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12. What do you think about people who steal content?
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A: This is a tough one. I think a bunch of people in this industry started out stealing content. 20 pics here and there from various places. Maybe a video clip if you could find them. Then you'd build a site around this newly aquired content and hopefully earn some $ on it. Most people moved on from this activity, as it's just not a good business model. That was then. NOW, I must say... These sites going up aren't just stealing 20 pics here and there, it's entire sites, DVDs, libraries, with massive amounts of content. BIG difference on the damage it causes, not much of a difference in the ethics behind it.
At the root of this, I think of all content theft, and software / music piracy the same way. It has it's place, most people have participated in piracy in one form or another (you may not even know you have), but sucks when it happens to you.
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