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Originally Posted by Steven Lake
I actually feel honored to be pirated.
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Umm....ok, swell for you. You realize, hopefully, that as the rights holder, you can simply ALLOW your stuff to be distributed freely, and then you are NOT BEING PIRATED.
And it's very hard to tell from the tone of your message, but hopefully you also realize that you do not speak for all content creators, and that many do NOT feel honored to have other people selfishly make these sorts of decisions for them without permission, disregarding the law that is supposed to help protect their rights and give them some control over their work and livelihood?
There's a great number of selfish, anti-social people who just want to get some stuff for free. They latch on to posts like yours as a rationalization for how their breaking the law for their own benefit and trampling the rights of others is some how a good thing. They like to think that when they decide to take stuff they are not entitled to and take away the rights-owners ability to choose, which the law is there to protect, that they are honoring them and doing them a favor. They're not.
ApK