I have to ad *Controversy because I know the homes of the people who made this are being searched right now.
You have the right to "Free Speach" as long as you are not dumb enough to actually try it" -- The Clash! (http://clash.wikia.com/wiki/Lyrics:Know_Your_Rights)

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DOWN WITH IP! And that is from a coder.

Its not fun when the government copies money reducing the overall value of a currency.

Hahahah wes, the government hates it even more when you do it and not them!

Tags for this video have been changed from 'copying not theft' to 'copying not theft, nina paley' - edited by dystopianfuturetoday

The original, for those who haven't seen it. http://www.videosift.com/video/Animator-Nina-Paley-Sings-The-Copyright-Song

In the end all things in balance , i don't care if my work gets pirated so long as i can make a reasonable and fair income off it. the i phone game i worked on was on pirate bay within 1 week of release PEEEOOWWW.

Allso there are ways of deriving money from software where copying is beneficial to the developer , Share ware , Flash games.

*jazz!

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Copying may not be theft...but what would you call benefiting from someone else's work without their consent? Sounds a lot like a possible definition of slavery (not having any control over the results of your work).

>> ^Stormsinger:
Copying may not be theft...but what would you call benefiting from someone else's work without their consent? Sounds a lot like a possible definition of slavery (not having any control over the results of your work).


It's legally considered either copyright infringement or intellectual property theft, however in terms of actual stealing... that is one thing it certainly is not despite what all those ads before your DVD menu or movie say. They should consider it to be free publicity because the vast majority of people who download were not going to buy it anyways, so there is no money to be made and as such no money was lost. Get over this simple fact, movie studios/RIAA, lost sales is an empty old fallacy you have been using for decades. I thought Zombieland was going to be a steaming pile of shit until I watched a cam rip with some friends and I would actually buy the DVD now.

Personally I have little to no respect towards the rights holders as I often get screwed when I actually pay their whining asses and never get screwed when I rip them off. DRM sucks in any form. I don't pretend to have any sense of entitlement as well, I know its wrong and I simply don't care.

>> ^Croccydile:
I don't pretend to have any sense of entitlement as well, I know its wrong and I simply don't care.

I'd say you've pretty well disqualified yourself from any discussion of the ethics involved then...or even ethics in general. I know -I- have no particular use for the opinions of a self-professed sociopath...

>> ^Stormsinger:
>> ^Croccydile:
I don't pretend to have any sense of entitlement as well, I know its wrong and I simply don't care.
I'd say you've pretty well disqualified yourself from any discussion of the ethics involved then...or even ethics in general. I know -I- have no particular use for the opinions of a self-professed sociopath...


I'm sorry you feel that way, but I find it difficult to believe otherwise when the opposite party does not care about the consumer in return. I can't be naughty on a professional level on the job but at the same time I can see why places, say, choose to use copied software when even if your 100% legit companies like Adobe/Autodesk still give you crap. I find it appalling that after spending tens of thousands in licenses a year a vendor can come around and say "Despite your loyalty for years were going to change what kind of deal and license you can buy from us. Oh, by the way, weve made all your current installs illegal. Uninstall them before we send the wrath of the BSA upon you." (This has actually happend to me) Yeah, no surprise there is copying.