Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 23rd Apr 2009 12:26 UTC, submitted by zegenie
The verdict in the Pirate Bay trial surprised many people, seeing as how many errors the entertainment industry's lawyers had made, and how little understanding they seemed to have of how BitTorrent works. The height of the sentence also surprised many; for aiding in sharing just 33 copyrighted items, the four founders were sentenced to one year in jail, and a massive fine of 3.6 million USD. Well, as it turns out, we now know why we were all relatively surprised: the judge in the case, Thomas Norstrom, is member of the same pro-copyright groups as many of the people representing the entertainment industry in the case.
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RE[2]: Isn't piracy made by the very companies who produce?
by Anonymous Penguin on Thu 23rd Apr 2009 14:06
in reply to "RE: Isn't piracy made by the very companies who produce?"
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However, the high prices are only part of it. Some people just refuse to pay and no matter what you do, they're not going to change. Many people are simply entitled to whatever they see that they want.
I don't know how many times it has already been said, but I want to stress it once again: most "pirates" wouldn't buy what they download anyway.
Even Microsoft seems to undertand this simple fact. Rather a few pirates than a shrinking userbase.
RE[2]: Isn't piracy made by the very companies who produce?
by dylansmrjones on Thu 23rd Apr 2009 20:27
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Absolutely. The judge should have recused himself from the case, knowing that he had a conflict of interest, but to support piracy still isn't right.
Well, right and wrong has nothing to do with law. Law has to do with legal vs. illegal.
Right vs. wrong has something to do with moral.
Personally I consider it wrong to have copyright, since my ownership of my production means are transferred to the copyright holder. And that is a violation of my private property. And that's wrong. Not to mention illegal (except if you are a multinational megacorporation, apparently).
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However, piracy is a delicate subject. Absurd & high prices absolutely feed the piracy infinite loop. If we only had fair prices on music & films, we would not go the alternative way.
Absolutely. The judge should have recused himself from the case, knowing that he had a conflict of interest, but to support piracy still isn't right.
However, the high prices are only part of it. Some people just refuse to pay and no matter what you do, they're not going to change. Many people are simply entitled to whatever they see that they want.