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Originally Posted by CrkMStanz
One more step towards a piracy free internet - not that I think it will ever be free of pirates/thieves - I just rejoice at every milestone
http://torrentfreak.com/major-usenet...-order-111106/
there is room on the internet for people to give THEIR OWN work away for free
and there is room for people to SELL their work and be protected from those who steal
the consumer will decide which methodology will prevail
the consumer has NO RIGHT to decide what is free and what is not - that is up to the producers of content
don't want to pay for it? then don't.
you are not entitled to just take what you want.
and you certainly are not entitled to profit from your thievery - directly OR indirectly
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That pretty much sums it all up.
It is sick when crowd is making decisions on what's going to happen with a product that YOU created, and it has to stop. Content creators should be given back the ability to control all venues of distribution of their products, which as we all hope this new bill is going to achieve. If content creators see value in giving their products away for free, they can do that anytime, internet is still there for them to explore whatever opportunity they deem interesting and promising. Free, paid, or some mix of both, whatever. Crowd has no say in such matters, it is completely up to copyright holder to decide. Especially since as we all know that in practice those "decisions" made by crowds never boast huge variety and they're pretty much always FREE FREE FREE.
SOPA is not going to shut down the internet as some of the doomsday sayers in this thread are trying to convince us. Internet will still be there, SOPA or not, and it is still a free media that can be explored by creative people to promote their work using whatever option they see fit. Piracy is not necessary to pave way for new bands/artists whoever to make themselves known, there are tons of legit ways to promote yourself without resorting to high traffic piracy sites that make their living by cannibalizing creative works of other people.
Internet WAS a free media awhile back in pre-piracy times that allowed tons of creative people to thrive by selling their original works, it allowed many companies like ours for example to start from scratch and to grow without limitations of physical world. But now it is quickly coming to the point where internet is no longer free media, I mean it is not free anymore for us the people who actually create content that millions of other people download and enjoy. It is only free for thieves cheered up by hordes of freeloaders, but not for us content creators anymore. Internet is on it's way to becoming a BURDENING SLAVERY for anyone who's capable of actually creating something original, not just "posting" or "commenting". Anything that can be digitized WILL BE STOLEN and posted to download for free at thepiratebay and the likes. There are no other options. That's a fact that we're facing every day. Creative people are becoming SLAVES to parasites who feed themselves by posting links to stolen shit whithout any reward or royalties to the original producer.
That couldn't go on much longer. As the world is becoming increasingly digital, internet couldn't be just a buttom feeder media that lives off of whatever is left from the traditional media industries that are still producing something original that can be stolen and posted to download free. In such a shape and form internet is threating entire world's creativity because traditional channels of distribution will stop working soon while new digital channels are not viable solution because they're completely controlled by pirates. Something has to be done to stop it.