Dear quantumgravity,
I was already missing your negative attitude in response to my comments!
If you had taken the time to read my "story" post on the thread "can someone
give me a compelling reason to use only free software", maybe I wouldn't have
to explain to you the same thing AGAIN....
However, I will this time tell you another story. This one is short, maybe
you can have an attention span long enough to keep up with this one.
In my home town, there used to be 3 stores where you could rend movies. Way
back in the days VCRs were a new thing, all the way up to the first Blu ray
editions... These three stores were all run by family members. Each store was
the bussiness that kept food on the table for a different family. They were
well known members of our little town, and they friendly, they would even
allow you to take 3 kids movies for the price of 1 is they knew you had kids
and were short on the money. They were some really nice people.
The three stores are now closed. And one of the families are actually going
through some hard times to keep food on the table. Why?
Well, when they were asked about why they closed doors, they were not
aggressive, but they said that "the people don't care if you make a discount
and allow them to keep the movies for a whole week.... our best costumers are
now the best internet costumers, and they even say that most of the movies
they download, they don't have time to watch... Piracy got to us and we can't
pay for the rent anymore.
This happened in my home town. I knew all people who ran those stores and
they were good, well meaning people. The prices were ridiculously low, they
were understanding if you were late, they were... good people who were making
a living by providing you with a cheap service. But most people don't care,
if you can have it for free you won't pay 99cents a movie right? even if you
acknowledge that 99cents a movie is an absurdity. So, yeah... "sharing" a
movie with a friend is good, and those people used to do that, but share a
movie with the entire fucking world in the internet taking businesses down IS
piracy, because you are actually stealing other people life work!
So, to you, and to ANYONE in this forum who says that is "pro freedom", I say
this... don't insult the free and open source communities in the internet,
don't insult the word "sharing", don't insult those who DO SHARE by sharing
what belongs to them and not to someone else... If you are supportive of
"illegal sharing", just go ask Microsoft the source code of Windows and stop
using GNU. Because GNU was never about piracy and the free open movements are
not about piracy. They are about preservation of knowledge, they are about
sharing your own creations, they are about setting people free. What you call
"share" is actually enslaving people to think that they cannot live without
the newest hollywood movie and that they can do whatever they want to get it,
even if it is wrong and immoral and illegal.
Want to share? Create a movie, licencse it under CC and share it on the
internet.
Want to share say.... "The Dark Knight"? Buy the DVD and put the DVD in the
hand of your friend, so that while he has it, you can't watch it, that way
you are sharing sacrificing yourself to help your neighbor, that's the
principle!)
You can't share what is not yours. And "The Dark Knight" doesn't belong to
you, you only bought ONE single DVD. Want to share? Share that one. But if
you put it on the internet you are doing DAMAGE to the ENTIRE FREAKING WORLD!
I have probably lost your attention already, but I don't care.... I don't
care anymore about the assholes like you. You think you are doing some
difference in the world? You think you are helping someone bye "sharing" a
movie illegally? YOU ARE NOT!
You know, I love to watch silent movies. You know, the ones black and white,
from the 10's an 20's. And lucky for me, they are all in public domain! I am
free to watch them and even remix them if I want! I am free, right? But do
you know why we have public domain? Because once someone invested money to
produce those movies. And someone supported it by watching them in the
theater. So, X number of years later, those movies are now "property of
humanity". That's the way it should be. But if we keep attacking the cinema
industry (trying to crash them, instead of moving them towards a change) we
will have NO PUBLIC DOMAIN in 100 years from now!
I am not misleading people, I am teaching them that there are more DANGERS
than benefits when you download a illegal copy on the internet.
You like to watch movies and want to give your support, your hard earned
money, to the producers and not to some dark company? Well, watch independent
cinema and donate to them. Stop treating each and every hollywood piece of
garbage as if it was a precious stone.... Even the good movies that Hollywood
produces, if you disagree with the way they do bussiness and if you think the
price is too high, and if you think the world should change.... Reject them!
Don't watch those movies, and make clear to everyone "I am sure that movie is
good, the writers are known to do a good job and i like the actress, but I
reject watching that movie because I want to change the system, I don't like
being a slave to the big time companies... By the way, anyone wants to come
over and watch a CC licensed movie at my place?"
There are people who like to use free software because it costs nothing and
they can change the code... and there are people who like to live free in all
aspects of their lifes, and change the world around them for better. I am one
of those, and I look forward to meet people here in this forum who think
likewise.
quantumgravity, as for you.... please, don't align yourself with the
free/open movements. People like you actually make us look bad. Read a little
on the history of Public Domain, of the GNU system, read about China and read
1984 from Orwell... Read and understand that you are wrong in supporting
piracy, just as you would in supporting windows and office from microsoft. If
you are against that, be against it ALL.
