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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
Piracy has definitely grown. To think it hasn't is just being ignorant. Sure warez sites have always existed but before broadband was popular movies were almost never downloaded or uploaded beacause of the time and cost involved. there were no torrent sites but even worse than tha now are the file locker sites, making it easy for any idiot, even if they are too stupid/lazy to set up torrents to download, they can sure as hell download from megaupload/mediafire/fileserve, etc.
technology would be a better way to kill piracy but when they keep coming out with new ways to pirate movies/music, it makes it a difficult cat and mouse game.
the number is the same as what? there is a huge difference between lending tapes to your friends or even burning copies of dvd's and blu-ray vs uploading it to a public medium where anyone with an internet connection has the ability to download it. i highly doubt those friends were lending their tapes to over 100,000 others who are able to keep them forever.
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if 10 million people lend their tape cassette to 3 people that the same as one person seeding a torrent to 30 million people
the difference is first is uncountable, the second can be counted
that what i am talking about when i say piracy going from invisible to visible
when i say piracy hasn't changed in quantity that what i am talking about
i would bet this type of piracy has dropped, i remember when i borrowed tapes from friends
i got the show i wanted, plus 3-4 shows i never asked for because they were bundled on the same vcr tape.
now i download only the show i actually want.
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I have no problems with people burning a couple copies for friends but when you upload to the internet, fair use goes out the window.
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that's crap that basically saying that fair use doesn't have a right to the network effect
technologically we must always have an inferior solution for our fair use.