Aug 8 2005, 9:27 am
In response to Jamesburrow
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Wizkidd0123
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Since the gun analogy came out wrong, I'll say it in a different way: the ability to do something does not make it morally or legally okay.
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Wizkidd0123 wrote:
Since the gun analogy came out wrong, I'll say it in a different way: the ability to do something does not make it morally or legally okay. I don't have any 'moral' problems with sharing files. And who cares about the law? There are some laws that serve a point and should be obeyed, but there are others that are pointless. | |
Jamesburrow wrote:
And who cares about the law? http://www.supremecourtus.gov/ http://www.usdoj.gov/ http://www.fbi.gov/ Just to name a few... There are some laws that serve a point and should be obeyed, but there are others that are pointless. Copyright laws are pointless now? Awesome! | |
Some pointless laws:
In PA it's illegal to take your fridge out to your sidewalk and sleep in it In Detroit it's illegal to tie an alligator to a fire hydrant In Australia it's illegal to stick pennies in your ears In Kentucky it's illegal to stick ice cream in your back pocket | |
Popisfizzy wrote:
In Australia it's illegal to stick pennies in your ears It is? o_O Oh damn. *empties his ears, and runs from the government* | |
In one city in PA you have to have a liscense to grow a beard if your under 18.
In England it's legal to urinate outside as long as your left hand is touching the back right side of your car. I have more but I can't think of them right now. | |
I wanna go to each of those places and do one of those things. But I think you need a liscense to have an alligator though.
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Crispy wrote:
Jamesburrow wrote: Well, the point of copyright was to serve the public. If it is no longer doing so, then it needs rewriting. | |
TV shows are actually legal to download if you didn't know. They are easily recordable on DVR's right?
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Nesso wrote:
TV shows are actually legal to download if you didn't know. They are easily recordable on DVR's right? I'm not too sure on this. I could understand it if they were recorded from public broadcasts, but what about if I was to download the episodes ripped from the DVD distribution of the show? | |
Wizkidd0123 wrote:
That makes no sense. That's like saying that shooting somebody is perfectly okay because people sell guns. There's a double meaning in that. ;) (England > America) | |
Jamesburrow wrote:
I don't have any 'moral' problems with sharing files. And who cares about the law? There are some laws that serve a point and should be obeyed, but there are others that are pointless. Dude, if you released a game after years of hard work and one person bought it, then made a million copies and gave it away free, you'd be pretty annoyed, right? That's why you have to insert the CD for a lot of computer games- the CD check is completely uneeded, except it stops people just giving the files away. | |
Then thats probaly illegal. My understanding is that if its a tv show and is on bitorrent, its legal IF its not in DVD quality.
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TV shows are actually legal to download if you didn't know. Where did you hear this :P? There is quite a lot of rubbish on the internet about what is and isn't legal and I'm inclined to think this is illegal unless you have reasonable proof. | |
Nesso wrote:
Then thats probaly illegal. My understanding is that if its a tv show and is on bitorrent, its legal IF its not in DVD quality. I really think that's incorrect. I mean the people who own the show are in charge of it's distribution, and they definantly haven't been asked permission to distribute copies their stuff via BitTorrent. | |