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Originally Posted by sadiedazzle
There was an article on bbc today about illegal downloading being up 30%. Here's what one guy had to say:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/14029865
It's people like Steve, who's 25 and from Essex, that the film industry says are the biggest threat to its future survival and success.
He illegally downloads and uploads around 10 films per week.
"I think in comparison to the money they make it's a drop in the ocean," he said.
'Creating jobs'
"Also, what I'm actually doing is providing people with new jobs.
"With all these ISPs that are producing super fast broadband we [illegal downloaders] are actually helping create those jobs," he added. |
There are so many reasons pirates give for what they do that make me laugh. These are a couple of great ones. I also love the "I was never going to buy it anyway" excuse. A lot of these guys see themselves as freedom fighters who see the big studios as these evil entities and somehow they are fighting for the good of the regular guy by downloading. The rationalizations are endless and priceless.