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The Pirate Bay... Down for good? ='(

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TorrentSpy is down, Mininova has gone straight, Limewire is getting the clap.

Pirates will always prevail. Look at ubisofts DRM. It got destroyed.
 
I do like free speech :) but really... the VAST VAST VAST majority of people will use it for ONE reason... to illegally download copyrighted content from other people. I wonder how many people who steal over the internet would steal from a store. Anything illegal... is well... unlawful in the US.
 
Vihzel said:
I do like free speech :) but really... the VAST VAST VAST majority of people will use it for ONE reason... to illegally download copyrighted content from other people. I wonder how many people who steal over the internet would steal from a store. Anything illegal... is well... unlawful in the US.
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Lol, IDC.. I like my free movies :)
 
Vihzel said:
I do like free speech :) but really... the VAST VAST VAST majority of people will use it for ONE reason... to illegally download copyrighted content from other people. I wonder how many people who steal over the internet would steal from a store. Anything illegal... is well... unlawful in the US.
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True enough, but to me, free speech > theft from billion dollar a year corporations.
 
IOWA said:
True enough, but to me, free speech > theft from billion dollar a year corporations.
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As far as I can see this has absolutely nothing to do with free speech, that's just a daft argument people put forward to side step the issue of theft. Please explain how it is an attack on free speech to try and prevent massive scale theft?

I'm pretty sure that many copyright holders aren't billion dollar a year corporations though, so what about their rights?
 
NYCHitman1 said:
Lol, IDC.. I like my free movies :)
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There's a difference between being given something for free, and not paying for something though.

Think about what you do for a living; if your half your customers decided that they no longer wished to pay, and simply stole from you, would you carry on, but charge you remaining paying customers more, or just give up and cease supply to all your customers? Or would you prevent those non-paying customers from stealing from you? Which is most fair to all?
 
IOWA said:
True enough, but to me, free speech > theft from billion dollar a year corporations.
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Wait... what do you mean by free speech? I thought you meant free speech as in able to speak your mind on this issue on the internet. I don't understand how free speech deals with stealing.
 
NYCHitman1 said:
Ok, let me rephrase then. I like to illegally download DVD Rip quality movies from Pirates Bay! :)
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Geez... well I just hope you don't teach your adorable daughter that it's ok to steal from other people as long as you don't get caught.
 
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