Comments on: ZipTorrent Pollutes and Slows Down Popular Torrents

By: Movieguy

Movieguy — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:52:13 +0000

Work for MPAA?

By: Movieguy

Movieguy — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:35:19 +0000

Definetely valid point. After the success of iTunes, many other sites such as Amazon MP3 have popped up, and the content is DRM free. This has cut music piracy a lot because it's just not beneficial to download music torrents when you can download faster with the legal files at a decent price. maybe the MPAA will figure it out someday.

By: Movieguy

Movieguy — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:30:48 +0000

Whoa i guess I overdid it too…Yeah artists and studios need to profit, but violating the Fair Use Act and victimizing the whole web is not the answer, and their prices need to respond to the market, rather than trying to influence lawmakers to keep their prices locked in place.

I'm not against all the things you have stated, but the line about criminals sounds too much like "The law is always right" which is a great sore point for me and can get me raving mad, and cause me to over-react because I deal with too much crap in our "free" society.

By: Movieguy

Movieguy — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:25:58 +0000

I think that's why these laws such as the DMCA were put in place to keep the price at or above $20 because if the filesharing continues unchecked the cost would drop to $0, which is why I understand one side of your argument. But by victimizing the entire word wide web when they could have spent less money simply uploading the files themselves or charging less for the CD.

And for movies? They want HD to catch on? How about $20 Bluray, $10 DVD. They seem to think they can get away with double that and they have stooped to influencing lawmakers to price fix their products.

By: Movieguy

Movieguy — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:21:29 +0000

The only thing criminal is the legislature.

By: Movieguy

Movieguy — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:20:04 +0000

You're an MPAA employee or something? I agree that artists should of course make money, etc , but victimizing the entire population is not the answer. And if they are using illegal tactics to do this, then yet another example of corruption.
You're basically saying tha breaking the law is ok for the government or anyone with money.

By: Movieguy

Movieguy — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:16:37 +0000

And unjust laws are called corruption. Thats the definition but I'd say criminal is not the correct word. I would say we're on the brink being revolutionists…

Was Robin Hood a criminal? What about the Americans who revolted against England?
Weren't they "criminals"? What about the Jews in Nazi Germany? Weren't they "criminals"? The law can be mindless and sometimes the public needs to stand up to corruption.

By: Movieguy

Movieguy — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:14:12 +0000

So I suppose it's ok to destroy ALL internet traffic to stop a few pirates…Wow you must work for the MPAA.

By: Movieguy

Movieguy — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:13:19 +0000

"And yes, using the law to maximize profits can be moral; think about the drug industry."

Only one of the greatest sources of corruption, using legislation to protect a monopoly by illegalizing everything else and only allowing neutered versions of some medications to increase profits…

And while copywriting material in and of itself is fine, the DMCA is a violation to the whole public, and contradicts the Fair Use Act. There's no reason I should have to put in my disc when I want to watch this, or listen to that if I bought that material and the Fair Use act was at least a middle ground. The DMCA is nothing but Corporate fat-cats buying our Legislature.

By: Movieguy

Movieguy — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:08:28 +0000

Okay that's a little clearer. Although control of material that we've already purchased is immoral, if anything. (Unless it involves me selling it for profit.)