Hard Light Productions Forums

Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Fury on July 15, 2006, 01:33:47 pm

Title: A mountain of gold...
Post by: Fury on July 15, 2006, 01:33:47 pm
The Pirate Bay Raking in Millions (http://rixstep.com/1/20060708,00.shtml)
I am speechless...
Title: Re: A mountain of gold...
Post by: Mars on July 15, 2006, 01:37:35 pm
Edited to cover my butt
Title: Re: A mountain of gold...
Post by: karajorma on July 15, 2006, 01:53:20 pm
So basically we're talking about a bunch of people who are making large amounts of money from distributing movies and TV programs but giving back nothing much of value to the artists who were involved in making them.


And then The Pirate Bay takes the result of that process and sticks it up on the internet for free download :p
Title: Re: A mountain of gold...
Post by: Rictor on July 15, 2006, 02:51:44 pm
They wouldn't be pirates if they didn't have booty and treasure. Now the question is: where have they buried it, and who holds the map?
Title: Re: A mountain of gold...
Post by: Kamikaze on July 15, 2006, 03:32:11 pm
OTOH, doesn't this also lend some credibility to the idea that the **AA and others' business schemes are badly thought out and are, in some sense, being rapidly phased out in the p2p age? Of course, it's not like the **AA isn't still making gobs of money at the expense of artists despite what they want the public to think.