So a man who spends $50,000 to create an instructional video to sell on his
website all of the sudden has his video is put on p2p and completely kills
his sales (as evidenced by downloads from various BT trackers and the sales
of prior video releases), forcing him to mortgage his house to make ends
meet - this is not injustice?
Mind you this is not a theoretical scenario, this happened. The video in
question is a mixed-martial arts training program.
Sometimes moral-relativism is such a cowardly security blanket to hide in.
From: Thane Sherrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: The Hardware List <[email protected]>
To: The Hardware List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [H] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. et al. v. Grokster,Ltd.,
et al.
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 15:34:04 -0300
At 03:09 PM 06/07/2005, Hayes Elkins wrote:
Downloading a ISO copy of a DVD movie you have not purchased is stealing.
Stealing is universally wrong and punishable the world over. I think it is
you that is misunderstanding the incredibly simple definition of
injustice.
No, it's downloading - keeping it or selling it might be stealing - but one
would have to prove lost revenue to the original party. But in either
case, whether or not it was the "just" thing to do is always in question.
It would be illegal under the current laws of course, which is what I think
you mean.
T
