Comments on: Why Do Copyright Monopolists Think They Can Just Take Somebody Else’s Work?

By: NadilKanur

NadilKanur — Wed, 29 May 2013 16:42:00 +0000

By: NadilKanur

NadilKanur — Wed, 29 May 2013 16:38:00 +0000

Sam gets it.

By: NadilKanur

NadilKanur — Wed, 29 May 2013 16:35:00 +0000

Just because you don’t agree with the price/or practices of the publisher does not give you a right to steal the product. Remember you don’t have a innate right to be entertained nor does the author have any obligation to make something for you or the publisher to sell it to you. However because you do want to be entertained and the author/publisher has a desire to make money from selling you the entertainment you both engage in a mutual agreement: They will sell you the product and you agree to pay for it, furthermore you agree to no distribute it, copy, profit from it, etc. If you DON’T AGREE then simply don’t buy the product. Again, you DON’T have a right to steal things you don’t own. Sometimes I feel that talking to people who support copying, illegal torrenting,etc, is like talking to petulant children.

By: NadilKanur

NadilKanur — Wed, 29 May 2013 16:28:00 +0000

Is this guy for real? No, seriously, is this some sort of meta humor that I’m not getting?

By: Joshua Loving

Joshua Loving — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:14:00 +0000

Quick question for the author – does this mean you don’t mind if someone copies the text of your article verbatim, or maybe even changes a few things here and there and reposts without a link? I’m not saying I’m in favor of current copyright laws (I’m not) I’m just curious.

By: Anne Courtois

Anne Courtois — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 03:36:00 +0000

I wonder what he’d think if I’d go to his seminar and collect all the material and start to do my own seminar with his material. People like Falkvinge promote ideas that they would not support themselves if their livelyhood would be at risk. His ‘interpretation’ of copyrights is only there to support his ideas and does the same thing as Jamie in the Mythbusters: “I reject reality and substitue my own.”

By: the_prof

the_prof — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 01:10:00 +0000

Absolutely. I think some balance between the two extremes needs to be struck.

And actually, I don’t think it’s quite so complex as they make out.

I’m certainly going to be one of the people at the front line protesting that the likes of Microsoft and Sony cannot dictate to me that I can’t sell a game I’ve bought for one of their platforms on the second-hand market.

Also, once I’ve bought a copy of a film, game, music, miscellaneous media, I am as sure as heck never going to pay for it again in any other format.

This model is becoming more viable to implement, and once all that is sorted out, I don’t think they can argue.

By: Klāvs Pētersons

Klāvs Pētersons — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 09:45:00 +0000

Because they all are illuminati.

By: robthom

robthom — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 07:57:00 +0000

Its sickening to think about the fact that the Beatles dont own the rights to most of their music

By: CE Behr

CE Behr — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:54:00 +0000

Rick is a bloody fool and his argument is as thin as toilet paper. Stealing another’s work is just that, stealing. BTW, my ratio on Demonoid was 6+, but I don’t have my head up my a**. I know what I’m doing, and I’m doing it. Fool. Fool. Fool.