Thread: Piracy is necessary and doesn't hurt revenues
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Old 07-11-2014, 11:54 AM   #55
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Originally Posted by CRussel View Post
Behave yourselves, children. Yelling doesn't make your point right or clearer.

Pirating is stealing without paying. Bypassing geo-restrictions to PAY for something is different, and while it may be a violation of the conditions of sale, it isn't stealing.

I don't pirate when there is any alternative. (Harry Potter comes to mind, and like someone else in this thread, I bought the instant the books became available legally.) I do routinely bypass geo-restrictions to watch content from my _paid_ subscriptions in the US. On devices and applications bought with US dollars in US stores and shipped to US addresses.
Ultimately, we are discussing the letter of the law verses the spirit of the law. Buying Geo-restricted DVD's violates the spirit of any law that enforces Geo-restriction, even if it doesn't violate the letter of the law. For the most part, what the author of the article described is not piracy.
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