Any fool could have seen that paying the uploaders for content was incentivizing piracy. That's why responsible cloud services stopped immediately.
And it was incentivizing legitimate content creators, but we'll ignore that little fact.
And despite people continually telling you that that 90% figure you come up with every time doesn't mean shit, you still use it. One popular artist giving away songs = how many legit downloads?
If you have something you didn't pay for but should have, then you did something wrong. Take isn't the issue, it's a misdirection.
And what about them 'taking' something I already paid for, or not giving me what I paid for? Do you think they are doing something wrong there? What about all the money they take from people 'for the artists' yet the artists never see a penny. The *AA's are far worse than pirates
And why are the *AA's billion dollar industries? Because they exlpoit the artists/content creators. How many artists have been able to make money selling their content using new business models and avoiding the *AA's? You may lose billion dollar industries, but you gain many many many more smaller independents
When brick-and-mortar bookstores complain about the threat they face from Amazon.com, they are complaining that customers will leave them for a superior alternative
VerBruggen says this as if "an illegal alternative" and "a superior alternative" are mutually exclusive.
Exactly, and the reason Amazon is making money is because they innovated and provided a good/usable/reasonable user experience. I use Amazon for books because of that, despite the illegal 'superior' alternative of torrents for books. Where's hollywood's superior alternative?
I tend to avoid the network sites to watch their shows because they usually require you to download some special plugin to make it work and create an account, and frequently have only two or three of the latest episodes up, if they have the latest, sometimes it's two or three episodes from 2+ months ago.
Potential Customer to HBO: I want to give you money for this show I like.
HBO to potential customer: We don't want your money unless you want to pay ridiculous prices for cable, and THEN pay for HBO on top of that
Potential customer: Hello Pirate Bay!
You have the right not to do business with GoDaddy. You have the right to tell others why you are not doing business with go daddy. When you get to the point of intimidation (change your public opinion or we will ruin your business) you have crossed the line.
I'm missing the part where people said they'd ruin their business. Did people start showing up at their hq and try and break in or destroy their servers or interrupt their servers? No, I believe people just dropped their service, or chose to not to do business with GoDaddy and told others why they shouldn't do business with them
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And it was incentivizing legitimate content creators, but we'll ignore that little fact.
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ton of power and control to the copyright holder (who, he notes repeatedly, is very rarely the content creator).
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And what about them 'taking' something I already paid for, or not giving me what I paid for? Do you think they are doing something wrong there? What about all the money they take from people 'for the artists' yet the artists never see a penny. The *AA's are far worse than pirates
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VerBruggen says this as if "an illegal alternative" and "a superior alternative" are mutually exclusive.
Exactly, and the reason Amazon is making money is because they innovated and provided a good/usable/reasonable user experience. I use Amazon for books because of that, despite the illegal 'superior' alternative of torrents for books. Where's hollywood's superior alternative?
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/I haven't checked them in 6 months or more
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HBO to potential customer: We don't want your money unless you want to pay ridiculous prices for cable, and THEN pay for HBO on top of that
Potential customer: Hello Pirate Bay!
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It's not so much of a risk if they actually make a quality show. Though they tend to make those sparingly
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I'm missing the part where people said they'd ruin their business. Did people start showing up at their hq and try and break in or destroy their servers or interrupt their servers? No, I believe people just dropped their service, or chose to not to do business with GoDaddy and told others why they shouldn't do business with them
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