/#comment-84687 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:02:31 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/is-piracy-ok-if-the-property-isnt-intellectual/#comment-84687 [...] property theft if the property is not a product of the intellect? Great cartoon by Clay Bennettread more | digg [...]

]]> By: Mao /is-piracy-ok-if-the-property-isnt-intellectual/#comment-67053 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:29:14 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/is-piracy-ok-if-the-property-isnt-intellectual/#comment-67053 One should have socailistic economy. this eliminate pirate problem. all things owned by state and free to all man of state.

also good to free healthcare. individual persons no need to have income. just work for state and state provide all things.

]]> By: Beanpicks /is-piracy-ok-if-the-property-isnt-intellectual/#comment-66820 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:32:40 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/is-piracy-ok-if-the-property-isnt-intellectual/#comment-66820 Is Piracy illegal?…

Just tell me whether pirated editions of Windows are illegal

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]]> By: Phil Abatecola /is-piracy-ok-if-the-property-isnt-intellectual/#comment-66255 Sun, 18 Mar 2007 09:17:30 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/is-piracy-ok-if-the-property-isnt-intellectual/#comment-66255 Just my two cents, but intellectual property, whether an adaptation or a derivative thereof, is still a creation. The comic seems to be a comment on whether or not the idea has any intellectual value or what the intellectual value might be, i.e. the cultural significance, which has zero relevance to it’s commercial value but does not dispute the idea of an intellectual creation. They are two very different arguments and niether justifies theft. When all you have are your creative endeavors and the world seeks to benefit from them without paying, that is theft. The song is bread to the musician as is the film/dvd/mp4/whatever to the filmmaker/writer/producer/every single crew member who worked 15 hours a day.

Phil

]]> By: Dennis Eldridge /is-piracy-ok-if-the-property-isnt-intellectual/#comment-66018 Sun, 18 Mar 2007 03:15:23 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/is-piracy-ok-if-the-property-isnt-intellectual/#comment-66018 [quote comment="65461"]Ex. Allow free distribution of music and sell concert tickets or offer more tangible value to there products not only a 25cent CD and Picture, but a book or accessory that cannot be copied easily. It is impossible to copy a live performance. A printed book is difficult to copy. Include a free/discoun[/quote]

They really ought to go back to the LP as distribution medium; the equipment to reproduce them in quantity is expensive and often of extremely poor quality if my recollection of boots from the 70s is correct. Also, the sound quality of the legitimate product is superior to CDs anyway.

Cheers

]]> By: Jordan /is-piracy-ok-if-the-property-isnt-intellectual/#comment-65935 Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:02:31 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/is-piracy-ok-if-the-property-isnt-intellectual/#comment-65935 Intellect is still intellect if the product seems retarded. It’s a creation that could not have happened without conscious effort. Intellectual Property means the creation belongs to the person or legal entity that created it. IP rights can be transfered as well. Since it is still a creation, even a retarded one, it still falls under these rights.
Though the comic does make a funny little stab at piracy. I still think it is piracy if you are not paying for the representation of the work that is being commercially distributed though. Sharing is one thing, sending a song to a friend or burning a cd for a cute girl.. sure. Torrents get into the realm of distribution though. Sites that are making dollars off advertisement and tracking these distributions of commercial product are pirating. People downloading are hardly at all just sharing as well. They’ve thought out that they don’t want to pay for the creation, so they are just going to take it from where it is being freely distributed. PIRACY.
Don’t defend it. Just accept it. You are a Pirate! :D YARARRRRGH!!

]]> By: Dan /is-piracy-ok-if-the-property-isnt-intellectual/#comment-65882 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 22:18:34 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/is-piracy-ok-if-the-property-isnt-intellectual/#comment-65882 Yeah, except for the fact that anything intellectual is too far beyond the mental age of the average American. Can’t win, can we.

]]> By: DrFunk /is-piracy-ok-if-the-property-isnt-intellectual/#comment-65837 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 21:14:41 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/is-piracy-ok-if-the-property-isnt-intellectual/#comment-65837 @peter:

Ever wonder why restaurants make up stupid songs instead of singing the Birthday song? Because it’s copyrighted, and that would be an unauthorized performance of a copyrighted work.

See snopes.

http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/birthday.asp

]]> By: spiralingon.com » Blog Archive » Is Piracy OK if the Property isn’t Intellectual? /is-piracy-ok-if-the-property-isnt-intellectual/#comment-65765 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 20:09:43 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/is-piracy-ok-if-the-property-isnt-intellectual/#comment-65765 [...] read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: Chad Bell /is-piracy-ok-if-the-property-isnt-intellectual/#comment-65749 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:59:15 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/is-piracy-ok-if-the-property-isnt-intellectual/#comment-65749 The correct term isn’t theft. Legally, theft is a taking with the intent to deprive the true owner of the property from having possession and use. When intellectual property is illegally copied, the correct term is infringement.

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