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Originally Posted by Moejoe
What may be logical to you, is not born out by how the world and the protocol actually works. Bittorrent is described as a peer-to-peer file sharing application. Not as a peer-to-peer file copying application. The word describes the process, as agreed upon by those who use it and those who describe it in articles that describe the process.
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Your own picture states that "file sharing" copies the files for goodness sake!
If you and I agree to describe milk as being water does that mean that milk is water? I would say not.
The only way you can "share" the file that is on your computer with someone else and still retain the orginial file on your computer is to copy it. No amount of agreeing by you and anyone else that you have shared but not copied the file makes any difference to the actual process that has occurred.
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Originally Posted by Moejoe
What I'd actually like to know, and this goes for all those arguing for the old copyright and against file-sharing, is have you actually used it for any purpose? Can you not see the benefits of file sharing and the cultural revolution it's creating?
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Yes, I have used bittorrent. I even stated right at the start that I have used it to obtain copies of books that I did not wish to pay for. I have said repeatedly that I agree there can be benefits. I do see that it has had a widespread effect on our culture.
What I don't understand is why so many people feel the need to rationalise to themselves that what they are doing isn't wrong on some level. That obtaining another persons work without compensating them for it is some how their right. I find that sort of mindset interesting.
That is all.
Cheers,
PKFFW