[ SECRET POST #2330 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2330 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

But unlike your scenario, nobody is deprived of anything by someone instructing their hard drive to arrange the ones and zeroes in a particular way. That's the thing about information: it's freely replicable, barring the cost of obtaining and running the hardware.

[(Anonymous)]

It is still someone's property, they made it by putting a lot of effort into the project and then they distributed it, they expect to be reimbursed for it. Just because it is not a physical item does not mean it is not someone's property.

[(Anonymous)]

The people who stand to make money off the sale of the media are deprived of the DVD cost. Stay with me here...

1) Jim wants a season of Dr Who. It's not available for purchase in his country. Jim therefore cannot watch the show, and the company does not increase its income. No one benefits.

2) Same situation, except Jim downloads the season. Jim gets what he wants, but the company still does not make any money for the transfer of the episodes. Jim is the only one who benefits from the theft.

For much of the internet, there seems to be an overall feeling of "I want it, so I should have it". While that's not wrong in and of itself, people frequently overlook the fact that sometimes life just isn't fair, and we don't get what we want if we don't or can't come by it fairly.

[(Anonymous)]

You know, it's often by tracking the damn downloads that the copyright holders realize they need to open up the market to the places doing the downloading.

[(Anonymous)]

That could be accomplished also by having people in a particular country send emails saying "We would like to legally purchase X in Y country". But that's soooooo much harder than just taking something that you want, when you want it.

[(Anonymous)]

An internet petition? Seriously? 1000 signatures is not going to equal 1000 sales, sweetheart. The downloads are much stronger proof of a potential market, believe it or not.

[(Anonymous)]

This. It's not a coincidence that most downloaded files are usually best sellers.

[(Anonymous)]

3) Same situation, except Jim downloads the season. Jim gets what he wants, but the company still does not make any money for the transfer of the episodes. Then the company decides to make their DVDs available globally because they stop being dicks about distribution and Jim supports the series he cares for by purchasing the reasonably priced product. Everyone benefits.