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What makes you feel entitled to set an arbitrary price and then violate the copyright if the publisher doesn't meet that price? Would you be equally sanguine ab
by cageface 15y ago
What makes you feel entitled to set an arbitrary price and then violate the copyright if the publisher doesn't meet that price? Would you be equally sanguine about someone enjoying the fruits of your work at their arbitrary price?
- ugh 15y agoWhat makes him feel entitled is that he can do it without fearing retribution. It’s basically extortion. Gimme for $0.30 or I’m just not gonna pay anything and you try and catch me. I’m always a bit confused, though, about Americans being so willing to torrent. I thought the costs if you are caught are crippling in the US – basically life destroying? I don’t think I would want to risk that but maybe I’m just misinformed.
- Jach 15y agoI assume most people feel that p(getting caught) is small enough to eliminate most of the negative utility that a conviction would carry in their expected utility calculations. What I'd like to see tested in court: we can record things on t.v. with a VCR for a private version, right? Could we record what Netflix displays, in this case TNG? Is this any different from torrenting a copy of the content, instead of recording, if you have a Netflix subscription?
- comice 15y agoI don't feel entitled at all. I'm just able to. I was just expressing how I feel about the situation. Even though it's trivially easy for me to get it for free, I'd be willing to pay for it - I personally find that interesting.