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Re: Just pay for your content said by IowaCowboy:Illegal downloading is just like going into Best Buy or Target and taking the five finger discount on CDs and DVDs. Not entirely apples to apples. Steal a CD from Best Buy, get sent to jail for petty theft and whatever applicable fines for that jurisdiction because most likely they have your mug on surveillance footage proving beyond reasonable doubt you done took it.
Provide unauthorized, copyrighted works on the internet via Torrent technology, where by downloading you are also uploading, get charged an disproportionate amount of fines and possibly get sent to jail for 5-10 years and it may not have even been you, just someone jumping on your non-encrypted Wi-Fi or bad IP management with your ISP.
Lets say with your permission I zap your car, lets say a Porsche, with a machine that spits out an exact copy, did I steal a car from Porsche? Did I break in to a Porsche dealership and drive away with one of their cars? This highlights the biggest problem with consumer protection laws. I bought something out right and should be able to do whatever I want with it. Now if I break in your garage and zap your car, thats an entirely different story.
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join:2002-11-27 | said by TheHelpful1:Lets say with your permission I zap your car, lets say a Porsche, with a machine that spits out an exact copy, did I steal a car from Porsche? Did I break in to a Porsche dealership and drive away with one of their cars? This highlights the biggest problem with consumer protection laws. I bought something out right and should be able to do whatever I want with it. Now if I break in your garage and zap your car, thats an entirely different story.
Screw torrenting, where do I get a copier like that  |
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