Comments on: Piracy, Morals and The Need for Change https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-morals-and-the-need-for-change-071323/ Breaking File-sharing, Copyright and Privacy News Tue, 28 Oct 2014 19:18:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 By: Introducing Canada’s DMCA — Alec Saunders SquawkBox /piracy-morals-and-the-need-for-change-071323/#comment-406649 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:46:02 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/piracy-morals-and-the-need-for-change-071323/#comment-406649 [...] Piracy, Morals and The Need for Change [via Zemanta] [...]

]]> By: Study: Piracy is Caused by Poor Choice at IDTorrent Blog /piracy-morals-and-the-need-for-change-071323/#comment-306374 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:35:55 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/piracy-morals-and-the-need-for-change-071323/#comment-306374 [...] fact that one third of the UK citizens can be labeled as a pirate is thus a signal that these customers want something that is not available through other channels. It’s more about [...]

]]> By: ArtyTorrent /piracy-morals-and-the-need-for-change-071323/#comment-304826 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:01:29 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/piracy-morals-and-the-need-for-change-071323/#comment-304826 The rights and wrongs of copyright are a slight red-herring. What is really happening is a war over the control of distribution of digital data. Record companies make their money using an outdated business model. The younger generation doesn’t want to go to record stores and buy CDs, it wants to point and click, listen and then possibly delete. There is really no need for old-style CD-duplication and marketing campaigns. A musician doesn’t NEED a record company that takes 95% of the price of a CD away from the artist. More bands should leave their labels and follow the Radiohead/Trent Reznor/Saul Williams blueprint. If I had a band right now, I’d upload all my songs to MySpace and just have a “DONATE HERE IF YOU LIKED THIS MUSIC AND WANT US TO MAKE MORE” button. If we get music from its source, we’ll find out its true value. Most of the money spent on CDs goes to fat cat execs and lawyers. THEY are the ones doing the stealing: stealing from the musicians.

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]]> By: mark /piracy-morals-and-the-need-for-change-071323/#comment-287936 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:03:37 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/piracy-morals-and-the-need-for-change-071323/#comment-287936 Pay as you go wireless broadband internet is going to be big! and very anonymous as well. Will the ISP’s shoot their own feet off! I dont think so. The old make the money from distribution model will not work for the big entertainment companies any more and the should already be competing with itunes by offering 10p a track downloads.
The network is expanding, wimax is coming symmetrical is coming, wireless sharing, bluetooth,open source,

I am a new artist and will not be distributing my art through the current distributers, I will be like Man U dealing direct with my customers, downloading is a lot easier then going out and finding the phsyical product.

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]]> By: Gregory /piracy-morals-and-the-need-for-change-071323/#comment-266699 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:43:37 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/piracy-morals-and-the-need-for-change-071323/#comment-266699 Hey Gaetano, you are correct abut this important distinction. It would be good for everyone to understand the true nature of their “taking without paying.” But still.

If you take something you know is created by someone else and intended for proper sale and yet you use technology to hide while taking it for no payment, thereby willfully circumventing their compensation, I hope the ISP’s filter it all and I hope they kick the thieves off the network. Human decency and fair business ethics require nothing less.

]]> By: Gaetano /piracy-morals-and-the-need-for-change-071323/#comment-262994 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:25:21 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/piracy-morals-and-the-need-for-change-071323/#comment-262994 Please keep in mind that infringing copyright is not stealing.

it is a common misconception caused by the abuse of the term contained in the entertainment industries anti-piracy ads helped by the lack of copyright and criminal law background of the people involved in the discussion.

no matter where you are from you can easily pick up a code and check: under the definition of the criminal offence you will notice that:

The actus reus of theft is usually defined as an unauthorised taking, keeping or using of another’s property which must be accompanied by a mens rea of dishonesty and/or the intent to permanently deprive the owner or the person with rightful possession of that property or its use.

it is hardly possible to “permanently deprive the owner or the person with rightful possession of that property or its use” in intellectual property.

gaetano

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