What ever you are drinking/smoking/snorting, you need to stop. Is this the type of thinking in "The peoples republic of washington" (caps are left of purposely) Or just your own twisted logic?
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Originally Posted by scotty1024
So if someone is stealing from your business and taking the money to feed the baby it's the fault of the person running the business not that of the people taking the product? Is that really what you are saying?
Your argument is also ignoring the fact that society agreed to protect their right to control the distribution of their intellectual property in exchange for renumeration in some form to compensate them for the time invested in creating something of worth that they are then making the benefits of that intellectual property available for society to enjoy.
You are in essence arguing the side of the book keeper in this article. Please read this article and explain to me about responsibility.
http://www.rr.com/security/security/...embezzling_10M
In case you haven't heard there are lots and lots of responsible people being thrown out of warm houses with their children onto cold streets. Hard working people whom suddenly, unexpectedly, no longer have a pay check through no fault or responsibility of their own. How many former Circuit City workers are homeless today? How many responsible renters whom were paying their rent on time as the actual home owners didn't pay the mortgages are being tossed out of their warm homes this very night as we sit here debating?
Your hard nose attitude collapses in the face of the evils that are running rampant in the world today. Too many people sat idly by as book keepers and financial advisor's (Madoff) et al did bad things. I mean read that article above and tell me honestly that husband didn't know his wife was embezzling $25,000 per week? I'm sure you'd say it was none of his business what his wife was doing right?
So you're arguing that no one is being harmed by stealing intellectual property. If you are using the money from your ebook or application and everyone starts stealing it and the money disappears no blame attaches to those taking the product? None at all? Is that really what you are saying?
If so, at this point all I can say is  for society is truly doomed if more people take your attitude. Because it isn't much of a slide from taking ebooks to taking pretty much anything else you think someone else has too much of and you not enough. How long before the barren woman whom can't have a child comes for your baby and leaves a note saying "You can have another, I can't have even one." Oh wait, they're already do that aren't they... maybe this whole argument is moot. |