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Originally Posted by Snake Doctor
I stopped reading at this sentence.
I am against piracy. As far as I know, gideon is against piracy too.
What I think is stupid, is saying you have to kill all torrents because people use them for piracy, or that you should have to prove you have a right to use something before you can create a torrent or tracker.
That's fucking asinine.
Yes piracy is bad, piracy hurts sales.....but just like you can't outlaw the VCR or the CD burner because people can use them for piracy, you can't outlaw torrents either.
So that being the case, you ought to look for ways to use the situation to your advantage in ways that your competition isn't.
It's no wonder you can't get along with gideon, you keep accusing him of being for piracy when he isn't. Whenever he says something about copyright law, you read that as him being ok with people stealing your shit. He's not ok with that, as far as I know.
If he is "pro piracy" then I'll stand corrected.
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I'm not against all torrents. I know that there are companies out there that use it as a legit form of distribution. What I am against is pirating and I feel like companies should be allowed to go after anyone who runs a torrent site that links to copyrighted material. Sure, there might be some people using it for legit downloads, but let's be honest, many people are not they are just getting stuff for free. So the question is how much illegal activity is okay. If 40% of the traffic on a torrent site is illegal is that acceptable? How about 50% or 60%? Where do we draw the line?
To me running a torrent site where you provide a service to people that you know are breaking the law is being an accessory to a crime. Before you make the argument and say, "well, gun manufactures make guns and they know people will use them to commit crimes." I am not comparing a torrent site to smith and wesson. I am comparing it to the guy on the street who files the serial number off a pistol and sells it to someone else. He knows a good number of the people who are buying his guns are using them to commit crimes and by providing them with that gun he is aiding in that crime.