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A nice sensible response, with some well-reasoned observations. The thing about piracy I've always found weird is how hysterical some people get about it for t
by timcederman 17y ago
A nice sensible response, with some well-reasoned observations.
The thing about piracy I've always found weird is how hysterical some people get about it for their medium and not others. For example, I am good friends with several software developers who get furious about people pirating their products, but have no qualms about having gigs of copied music personally.
- jacquesm 17y agoI think the rationale people are using here is that it's the record companies they're pirating from not the artists. Artists like Janis Ian ( http://www.janisian.com/article-internet_debacle.html http://www.janisian.com/article-internet_debacle.html (be sure to read the follow up)) have made that point quite eloquently. Still, the basic position is one of hypocrisy, no contest there.
- trapper 17y agoAnd EA and the other big game companies aren't just like them? The people that I know that pirate the most music do so off independents more than mainstream.
- jacquesm 17y ago> The people that I know that pirate the most music do so off independents more than mainstream. That's really bad.