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Copying is not stealing!!

Posted 11-26-2010 at 06:20 AM by T-nex
Yea... This may be a somewhat pointless blog.

But lately, I've been turning and twisting this issue in my head.
What are people actually 'stealing' when they copy movies or music or games or anything electronical?
I mean... Nothing physical is stolen. It's not like someone actually lost money due to someone copying. They spent money of making the product, yes, but no one took their money.

So... I think I finally put a word onto it. Peopleare stealing culture i guess. It's something more abstract. Copying is abstract. You don't take something from someone else, you actually multiply it. But the thing stolen was unjustly obtained culture. I guess.

I can relate to that a lot more. Someone made a cultural piece. Yeah, it could be shitty, crappy culture... but it's still some form of culture. Once you have seen a movie or listened to a piece of music, you actually registered that info into your brain. It'll stay with you forever, even if you forget it.

So yea. THis isn't meant as a debate or anything, even though I think there will be the obligatory OANST-comments on it.. or not.

Just thought I'd put it out there. So peeps! Don't steal culture, yo!
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T-nex's Avatar
Nuh uh, cos I'm superior.
Posted 11-26-2010 at 10:27 AM by T-nex

OANST's Avatar
So, I bugged you enough to make you respond again.
Posted 11-26-2010 at 10:28 AM by OANST

T-nex's Avatar
You're just as childish as me =D And you're like almost 10 years older.
Posted 11-26-2010 at 10:30 AM by T-nex

OANST's Avatar
Looks like I bugged you enough to make you respond again.
Posted 11-26-2010 at 10:31 AM by OANST

T-nex's Avatar
You were bugged enough to continue these pointless responses Ima stop here though(unless you say something interesting).
Posted 11-26-2010 at 10:34 AM by T-nex

OANST's Avatar
If only I hadn't bugged you enough to make you respond again.
Posted 11-26-2010 at 10:35 AM by OANST

Oddey's Avatar
I see what you're saying T-Nex. It makes sense, and is kind of true. But it just does not really happen.

I don't really think it's worth making so big a deal of though. I was surprised how far this blog's discussion had gone since it was posted.
Posted 11-26-2010 at 10:41 AM by Oddey

T-nex's Avatar
Yeh me too... I just like abstracting things.
Posted 11-26-2010 at 10:46 AM by T-nex

OANST's Avatar
I guess I bugged you enough to make you respond again.

I'm a poopy-pant.
Posted 11-26-2010 at 10:49 AM by OANST
Updated 11-26-2010 at 10:51 AM by T-nex

Wings of Fire's Avatar
Can't we all just get along?
Posted 11-26-2010 at 11:24 AM by Wings of Fire

MA's Avatar
Jesus Christ. its stealing, get the fuck over it.
Posted 11-26-2010 at 11:26 AM by MA

OANST's Avatar
I bugged you all enough to make you respond again.
Posted 11-26-2010 at 11:39 AM by OANST

MA's Avatar
OH, YOU
Posted 11-26-2010 at 12:01 PM by MA

OANST's Avatar
OH, ME
Posted 11-26-2010 at 12:18 PM by OANST

ziggy's Avatar
What if a movie or something isn't distributed to certain parts of the world, and the only way for those countries to see them is to download them illegally over the internet? Sure it's stealing, but it's a good way for it to get more popular, and might not be bad overall. That point could have been mentioned, but I don't want to read all these posts.
Posted 11-26-2010 at 02:57 PM by ziggy

Wings of Fire's Avatar
I agree with Ziggy. This is my excuse for what I do.

The best story I've ever read was in a visual novel. The writers and distributors of said novel are out of business. I couldn't have read this story without 'stealing' it.
Posted 11-26-2010 at 04:14 PM by Wings of Fire

Bullet Magnet's Avatar
By all means, keep circulating the tapes.
Posted 11-26-2010 at 04:46 PM by Bullet Magnet

Oddey's Avatar
I personally feel that pirating and copying are at least a bit more acceptable if the game is not to be found in most retail stores or online distributers, or if the developers have gone out of business.

Of course, if the item in question is not available in your country, it is again slightly more acceptable to pirate.

I've only pirated a handful of things, most of them I have hardly used at all, and those I have used a good deal, I felt were impossible to find anywhere else and the company had gone out of business.
Posted 11-26-2010 at 11:33 PM by Oddey

OANST's Avatar
I just threw up. Not that I disagree with what you're saying. It's just that every time I look at WoF saying that the best story he ever "read" was a visual novel I gag.
Posted 11-27-2010 at 06:29 AM by OANST

Wings of Fire's Avatar
You have absolutely no idea how good this was.
Posted 11-27-2010 at 07:53 AM by Wings of Fire

OANST's Avatar
Ayu was all like "Jaru has the biggest hair" but Sakstu was like "fuck no. he's a monster" and Charles was like "Uguu" and WoF considered playing a visual novel to be reading.

And OANST laughed and laughed and laughed.
Posted 11-27-2010 at 08:16 AM by OANST
Updated 11-27-2010 at 08:29 AM by OANST

MeechMunchie's Avatar
And they all lived happily ever after.
Posted 11-27-2010 at 10:40 AM by MeechMunchie

Wings of Fire's Avatar
Wow, being ignorant is so easy. I should try it myself sometime.
Posted 11-27-2010 at 11:06 AM by Wings of Fire

OANST's Avatar
Why don't you go read a video game about little girls?
Posted 11-27-2010 at 11:13 AM by OANST

Havoc's Avatar
Copying generates less income for those who made the movie. However if you insist on hiring an actor who costs 5 million to hire I don't really care how much you whine about losing money to begin with.

Also:

Posted 11-27-2010 at 12:19 PM by Havoc

Wings of Fire's Avatar
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Why don't you go read a video game about little girls?
Right now I'm reading one about vampires and shit.

It's pretty cash.
Posted 11-27-2010 at 12:30 PM by Wings of Fire

T-nex's Avatar
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vampires and shit
Sounds like a very bizarre new form of kink, but whatever floats your boat
Posted 11-27-2010 at 02:07 PM by T-nex

Wings of Fire's Avatar
Well it does have anal.

I am totally not doing anything for my standing in this blog.
Posted 11-27-2010 at 02:08 PM by Wings of Fire

Bullet Magnet's Avatar
This conversation has gotten away from me somewhat.
Posted 11-28-2010 at 11:41 AM by Bullet Magnet

OANST's Avatar
I'd read a video game about vampires having anal sex. As long as they aren't little girls, that is. But it's from Japan. How could they not be?
Posted 11-29-2010 at 06:17 AM by OANST

 

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