Quote:
Originally Posted by Doonge
In my initial post, which you reacted to, I clearly stated I wasn't talking about legality, and I was making a point about cheating the intent of Region restriction.
Many posts from somebody who's nitpicking on the term "necessary" and fails to understand context followed just to repeat that what you do is "legal" (which nobody disputes or care about).
If you disregard the intent of the rights-holders (or are just ignorant about it, which is a fair assumption because we are all supposed to be to some degree), then you cannot assess anything about morality like you did, and you should not get butthurt by the word "cheating" because it will only lead to pointless conversations like we had. After all, legal cheating is not cheating, amirite?
I even stated, still in the initial post which you reacted to, that I didn't think that what you did was a bad thing to do, so you knew I had no problem with legality or morality: why bother with your rebuttal if it's to retreat without saying anything in the end?
You wanted to have my attention by talking to me directly, while I was talking generally (even if I was refering to your posts), then you contribute nothing to me. But hey, that's still legal, and that's not immoral right?
And what is a bit irksome is that you know what we are talking about, and you know what you are doing. The post #78 which you allude to is clearly disregarding the intent of the rights-holders and sticking to "litteral" law. You are writing lines and lines beating around the bush.
|
As I explained to you (and others) very clearly, the reason that there is no problem with, say, a person in the UK buying DVD's from Amazon.com, is that this is an activity which is, and always has been, perfectly legal. There has never been any restriction on who can buy DVDs, any more than there is a restriction on who can buy paperback books. You appear to be suggesting that you think there's something "immoral" about it: I honestly can see no reason to agree with this. What on Earth is immoral about buying something?
Some other people (not you) appear to be saying that buying a DVD from a foreign retailer is no different to piracy. I find this a completely ludicrous suggestion, to equate legally buying something with copying it illegally.
I'm sorry if you find this explanation unsatisfactory, but it's the only one you're going to get, 'cos them's my views on it. Take 'em or leave 'em,