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They're doing themselves absolutely no favors by trying to save archived copies of copyrighted media. It's bullshit and they need to stop. It's clearly against the law whether we like the law or not..
That's not illegal, though. (All of us save copies of copyrighted media.) It's the distribution that's in question.
The law is contrary to the interests of The People and needs to change.
Ok smart-ass, yeah the distribution that can only happen becuase they archived copies without permission, with absolute and clear intent for archiving to be used as basis of distribution.
And you speak for everyone, except im part of everyone and disagree... you certainly don't speak for me, but managed to bundle me into "The People", as I am a citizen of this country who is represented by the choices you speak of.
There's absolutely no reason that on one hand you should expect to get rich and famous being a popular musician, while on the same hand expecting to get music and video for free. Where do you propose the $$ come from? Are artists and IP creators alike not entitled to the benefits of their labor, and to protect those benefits from others? So, do you want volunteer musicians and actors, with zero budget, but you get the media for free, or do you want to admit that entertainment has financial value and should retain it as such?
Entitled fucking morons everywhere I look, with zero God damn ability to stop and think critically for a picosecond about the realities of modern society and how they contrast against the morals and ethics we claim to hold so dear elsewhere.
You need to look up what a copywrite is even I think
Let's try to keep it civil, this seems a bit more aggressive than the comment you're responding to warrants.
Should anyone else need to look up what copyright is, here's the Wikipedia article on the subject.
Sorry.
Isn't it more unethical to abide unjust laws?
Doesn't matter. We don't get that choice. Abide by the law or be illegal, it's simple. If you opt to be illegal, I would suggest that entertainment media may not be the best line in the sand to draw. It's not like stealing food to not starve to death. Just becuase you're bored and feel entitled to be entertained does not mean that someone elsewhere should have to give up possible profit to do so.
To be clear, I've got no issues sailing the black season, like many of you, but I won't be pretending I didn't know, if I get caught. I recognize what's legal and not. It's part of being in a society.
As is recognizing what's ethical and not, is it not?
Yes but that is beside the point of this comment.
I agree. Saving bits of published web content is one thing, and saving entire books to lend them out is a different thing.
If the content needs to be lent out, it’s not fit for this kind of thing. Either making a copy and letting a person access it is totally free, or the content is indeed something to be bought and sold.