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    Question Internet File Sharing

    We see it more and more, big corporations freak out because they lose profit due to file sharing.
    Well the corporations found a new way to battle this 'thread' : Secrecy
    : w w w . youtube.com /watch?v=ueyMpToi8Rg&feature=channel

    This seems to be a bit frightfull...
    Secrectley lobby'ing with the governments to set up new restrictions and to follow us.
    Not everybody knows the bless that is called : proxyserving ( which will be the next victem .... ), for them the big policestate is very near.

    What's your opinion on file sharing?
    Will it be a bless for the further step on human progressivness or do the corporations have a point?

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    No, they don't have a point. Get them out of the way and make music free for everyone, and with it bread, a home and education. Making music shouldn't be considered a job anyways, it always ends up as some kind of mainstream-shitfest of crappy bands
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    The Pirate Party are big supporters of file-sharing. Worth checking out their site: www.pirateparty.org.uk
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    other than them being pirates they dont know shit about politics nor economics. A kids party, seriously
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    Yeah i was already familiar with the Pirate Party ( they've got seats in the Swedish Parliment ).
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    The more file sharing that goes on, the more profit they get. Simple as that.
    They want to impose limitations through the law or stop file sharing altogether because it is costing them hundreds of millions of dollars that could have spent with you buying their stuff.
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    I hate to say it, but it's only a matter of time b4 the capitalist class figures out how to make money off file sharing.
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    The more file sharing that goes on, the more profit they get. Simple as that.
    They want to impose limitations through the law or stop file sharing altogether because it is costing them hundreds of millions of dollars that could have spent with you buying their stuff.
    Just to clarify, in the first line, "they" means us benefiting from sharing great software .

    They obviously want to stop file sharing for the above reasons, and because it's also costing them a shitload of money to get a lawyer and whole legal team, for the proceedings.
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    Not to sound sympathetic to the rich music artists, but by stealing their songs aren't we exploiting their labour? I know you couldn't really call it labout but you get the pircture.
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    Not to sound sympathetic to the rich music artists, but by stealing their songs aren't we exploiting their labour? I know you couldn't really call it labout but you get the pircture.
    Nothing is being stolen. You make it sound as if a file, which can be replicated infinitely, could possibly be "owned" by a person. Furthermore, how is it stealing" if the file we download was never in their possession in the first place?
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    Nothing is being stolen. You make it sound as if a file, which can be replicated infinitely, could possibly be "owned" by a person. Furthermore, how is it stealing" if the file we download was never in their possession in the first place?
    The artist did take alot of time into creating the song, so why shouldnt we credit and reward them for their work?
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    It kind of moots supply and demand. There is an infinite amount of files, yet iTunes still sells them ¢99, and they aren't withholding any as in the diamond industry, so why do we still pay.

    Kind of an unfinished thought, but it's curious.
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