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Originally posted by tony404
Saying the people downloading mp3's for their own use is the same as selling content not licensed to you is insane. Now if I downloaded mp3's and burned them on cd and sold them then it would be the same thing. There is no comparing, its people that sell memberships to content they dont have a license give us all a bad name. I am not judging but some of us must be right when no third party processor wants to touch him, must say something.
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I suppose the RIAA shutting down free file sharing networks, free CD cover archives and threatening Universities and the US military academies with lawsuits isn't the same thing then? Bullshit. They don't care, it's still a violation of copyright law.
Again though, I'm not arguing that the movie studios and magazines don't have the right to enforce their copyrights - legally, they do. Problem is, they're not doing this, the celebrities themselves are using intimidation techniques to scare processors into shutting down the sites when they have NO LEGAL RIGHT to do so. It's a nasty trend, and people should be fucking outraged over it, because one of these days the same technique is going to be used against everyone.
I don't know why I bother to keep saying this shit.