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Old 02-18-2009, 04:17 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by ebus_dk View Post
You idiots can try and spin it as much as you want. Bottom line is, they facilitate the theft of content, and make a huge profit doing so.


These guys were in it to make money out of theft, they would hate a free Internet and would never surviver in a free Internet. Neither would any of theirs supporters here.

The reason we are here is to make money, there is no such thing as a "free" Internet. It's all about money, even the hippies at PB realise that and charged for the adverts. The Internet is driven by profits, take away those profits and you don't have the Internet you have today. Google would not exist without the paid ads, Youtube is only supported by the profits made elsewhere and everything that you think is free is just paid for by someone else.

The recession might have a big effect on the "Free Internet". Companies might be looking at the profits on advertising on sites that tell everyone it's all free. Then you will see how "Freedom" is really another word for let someone else pay the bill.
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