File sharing = piracy? (Need enlightenment)

[Jhessail]

Ah, another reason why Finland > Rest of the world. Our libraries are free 

Of course, we have the heaviest taxation in the world, but hey....

 

[Bellum]

The Libraries are free here in Mississippi, too. 

Honestly, the guvmint pays for all that ****. 

 

[pedrodiniz92]

Because without the DRM piracy would be several times worse. It's not supposed to stop the professional pirates, it's supposed to stop joe public from copying the game and giving it to his mates.

I suppose you're aware the average joe downloads from the pro pirate groups. Well, they aren't actual pros, as they don't make any profit out of piracy.

The average PC owner couldn't tell you what a rar file is, let alone what to do with a torrent.

That's why they make these funny little things called tutorials.

 

[Archonsod]

I guess that libraries are then illegal.

It's illegal to publish a work within Britain without submitting a copy to the British Library.

I suppose you're aware the average joe downloads from the pro pirate groups. Well, they aren't actual pros, as they don't make any profit out of piracy.

No they don't, again, most don't even understand what a torrent is, let alone how to configure their firewall to allow one through.

That's why they make these funny little things called tutorials.

Uh huh. You want to take a guess at how many people pay attention to tutorials? Here's a clue - the average has only a single figure.

 

[kurczak]

skyrage mostly summed up what i had in mind.
to dwell on it - "loss of profit" seems to be a very moot thing. and it only depends on how they expect to get this profit. if they think that they should be payed every time i reread a book, then every time i reread the book without repaying they technically lose profit.

Technically yes, if You want to see a painting in a gallery, you have to pay everytime you visit a gallery. On the other hand, you don't pay every time you look at the painting while you are in the gallery. It would be totally impossible to control how many times you have read a book or have looked at a painting, so they have decided to let go....I am not saying that the system is perfect and completely logical, I'm just saying what it is like....

Ah, another reason why Finland > Rest of the world. Our libraries are free 

Of course, we have the heaviest taxation in the world, but hey....

The Libraries are free here in Mississippi, too. 

Honestly, the guvmint pays for all that ****. 

As they say - there ain't no such thing as a free lunch

 

[Swadius 2.0]

Whole DRM ruleset is getting too oldfashioned IMO - specially now that we have the internet. Music, movies and games are the biggest targets obviously, but it seems that it's only the game side which actually adapts with the technology. Movie and music industry remains rather oldfashioned and behind in times and instead of really adapting they shout and scream at people who download from the internet and whine about millions lost.

Authors aren't really too threatened IMO because whilst it is rather easy to scan and upload a book, nothing still beats reading the good old fashioned way.

So true. Sure, there's plenty of books floating around the 'Net but it's way better to cuddle up on a couch with a book instead to stare at a flickering screen.

Unless you hooked it up to a large projector screen reading an old classic like the Sorrows of Young Werther, curled up on a large couch with a blanket.