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By the same reasoning, it's my fault if I leave the door unlocked and my house gets burgled. Maybe so, but it doesn't make burglary OK, not in that case, nor in
by pmccool 16y ago
By the same reasoning, it's my fault if I leave the door unlocked and my house gets burgled. Maybe so, but it doesn't make burglary OK, not in that case, nor in general.
Maybe they should distribute differently, maybe not. That doesn't excuse illicit downloading.
- ars 16y agoMissed my point. The piracy is not their fault. What is their fault is that they didn't make "enough" money, and now they need some extra from the pirates.
- pmccool 16y agoWhether their business decisions to date have been good, bad or indifferent has no bearing on whether it's right or wrong to now sue illicit downloaders. Would it really be any different if they had made a fortune? I think not.
- ars 16y agoFrom the article: "Locker" first leaked onto the web more than five months before its U.S. release and was a hot item in P2P circles after it won six Oscars in March. Despite the accolades, the film grossed only about $16 million in the U.S. "Only $16 million" is their own fault, not the fault of the "P2P circles" as implied. They were idiots and now they are trying to blame pirates for the lost business, when actually the pirates have no impact on profits. It's not right or wrong to sue - it's stupid.