arstechnica.com — As The Pirate Bay trial wraps up its third day, the defendants claim that they should have a "safe harbor" from all the alleged infringement in the case, since it was all initiated by users. The Bay, they claim, is just like Google or YouTube, and its admins are schooling the opposition in PR and tactics.
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jerrycanFeb 19, 2009
I think you're missing the point, but let me fix that....(*which you may or may not know their copyright status, but don't really care either way, and even if someone told you, you'd tell them to hump a duck...)
uberdugerFeb 19, 2009
I submit it to you that the record companies have a lower standard of morals/ethics than TPB. TPB have never tried to sue people like the MAFIAA have (like Jaime Thomas and her $200000-odd fine); TPB have never tried to force out new artists by controlling radio content; TPB have never hired companies to effectively monitor or honeytrap their consumers (Randy Saaf, I'm looking at you); etc; etc.
frepnogFeb 19, 2009
"I will accept any rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do."lol at your ridiculous idealism. yes, i surely bet that is really how you act. you live in a basement, hippy?
glitch82Feb 20, 2009
f**k trees I climb buoys mutchaf**ka!
glitch82Feb 20, 2009
Piracy increases sales. I have no way to back this up, and it may just be conjecture, but I really honestly believe it does, because it exposes more people to music and videos they wouldn't have known about otherwise without randomly buying s**t and seeing if it's any good (which nobody will do).My brother for example has a sizable DVD collection and is working on his Blu-Ray collection now. He's a huge movie buff. He pirates movies all the time but will buy them for the special features and artwork if he likes them. Compared to never actually getting to see a movie first and he would never have been a movie buff and never bought s**t in the first place.There are exceptions of course like he may go see a movie in the theater and then buy it right away when it's out. And seriously, what the f**k is up with that, you see a movie in the theater and they make you wait 6 months so you can PAY to see it again when you want, talk about being f**king cheap and stingy with s**t, come on.
glitch82Feb 20, 2009
Serious legal trouble? Way to make us shake and cower in fear. I think the person that needs to grow up here is you, and quit sucking big corporate dick. You're destined to spend the rest of your life trying to make it up the ladder.
Closed AccountFeb 21, 2009
i think the other guys said it quite well, although its funny to see you have 731 comments and 0 diggs, sounds like you like to bitch alot lol... trolls ftw