Copyright and Piracy overkill

[Charlie_Zeaiter]

Is it just me, or do other people think copyright and piracy laws are interpreted in a scrupulous manner?

I mean, if I never had any intention of buying the song, why is it so wrong to copy it from a friend’s CD or download it? Just exactly who got ripped off??? Nobody!

I hate it when people compare copying songs to stealing a car; The car is ripped off from the owner - but the song is not ripped off from from the author… they still have it to sell to whoever wants to buy it. Not me - I never ever wanted to buy it - even if I couldn’t copy it.

I didn’t gain any money or credibility from the copy. And the author didn’t lose any money or credibility. What exactly is the problem?

 

[andzy]

The only “evil” I can find here is a potential temptation of getting into a temptation or habit of copying songs with an excuse that you wouldn’t buy them anyhow, when in reality you would. Other than that I also can’t find any arguments against do so. So I’m interesting in what people of this forum will bring forth.

 

[tee_eff_em]

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[thread=184955]Arrr![/thread] Did someone say

Piracy

?

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sorry,
tee
aka
Bloody Foote

 

[FightingFat]

The person loosing out is the record company and the artist. Loosing out on revenue. Poor them.

 

[cenpress]

All those mix tapes you made … every song you ever recorded off the radio … that’s right, man … they allllll add up to a great deal of time in Purgatory for you. What’s worse, they don’t even HAVE a radio station to listen to there!

[Please note: This whole post was sarcastic.]

 

[Charlie_Zeaiter]

[Jealousy On]
Oh boo-hoo. Those poor artists.
Why don’t they get a real job like the rest of us and know the real meaning of working hard to make a living.
[/Jealousy Off]

Supposing I compiled a CD of my favourite songs and gave it to my wife (or girlfriend for the single folks) as a romantic gesture? It looks like romantic guys like me (yeah, right) have got alot of sins to pay for.

 

[edwest2]

The interresting thing about all this is that people can come up with a lot of reasons to do it but very few about why not to do it. Buy a DVD, and you get an FBI warning saying don’t copy.

J.K. Rowling comes out with the latest Harry Potter book and then it’s on the internet, ready for “file sharing.” This isn’t about opinions either. Each one of us has to look at this and decide, right or wrong?

It seems that some people are thinking, “Eh, they’re rich enough already, so what’s the big deal?” No physical property is being stolen, just digital bits. I encourage my Christian brothers and sisters to decide.

For me, no copies. If I can’t afford it, I’ll just do without.

God bless,
Ed

 

[Holly3278]

I personally see nothing wrong with downloading music or other software without paying for it. I mean, if you would never have bought it to begin with, why not? If anything, its only a venial sin and it probably isn’t even a venial sin.

 

[Texas_Roofer]

Is it just me, or do other people think copyright and piracy laws are interpreted in a scrupulous manner?

by whom?

I mean, if I never had any intention of buying the song, why is it so wrong to copy it from a friend’s CD or download it? Just exactly who got ripped off??? Nobody!

actually any copy which did not generate revenue for the owner, and those under exclusive contract concerning this song

I hate it when people compare copying songs to stealing a car; The car is ripped off from the owner - but the song is not ripped off from from the author… they still have it to sell to whoever wants to buy it. Not me - I never ever wanted to buy it - even if I couldn’t copy it.

I didn’t gain any money or credibility from the copy. And the author didn’t lose any money or credibility. What exactly is the problem?

Actually you gained the value of the song If the song sold a million dollars in legal sells of 10 million copies the song is roughly worth 10 cents per copy. This is considerably less than a car.

Copyright has exploded as an issue in recent years because technology allows everybody to reproduce high quality copies. Combine this with the past history of gouging the customers and you get - boom- a bunch of emotion. Eventually the market will clean itself, at that time the license to reproduce will be the songs value typically free to fifty cents per copy. Thirty years ago excellent songs were paired with mediocre songs and sold for about $10, that is considerable more than the dime!

 

[BobP123]

In the late 80’s I wrote some financial software that I was able to market domestically and overseas. I did receive a modest number of orders, though my intent was to sow seeds, so if someone were to have distributed it (I didn’t copy protect it) I would have been flattered to death. But that’s me and I’m no Bill Gates.