bluebridge

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by bluebridge 15y ago
Your mom goes to college.
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by bluebridge 15y ago
Not trying to rain on Dropbox's parade (they offer a great service), but I switched to a TonidoPlug to keep my own data and have been very pleased. It's worth checking out if you haven't seen it and an interesting business model. http://w
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by bluebridge 15y ago
I wouldn't equate a pirated copy with a lost sale, but that is an approach that the businesses behind SOPA/PIPA are doing and they are pursuing censorship as an end result. Whatever a pirate may say or intend, they are supporting their opp
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by bluebridge 15y ago
I agree on ethics. No one can prove right or wrong, so it has limited charm. I think though, that most would understand that beyond ethics, piracy is directly compromising the agreement that the producer sets out- similar to lying or stea
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by bluebridge 15y ago
Well then, I stand corrected, you do have some basis for your statement. :) Though it doesn't sound like you gained your livelihood from the production of such works. My dad is a farmer who wanted to pass on the farm to my brother. They h
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by bluebridge 15y ago
As an employee, you have no basis for understanding the perceived loss that piracy incurs- you are paid 100% what you agreed upon for your creative efforts. Someone else is taking the risk and losing the profit. If you went to get your pa
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by bluebridge 15y ago
That there can be other inferences from someone's behavior is not the question. They could infer from the acts of piracy many other possible reasons. However, the argument that the pro-censors are making is that they're losing money ("cos