Comment Re:If they REALLY wanna stop P2P... (Score 1) 579
This article sparked a rather in-depth debate at my current workplace. I'm co-oping at NTID (National Technical Institute for the Deaf) which is situated on Rochester Institute of Technology's campus in Rochester, NY. Its really interesting to see the difference between piracy on campus as opposed to off campus. RIT has specifically attempted to leave their network as open as possible only blocking programs when legal action was threatened (think kazaa back in the day). Sure, we had our own little FBI raids in 2004, but for the most part the RIT community accepts file sharing as a social norm.
I believe that the only way to limit piracy is to shut off the internet - a suggestion as unrealistic and stupid as the current methods. Even then in this internet free world, piracy would still exist through the use of DVD-burners and good ol' sneaker-net.
The whole debate on file-sharing, IP is one that typically I try to shy away from, because unlike some other people (namely my co-workers) I can see both sides of the debate. In any sampling of file sharer's there will be leechers - those who merely want something for nothing. But I believe that the great majority of p2p users actually lay their money down when the product merits payment. I love the comment made previously by [some ./'er] they downloaded Stealth and The Island and after recognizing them for the flaming piles of crap that they are, deleted them and moved on. But after said user downloaded Doom and loved it, he gladly paid money for the older game.
I don't think we should have a pay-per-download, or even a subscription based site. I think that we should find someway to give money to the originating artist (not the record company) for their works if it tickles our fancy. Otherwise, it shouldn't take residence on our hard drive and the torrent file should die out.
my (very long) 2 cents
I believe that the only way to limit piracy is to shut off the internet - a suggestion as unrealistic and stupid as the current methods. Even then in this internet free world, piracy would still exist through the use of DVD-burners and good ol' sneaker-net.
The whole debate on file-sharing, IP is one that typically I try to shy away from, because unlike some other people (namely my co-workers) I can see both sides of the debate. In any sampling of file sharer's there will be leechers - those who merely want something for nothing. But I believe that the great majority of p2p users actually lay their money down when the product merits payment. I love the comment made previously by [some
I don't think we should have a pay-per-download, or even a subscription based site. I think that we should find someway to give money to the originating artist (not the record company) for their works if it tickles our fancy. Otherwise, it shouldn't take residence on our hard drive and the torrent file should die out.
my (very long) 2 cents
