[Ti] [OT} All this 'anti-piracy' stuff

[Jesse Brown]

On 5/3/03 20:48, "XXL" <xxl at mac.com> wrote:

> Law is law and I do not advocate theft.  Human behavior MUST be a factor in
> all this, though. And when the publishers take the  attitude that customers
> are there just to be bled to death then the entire thing breaks down. AS
> good deal is a good deal for EVERYONE! But the prevalent idea, best
> understood by reading Shawn kings posts, is "I get everything....you get
> what crumbs I decide to brush off my table" and greed always wrecks the
> entire enterprise.

This is typical socialist rhetoric...

The people who "CREATE" the product (and their agents) own the means of
production and decide when and how much. Just because you "WANT" it or even
"NEED" it, doesn't mean you have a right to it outside of the parameters of
the owners decision on it's value. Capitalism is the ultimate democratic
economic and political system. If you don't like the way it's being peddled
then go to a competitor or start you own. Unlike socialism (communism,
fascism) where it's the state's way or the highway.


> People will pay  a little extra for quality...  And people will pay a fair
> price for value received. But when they perceive that they are being taken
> advantage of, you will see things like piracy happen more and more.

And it's stealing plain and simple no matter how much you detest it.

It's no different than if you copied a published hardcover book and
distributed it to your friends to read. It's only a matter of how much
easier it is to copy a digital work vs  a printed one. The property rights
inherent in both are exactly the same.

-- 
Jesse

"I would rather see the portrait of a dog I know, than all the allegorical
paintings they can show me in the world."  - Samuel Johnson