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#362
Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
Fortunately that has never happened nor will it happen here.



Those two concepts do not stand on equal footing.

The former is codified in law based originally on sound, good intentions. Sadly, many people confuse bad implementations with the core concept and use their naivete to rationalize improper responses.

The latter is pure subjective opinion based on an individual's income, lifestyle and comfort zone.

We have the power to change things, but the majority chooses the easy way out rather than acting collectively to effect change. Every instance of piracy, IP violation, or what have you, is an instance of undermining efforts toward true solutions that benefit us all. If we instead acted collectively, we could force the out-of-touch powers that be into submission-- or even extinction.
I try to snip longer paragraphs when agreeing.. but this just merited repeating since there is no thanks button.

This post, especially the bolded part, is the most sense made in the last several pages of this thread.

I have no doubt in my mind that if everyone who has ever used a P2P, torrent, or Pirated any software were to work together on a specific solution or goal.. that they would have a high success rate in changing companies.

Unfortunately... that requires work. Laziness is so much more appealing ..


(in seriousness: It's more that, if you gathered everyone that ever pirated software and put them in a room you're not likely to get just a single, actual agreement of anything out of all of them - even with regards to why they pirated in the first place.)
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