How was that a sting operation? Sure, they left up a way to find the pirated versions, but they aren't going after the users. Instead of freaking out and giving themselves bad PR by attacking people, they are just encouraging people to switch.
If anything, Avast's response to this should be the model for all companies to react to piracy. Work with the people, rather than against the people.
I hate to legitimize your point by replying to it or delve into name calling, but in this case it must be done: you are a fucking moron.
Once again copyright infringement != stealing, as you haven't "stolen" (deprived someone of something physical) anything.
Also, reducto ad absurdium is never a good way to frame your argument. By robbing a bank, you steal (deprive the bank of) money. When you download music, you make an identical copy of the song(s). The artist has been deprived of nothing. You might claim that the download deprives the artist of money, but why is it that the music industry is thriving even though infringement is rampant?
"...and if Itunes exists, why does this ISP think there is a need for more?"
Well AC, if you bothered to look at the first thread, you would realize that because of various licensing issues people in EU countries can't access the music they want. And what do people do when they aren't allowed to legally support musicians, or the cost is extravagantly high? Thats right, they go and get it anyway.
"And just as we write, movie execs at Warner are happy they successfully delayed a pirated copy of The Dark Knight for almost 40 hours after the film opened (contrary to what happened in other films like the mega flop Speed Racer and other non-flops). They are happy everybody who wanted to see the film first hand had to go and pay for it. And bingo: a record box-office. In other words, they take measures nobody ever did and successfully delay pirates. And the film in case has a first day opening no one ever saw."
...Have you heard of a phrase, its especially true here: correlation does not imply causality
You know why the dark knight got so much money from ticket sales? IT WAS A GOOD MOVIE "contrary to what happened in other films like the mega flop Speed Racer and other non-flops"
As Bill Engval would say "Here's your sign"
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Re: This was a great viral marketing campaign for avast.
How was that a sting operation? Sure, they left up a way to find the pirated versions, but they aren't going after the users. Instead of freaking out and giving themselves bad PR by attacking people, they are just encouraging people to switch.
If anything, Avast's response to this should be the model for all companies to react to piracy. Work with the people, rather than against the people.
Re: Re: The fun part
That's all well and good if you have a 32bit system, but those of us with 64bit systems are SOL in that regard...
Re: i'm surprised it took this long
On the internet, everything eventually leads to porn.
See also: Rule #34
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: It isn't a legal issue.
I hate to legitimize your point by replying to it or delve into name calling, but in this case it must be done: you are a fucking moron.
Once again copyright infringement != stealing, as you haven't "stolen" (deprived someone of something physical) anything.
Also, reducto ad absurdium is never a good way to frame your argument. By robbing a bank, you steal (deprive the bank of) money. When you download music, you make an identical copy of the song(s). The artist has been deprived of nothing. You might claim that the download deprives the artist of money, but why is it that the music industry is thriving even though infringement is rampant?
Re: Re: Yeah...right
"...and if Itunes exists, why does this ISP think there is a need for more?"
Well AC, if you bothered to look at the first thread, you would realize that because of various licensing issues people in EU countries can't access the music they want. And what do people do when they aren't allowed to legally support musicians, or the cost is extravagantly high? Thats right, they go and get it anyway.
RE: Doctor Strange
"As I said, content creators generally don't get paid when they work. They get paid only if their content sells, or if they find another way to get people to pay them." Uhh.... no. Most content creators (authors, artists, directors, actors) they are paid to create the content, and then the big companies take the rights to that content and distribute it, and take most of the money garnered by sales. This link, although dated (but hey, we all know how much the music industry loves to change their ways of doing things) shows how they work. Also, I can't remember the name of the band, but I distinctly remember hearing about a band who, upon leaving their label after a very well selling record, was told that they owed some ridiculous amount of money. So your argument is wrong... the big content creators are payed to create their content, and not much if anything when they sell it. And as for the smaller creators (such as indie artists), they can't be pirated very easily (if at all), and the fans of those artists wouldn't pirate them anyway.
Re: Re: Re: All part of the same business model...
"And just as we write, movie execs at Warner are happy they successfully delayed a pirated copy of The Dark Knight for almost 40 hours after the film opened (contrary to what happened in other films like the mega flop Speed Racer and other non-flops). They are happy everybody who wanted to see the film first hand had to go and pay for it. And bingo: a record box-office. In other words, they take measures nobody ever did and successfully delay pirates. And the film in case has a first day opening no one ever saw."
...Have you heard of a phrase, its especially true here: correlation does not imply causality
You know why the dark knight got so much money from ticket sales? IT WAS A GOOD MOVIE "contrary to what happened in other films like the mega flop Speed Racer and other non-flops"
As Bill Engval would say "Here's your sign"