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A while back i pirated a bunch of old episodes of This American Life so i could listen to them on my commute/long runs. The episodes were available to stream f
by lukesandberg 15y ago
A while back i pirated a bunch of old episodes of This American Life so i could listen to them on my commute/long runs. The episodes were available to stream from the website, but (at the time) i was unable to do that on the go. So I torrented them... and then i donated $100 to the program. Listening to the radio shows was only really practical when i was commuting and it turned me into a huge fan. Now i donate regularly, if it wasn't for bitorrent I'm not sure that would be the case. Nowadays i have a smartphone and there is a TAL app that lets you download episodes for 'offline' listening. So i probably wouldn't do it that way again, but still bitorrent provided an extremely valuable service to me, and i think it also provided a good service to TAL.
- jacquesm 15y agoThe interesting bit is that no matter how much you donate this is still illegal. You can't unilaterally buy yourself out of a transgression like that. Sure it makes you feel better but the letter of the law has no spot for the honour system.
- wladimir 15y agoWell even if not legally, morally he did the right thing. The spirit of copyright laws is that the authors get paid for their work, right? And whether it's illegal depends on the jurisdiction. In some countries (such as The Netherlands) it's legal to download.