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thrylos
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Ethics, shmethics....As far as I'm concerned, TV shows are broadcast over the air. Geographical location in this day and age shouldn't be a factor. Boohoo to the crappy advertisers and evil cable companies.
If anyone needs their fix of TV shows, this is the best I've found so far.
http://1337x.to/user/ETTV/ |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Location: dans la chambre
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2014 2:26 am Post subject: |
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| Piracy, though unethical, might actually clue those in charge in to speed this process up some. |
"Piracy" is not unethical. A limited form of copyright which restricted for-profit activity and only for-profit activity might be reasonable. Harassing people for sharing songs or stories with friends, or even strangers, for free is perverse.
There's a theme of "artificial scarcity" in modern society. You see it in the arts, you see it in research and academic journals, you see it in medicine (both with regards to pharmeceuticals and even with regards to medical practitioners), and so forth. It's purpose is not to make life better for the common citizen, it is to extract more money (which is to say, more labor) from the common citizen to earn the same benefit. When you say that "piracy" is unethical, you are not only lending ideological support to artificial scarcity, you are suggesting that refusing to comply with artificial scarcity is itself wrong. I can see that you're trying to be measured and moderate in your position, but there's no reason to be measured or moderate in the face of parties which hold this up as a proper standard of justice.
I am not saying that artists ought not to be compensated for their work. There are alternative models which financially incentivize creation without relying upon artificial scarcity. |
Yeah, you're actually right on this. My attempt was to be magnanimous by referring to piracy in that way. My actual view regarding it is pretty much the same as yours detailed here.
Piracy does not violate any ethical standards I personally hold (digital information should be far more freely available than it is already, IMO, particularly for the purposes of academic and practical education), however I try to respect the views of those it does. Perhaps I'm too diplomatic for my own good. |
I agree with this point for one reason, libraries once provided the main service for the loaning of books. Since google made everything electronic, we now have to pay for this service privately - who decided that? google? They are taking away peoples basic right to education and information. The rest that we are given is the offal that is the internet.
As for music, cds/mp3s etc should be used as a means of advertising, if people want to make big cash, they can still play live music - it should be just as much about drawing crowds like the olden days in Venice again.
There are too many talentless people churning out digital crap - lets separate the wheat from the chaff! |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2014 6:47 am Post subject: |
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| It's up again. Although the search function isn't working as well though. |
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FriendlyDaegu
Joined: 26 Aug 2012
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 12:13 am Post subject: |
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| I don't doubt it will come back up, but I'm waiting for TF to tell me where to go. Don't trust the copycats like .cr or .ee. |
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tob55
Joined: 29 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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came back up on a different server at the following address:
http://thepiratebay.com.ua
Many people still don't know so the downloads are questionable because lack of peers to connect to. |
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2i2dk1ny2i3
Joined: 26 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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| i <3 TPB but others like KAT exists |
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ricochet
Joined: 04 Sep 2011
Location: carpetbagging...
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