Thread: Do you ever feel guilty for "stealing intellectual property"?

No I do not.

I feel Clay Shirky says it best. His video majorly touches on SOPA and PIPA, but it also touches on a much, much broader subject.

STOP ACTA/SOPA/PIPA! - Clay Shirky (TED Talk) - YouTube

I've had a slight twinge about it, then the RIAA toss a lose claim of $75 Trillion for lost profit at Limewire. (Apparently the RIAA settled for the smaller sum of $105 Million after they made themselves look stupid)

The US Olympics Committee attacks an online community of knitters and crocheters for using the word "Olympics" claiming Trademark infringement, unfair competition and dilution of a famous trademarks. (I don't know how the Greek word "Olympics" can owned and I can't see how the USOC can claim Trademark Infringement of an internaitonal symbol. (Olympic symbols - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)


The the bunk about Funnyjunk attacking The Oatmeal, demanding compensation for material it stole and their lawyers suing the American Cancer Society and National Wildlife Federation. (Case No. 4:12 cv 3112 DMR, Charles Carreon v. Matthew Inman; IndieGogo Inc.; National Wildlife Federation; American Cancer Society; and Does [Does are as-of-yet-unnamed defendants])




To finish my post, s2cut also makes the excellent point that we are indeed sharing, the old business model is exactly that, "old".

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Never,

They makes millions so why should i give a damn ?

Originally Posted by Opt1k4l

Not everyone is making millions, it depends on what you put in the word "they".

Of course, majors want to live in the past and not evolve so we shouldn't feel guilty for them. However, some software programmers are not that rich, that's why i try to buy cheap licenses or use open source / free alternatives. AlternativeTo and Bitsdujour are good places for that.

Still not my problem if its a big corporation or a small one,

Anyway i pirate it because i can, but if i can not pirate it im surely not going to buy it so nobody loose nothing!

I think it is more of sharing, and not stealing. If a guy makes something, he shouldn't just patent and treat the rest of thw world like hungry dogs. Opensource is the way to go in the first place!
If everyone worked on the principles of opensource sharing then such a question would not arise.

Sometimes i feel guilty but not always
I pirate from te people who are rich and no-longer need the money
However
I never pirate from:
Indie game dev/films/music etc, i try to promote all i can (which is not much) I use Vodo alot as a way to support them using P2P network
Humble bundle, pay them a visit, its a cool project that supports charities
People i respect, Notch the creator of Minecraft for example

In everything else i have no morality
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