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"I launch a search and I click. In less than 10 minutes, I've a full movie on my disk. In 20, I've the complete discography of an artist." When I hear about st
by rythie 15y ago
"I launch a search and I click. In less than 10 minutes, I've a full movie on my disk. In 20, I've the complete discography of an artist."
When I hear about stuff like this, along with people's multi-terabyte arrays of content, I wonder if they actually listen/watch much of it. Movie/Record companies are worrying that this all got "stolen" but if it was never viewed was it actually "stolen"?
- JumpCrisscross 15y agoThat's interesting - if I pirate a song but never hear it, did I violate the gestalt of IP protection? Almost purely philosophical as answering in the negative would inherently cripple the enforceability of copyright laws. But interesting nevertheless given the party line is the IP grants a purchaser a licence to consume the content.
- aangjie 15y agoThanks for that quote license to consume... No problem.. am already cutting down my consumption and will just not consume.. bye..corporations with big IP portfolio.....
- Jem 15y agoI am reminded of "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"
- aangjie 15y agoThat's akin to the philosophical "tree falling in a forest, without anyone hearing" it question.. Unfortunately, i haven't come across any approach to the answers i find interesting..:-(
- aangjie 15y agoOops.. simultaneous posts.... .downvoting sounds harsh..but hey life isn't fair..shrug...:)