Thread: File-sharing case prompts push for copyright reform
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Old 04-06-2011, 01:15 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by tubemonkey View Post
The ends don't justify the means, no matter how innovative they were. Anyway, lawsuits can do wonders to force one to legitimize.
Nevertheless, without them the TV broadcasters would need to spend a lot more on getting their programmes to online viewers. You could also argue that without piracy they wouldn't have that entire revenue stream anyway.

And I doubt there would be any legal ebooks now if it wasn't for the efforts of early pirates creating a demand for them.

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Storing my files on someone else's computers accessible by only me violates copyright how? They're barking up the wrong tree.
Their lawyers obviously think otherwise, because they are already taking steps to squash it. I know it would definitely be illegal in the UK, which will be why it is currently US only.
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