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Originally Posted by PornMD
Yea, torrents and tubes are popular for vcr/radio/commentary like Viagra is popular to increase bloodflow throughout the body. Nope, sorry...people use torrents and tubes to get shit for free that they would otherwise have to pay for, and people use Viagra to make their penis hard. You can try to pretend otherwise to make your point but it doesn't change the truth.
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bullshit more than 50% of all torrent is tv shows
add in movies that have aired on tv and that jumps even higher.
many countries like canada has a piracy tax for music so that paid for too
and commentary
"Check out my favorite quest crew dance routine" is a commentary that makes no sense whatsoever without showing you the clip of the content
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I have a question though - you say not everything should be free. What is your opinion of places like Rapidshare charging money for premium access/faster download of copyrighted material? How is that any different than someone recording a VHS of copyrighted material and reselling it, which is against the law?
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rapidshare doesn't charge for faster download of copyrighted material, they charge for faster access for downloading material weather it copyrighted, public domain, or authorized to be distributed. They offer a service which is not directly profiting from the infringment but can be used for infringing purposes.
your misrepresenting the vcr as an infringer.
btw the point is the same, as a user i could use a vcr for legitimate actions (timeshifting) and i could use rapidshare for legitimate purposes (commentary, parody, etc)
just because it could be use for illegal purpose doesn't give you a right to take way the technology completely.