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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
uh, its not just about steve. that should be obvious. i think its pretty funny that you are worried about hurting the feeling of those who are already stealing content. they weren't buying in the first place so who cares? i really don't expect this to change anything except put the scare in some people that if they download a torrent, they could be sued.
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Originally Posted by LAJ
it all boils down to this: It's someone else's work. PAY FOR IT.
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Que Gideon Gallery and his 8 page essay of erroneous justification and half baked rationalizations.
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Originally Posted by LAJ
You've got a whole generation of people that have come to expect everything for free, right here, right now. This huge and growing group of people needs to change the way they think... the lawsuits and press are a good start.
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It isn't just one generation either, the problem spans virtually all generations currently living. For one example, my redneck brother in law. Let's call him "Ray". Redneck Ray has been on the internet since the late 90's. He's in his mid 50's now, is a blue collar working stiff, he steals free satellite dish networks whenever he can, loves his porn as much as the next guy, and has had the notion in his head from day one of "why pay for it if I can get it for free?"
In certain cases he does buy certain programs, but he buys them not from legitimate sellers but from his buddy the pirate guy who burns copies of popular programs complete with cracks/key codes and sells them for about 1/10th the price.
Personally I'd love to see Redneck Ray get caught and sued. Years of successful thievery have made him rather cocky about it. And there are several million Rays out there. It ain't just the 20 yr old kids doing it.
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Originally Posted by LAJ
Hopefully this rash of lawsuits will slowly and surely educate and re-educate people on the old adage "there is no such thing as a free lunch".
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Keyword: hopefully.
It'll take an awfully big "rash" to put a dent in the problem though.