Another video everyone should watch, this time about megaupload shutdown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIsfwhww0SA
2012/1/21 Praveen A <[email protected]>: > Why I'm a Pirate! > > Dear copyright industry, I'm a pirate. I'm the typical user you are > fighting. I'm downloading everything and not giving you one single > penny. I don't even attend concert. You hate me and it's reciprocal. > > When I discovered high-speed Internet, I was a naive young innocent. I > was downloading to discover new stuffs. Whenever I liked something, I > would go to the shop and buy the CD. I discovered lot of music thanks > to the pirate networks. Randomly or following advices. In the end, I > bought something like 200 CDs. The first group I've joined on > Audioscrobbler was called "I still buy CDs". But today I regret that. > I'm asking everyone to not buy CD any more. Not a single one ! > Because you are not offering a good service > > When I want to discover an artist or a movie, I'm heading to The > Pirate Bay, I launch a search and I click. In less than 10 minutes, > I've a full movie on my disk. In 20, I've the complete discography of > an artist. > > I would pay for such a service if it is as simple, as fast and, unlike > the Bay, if it can make some guarantees on the quality. But you don't > offer that. Instead, you are trying to build fences and limitations. > You are asking for huge amount of money only through credit card and > you don't have half the music I'm looking for. That's not convenient > and it's more expensive. > > I don't even talk about CDs any more. This is now only a huge quantity > of plastic waste, sitting in my living room. They are expensive, they > become unreadable through the years or, thanks to DRM, they are > unreadable since the first day. > > In summary, you are offering less for a more expensive price. > Because you don't use my money well > > I've probably spent something like 2000€ for my CDs. You need to add > the taxes on all the blank CDs I used to burn Linux iso. From that > money, how much went to the artists and their studio? 100€? 200€? > Everything else was probably diluted in stuffs I don't need: > packaging, distribution, transport, marketing, … > > Your companies are in the top richest ones. The artists that are the > most downloaded live in huge luxury houses. Others are dead. Don't you > find it a bit shameful to try the "bad pirates are killing the poor > artists" story? > > I'm sorry but I don't think you need my money. I've showed my support > to small artists with Flattr, Jamendo, CDbaby or Magnatune. For > everything else, you will have to live without my wallet. > Because you are messing with my life > > That's it. Every penny I will give you will be used against me. > Firstly, by making it difficult for me to use what I buy. Zoned DVDs, > encrypted movies on the DVD requiring illegal software to be read > under Linux or DRM to be sure I'm not able to listen to a CD. > > Worst, you will use my money to sue me in court because I would have > downloaded something that I didn't want to buy anyway! With the change > left, you will pay lobbyists to ensure the governments make stupid and > dangerous laws. > > Do you want me to pay lawyers to sue myself and lobbyists to make laws > to send me in jails? Really? > Because you are destroying the whole society > > Messing with my life was not enough. You are even trying to destroy > one of the pillar of our society: education. Your heavy marketing is > starting to work, people now understand the importance of > "intellectual property" and that "sharing is bad". > > Bloody ignorant morons. > > Thanks to you, schools are now afraid to give lectures in case there > are some copyrighted materials in them. Teachers fear to be sued. To > the point where giving the strictly minimal lesson is better than > giving some examples. Famous works are not part of the education any > more. > > Some teachers themselves start to consider their lectures as > "copyrighted material", refusing to share it with colleagues. And when > they attend training sessions, offered by the state and paid with > public funds, it is to hear that the material of the session can be > read but has to be bought if the teachers want to use them in their > own classroom. > > You are destroying the very symbol of civilisation: the enjoyment of > knowledge, the joy of sharing, the cooperation and the education. I > will never forgive you for that. Never. If I'm not taking action right > now, my children will be more afraid of reading a copyrighted book > than stealing in a shop or hitting someone with a knife. Those crimes > are anyway less punished by the law than sharing a song on the > internet. > > How can you look at yourself in the mirror after that? How can you > still have a peaceful sleep ? > Because your time has come > > If I'm a pirate, it's not to have some cheap music. It is because the > time has come for you to fuck off. In your arrogance, you are hurting > the fundamental value of freedom only to save your little petty > interests. > > The only comfort is to know that you will disappear soon. And nobody > will miss you. > > Pirately yours, > Traduction française > > http://ploum.net/post/im-a-pirate > -- > പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് > You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your > rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as > they follow the rules: laws and constitution. -- പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as they follow the rules: laws and constitution. -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. 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