Your first example:
Yes, there would be a loss for the company even if you never intended to
buy
them, because you're still accessing the content without ever paying for
it.
Just because you never intended to buy the product doesn't mean you
shouldn't have.
Your second example:
If you've spent a lot of money on the company and are suddenly broke,
that's
not the company's fault. I was fortunate enough to take a cruise in 2007
and
2008, but I wasn't able to afford one this year, and I won't be able to go
next year. Is it therefore Carnival's responsibility to hook me up with a
free vacation since I've already spent a few thousand dollars traveling
with
them? No. I just have to work harder, save my pennies, and go again when I
can afford it. I'm not entitled to anything. What's more, if I attempted
piracy on the high seas, I'd get arrested faster than anyone who ever
stole
music or books.
If your friend gives you his copy, that's not illegal because the media
hasn't been duplicated. If, however, your friend makes a separate copy for
you, that is illegal.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Yohandy
Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 11:09 AM
To: Charles Rivard; Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Piracy was: Requesting Rogue Angel Series
Here's something else for you all to consider: let's say you pirate a
bunch
of movies, tv shows etc, but you never intend to buy them, no matter how
awesome they are. Would there even be any loss for that company when you
never intended to purchase the content in the first place? Let's now look
at
it from a different perspective: If you buy movies, books, etc from a
company all the time, and you've spent thousands of dollars purchasing
their
content and you're now totally broke. But then your friend buys one of
their
books or movies. would it be wrong to take it for free when you've
obviously
spent all your hard earned cash on their content? should this company have
a
right to be angry?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Rivard" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 4:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Piracy was: Requesting Rogue Angel Series
The cookies cannot be repackaged once opened, nor can the contents you
consumed be put back in any form that others would eat. A download,
however, is a totally different animal. It can be deleted. No harm
done.
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In God we trust!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Strunk" <[email protected]>
To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Piracy was: Requesting Rogue Angel Series
To quote you:
I think I do reserve the right to listen to something in full before
paying
$12.00 per show, and find out later I did or didn't like it.
Ahh yes, because this honors system works so well. Do you also tear open
packages of cookies in the store to sample them before you buy them?
After
all you might not like them, so you shouldn't buy them and take that
risk.
Perhaps Amazon could just send me a book and let me read it. Then if I
like
it, I can pay for it when I'm done. In fact, Tom, why don't you just
release
all of your programs as freeware, and then those of us who like your
games
can pay you for them. Hey. I'm only following your philosophy.
No fun? Well that's why we have demos and samples. That's why we have the
radio and TV you mentioned. In fact, if you go to the page for the first
book in the series, you can click a link entitled "preview" and get a
sample
just like other paying customers. Anything else is stealing.
http://www.graphicaudio.net/p-33-1-destiny.aspx
Ryan
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Thomas Ward
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 12:51 PM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Piracy was: Requesting Rogue Angel Series
Hi Liam,
First, I'll repete myself. I sent it to this list completely on
accident. What part of it was an accident do you not understand?
Second, if you must know I wished to listen to the programs before
buying them. In that sense I was not intending to pirate them as you
claim. I think I do reserve the right to listen to something in full
before paying $12.00 per show, and find out later I did or didn't like
it.
Tell me how many books did you buy before reading them first? How many
movies did you buy before you watched them? How many songs did you buy
before hearing them on the radio first?
In other words what I am getting at is people hear a song on the radio,
like it, and they go out and buy it on cd. Someone sees a really good
movie on tv, and decides to go out and purchase the dvd. So if I intend
to do the same thing what crime have i committed other than not paying
for it before I had a chance to listen to it to find out if I like it or
not?
Liam Erven wrote:
it does not explain why a moderator directly violated a rule. Thomas
is setting an extremely poor example. you should email graphic audio
and see what they think about you ripping them off like that. the
books may be a tad expensive, but they work hard to produce them. so I
think it's a huge slap in the face to rip them off. like it or not,
it's piracy.
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