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  • On the post: Peeling The Layers Off 'Piracy'

    Joel ( profile ), 18 Mar, 2010 @ 09:43am

    Onion peeling is making me cry...

    Copyright infringment is illegal!! Sharing is not (unless you are at an all you can eat buffet).

    What the big corporations need to understand is that unless there is a means for a person to get a product for a reasonable price things like this will continue to happen. If one song costs 2.99 people would most likely not buy, if the same song was going for .50 cents then that person would most likely follow the law and purchase said song...plus there would be no need to share since the cost would seem minimal to the borrower and most likely this person would buy.

    I don't know about the rest of you but with 2.99 I can go to my local Super Market buy a 2 liter bottle of generic soda, a loaf of sliced white bread, and maybe a cookie or two, oh and have like 20 cents left.

    "Priorities are much more important than entertainment."

  • On the post: Peeling The Layers Off 'Piracy'

    Joel ( profile ), 18 Mar, 2010 @ 09:27am

    Re: Then there would be no Commandments

    If "Thou shalt not copy." is correct then we would have lost everything that is art.

  • On the post: Viacom Still Can't Figure Out Which Video Clips Actually Infringed On YouTube

    Joel ( profile ), 18 Mar, 2010 @ 09:24am

    If my math...

    does not fail me it will take them a little bit more than a 1000 years to recognize that they are completely wrong.

    By the way I'm terrible at math so don't check it too much.

  • On the post: As Expected, Ridiculous, Wrong, Exaggerating And Misleading Report Claims That 'Piracy' Is Killing Jobs

    Joel ( profile ), 18 Mar, 2010 @ 09:18am

    Oh they are totally right..

    Oh how the mighty are looking for excuses to blame nothing on the public.

    If they want to help create/save jobs maybe they should cut into their profits so that more people can afford the goods!!

  • On the post: Heroes Producer: Honored To Be The Most Unauthorized Downloaded Show

    Joel ( profile ), 17 Mar, 2010 @ 10:01am

    Kring has the right idea! NBC needs to understand that fans are what makes their channel work; by limiting viewership they are limiting the amount of ad money they could make. If they were to offer a download on the NBC website with the commercials and not just the streaming video; I would download because I wouldn't mind the commercials...gives me time to do something in the mean time.