Solution: Don’t vote for either.

(That is, of course, assuming you’re American)

I cannot deprive you of a piece of information you created.

Copyright, in fact, is an attempt to do just that: depriving people of the right to do what they want with information they have acquired. Copyright has much more in common with theft than does piracy.

I wonder how they define this. What would be legal sharing???

Things arent as clear cut as they used to be in the day of the 9800 baud modems , where bbs boards were mostly local and things were shared at way, the internet has become to huge to oversee and control, or when you wanted to share your copy of windows 3.11 you went to your friends house with a ton of floppy disks.

Companies are global money comes from everywhere and not only that but you have companies that follow a business model that makes little to no sense at all.

Sony
produces music and movies
produces blank media
produces the devices to copy
produces televisions

now you corner a whole market. provide everything and then complain when people are doing exactly what you wanted from the start.

everyone here has made some great points in regards to what theft is and ideas how to stop it. reality is as long as someone has it someone else wants it. I would place 100 dollars to bet that even if you didnt have to buy something all you needed to do was sign your name, there are those who would still steal it.

not to sound or make humanity sound horrid but we are all selfish and greedy people , we covet and desire anything that we dont have or cant get on our own.

maybe I went a tad off topic but in the end no matter what laws, rules or compromises are made greed will still run all business ideas and decisions and greed will still keep all kinds of theft going.

imo people dont want to pay for inferior goods nor an inferior service. how many times are you going to watch the same movies, gone in 60 seconds!! same movie or buy starwars over and over again. Hell I have 6 copies all slightly differnt. music is especially horrid point, lets all buy that new band that sounds like that other band or heck stick with your favorite band and but the best of hits, greatest hits, and the archival compilation of them. The big 4 wonder why no one want to purchase music well maybe come up with some original music not the same old cookie cutter crap.

I download movies because of the cost of the theatre 9 bucks a pop, plus candy and snacks, you also have to deal with the people who talk phones, nasty spill food all over and the crowds, or I can sit at home, watch the same movie from my livingroom, off my 62in plasma, being able to hit pause, or go do whatever I want,

I download music why because I dont listen to the radio, same song every 20 min, and every station sounds the same, or doesnt even play the type of music I like. I dont buy it at stores because half the time I have to special order it, or I have to deal with people who dont even understand what you want.

I dont watch tv because of all the commercials one has to sift through. Pay 80 bucks a month for like 500 channels and find nothing to watch.

I can only assume there are others who feel the same way as I do, all these corporate entities are the ones who imo forced me to go my route and find alternatives that suit my needs and desires. After all I am human and well I live in the now generation , everything my way right away when I want.

maybe i should set up such an rating institution (?)

The greed monsters can lower the prices.

DVD = 8 bucks
CD = 5 bucks
iTunes song = 5 cents
Games = 10 bucks

Do this and file sharring will be gone. And you will make a bunch of money.

What’s that? Not enough money? Arg…..swab the deck!