[Titan]

It honestly makes sense. I mean, what if people could just go into a bakery and take as much bread as they want?

[Rick James]

It honestly makes sense. I mean, what if people could just go into a bakery and take as much bread as they want?

An illogical argument. If the lady were to steal a CD rather than download music, there would be, definably, one less CD to sell. The problem is that with downloading, nothing is really being taken because the original copy is still out there somewhere.

And that's mostly what makes copyright law and the internet mutual enemies.

[Dark RevenantX]

On the internet, you can make infinite copies and distribute them, effectively doing harm to the original publisher.

Thus, their only legal defense is to crucify you with corporation-scale fines.

[ssmit132]

It honestly makes sense. I mean, what if people could just go into a bakery and take as much bread as they want?

This reminds me about an example of not being able to have anything for free in my Economics class - the problem was that this king made bread free so that no one would starve, but bread supplies ran low because people basically used the bread extremely wastefully.

But that's not the point of this topic.

On-topic (sort of): The Pirate Party says that corporations can't monitor downloads to check for piracy because it is a breach of privacy.

[Grizzly]

Yes, but the pirate party is European.

[Commander Zane]

It honestly makes sense. I mean, what if people could just go into a bakery and take as much bread as they want?

Sure, because 24 pieces of bread (Possibly adding up to a single loaf) constitutes a 1.9 million dollar fine.

[Spicious]

A closer analogy would be getting bits of bread from a bunch of people and then passing bits of bread onto other people, which only serves to show how broken it is.

[TESLA]

1.9 Million is fraking stupid!  Who can pay it anyhow?


The music industry make me so mad!
I dont illegally download music. But this ****e makes me want to download everything.
Music industry always claiming the internet is to blame, or someone is always to blame, lower your prices, maybe people will buy more!

In my country the ISP's have agreed to share information with the Music industry and will block websites that the music industry claim will allow illegal downloads of music.
1984 how are ya!

[Enigmatic Entity]

If they're so paranoid about people downloading stuff, why don't they just type in "free mp3 download" in Google and report the sites? The sites claim they "aren't associated" and only have links. Well, follow the links and get the files deleted. I notice that some songs by popular artists are not present in many "illegal" mp3 sites, so that indicates that they check the internet for illegal copies. Obviously some people are just seeking extra revenue.

They should employ teams to kill off illegal copies if they really want to stop "free" downloads.

[colecampbell666]

[Mongoose]

Comforting to know that the world is an utterly insane place, innit?

[Nuke]

thats ok, im insane

[TESLA]

This really sums it up

Just think, there are people out their who committed "blue collar crime" AKA the fraking bankers, who have ****ed the world up with scams, schemes, profit margins and greed,

have they faced jail?

Yet the ordinary person, can still go down for downloading music? Why not those people who have ruined our economies, who still live in their large houses, with their nice cars.

[FUBAR-BDHR]

Because the media is in control and they made us all too damn lazy to take up arms and storm Washington like the founding fathers intended us to if things ever got this bad. 

[Blue Lion]

Just think, there are people out their who committed "blue collar crime" AKA the fraking bankers, who have ****ed the world up with scams, schemes, profit margins and greed,

have they faced jail?

Yet the ordinary person, can still go down for downloading music? Why not those people who have ruined our economies, who still live in their large houses, with their nice cars.

Is this person going to jail? I thought she was just fined.

I don't really get the exact point here? Are you mad she's not going to jail instead of being fined?

[FUBAR-BDHR]

Well I'm guessing if she doesn't fork up most of her assets for the rest of her life she will be held in contempt of court and face jail.  So that would be a yes it is possible she is facing jail since it's doubtful she can pay.

[Liberator]

Because the media is in control and they made us all too damn lazy to take up arms and storm Washington like the founding fathers intended us to if things ever got this bad. 

THIS!  OH DEAR GOD THIS!