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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Remember, it's their property; not yours.
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This, I think, is the fatal disconnect that spawns piracy in the first place: People who believe the products of creators are automatically theirs by right, and that they have the right to obtain that property by any means possible, legal or otherwise.
In the real world, these people can't usually exercise this belief, due to little things like laws and security. But on the web, there are no laws or security, so it's easy. And all of their arguments and justifications boil down to an effort to keep the laws and security that make the rest of society work, off of the Internet so they can continue to take advantage of others.
This won't change until real security and globally-agreed-upon laws are brought to the web. You think this discussion is something? Right now, piracy is little more than a
nuisance. If the web doesn't gain security, things will get much, much worse.