Originally Posted by gideongallery

good post

in most cases what the media calls piracy is really fair use

big media called the VCR piracy
big media called cable television piracy
big media is calling torrents and other peer to peer piracy


the first was ruled to be fair use

the second was determined to have an increase not a decrease to the penetration of their product (tv shows)

p2p can actually be both

companies like the pirate bay push the limits of the law establishing the line between fair use and real copyright infringement.

Without them 2 + trillion dollars in legal "fair use" would not exist.