From: Devitt <devittad@comcast.net>
To: "iPad@yahoogroups.com" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, 30 November 2012 12:10 PM
Subject: [iPad] Re: Cut the Cord on Cable - Finally!
- He's charismatic so some people think him stealing is OK?
I did not say that
- It happens but is a sad statement about humanity. Because the artists don't get enough it's OK to take what little they are due just so he can screw the big companies?
Artists get little, very little, the profits are held by the big 3 or 4 companies, that is totally unfair. Dotcom will get dealt with by the law. Sony BMG and the other 3 or 4 companies screwing the hardworking artists, will continue to screw the hard working artists.
Can the hard working artists go it alone? NO. because the Sony BMG's of this world tell the radio stations what to play, what not to play. Total control.
- The police are held to strict letter of the law but he isn't. How convenient for him.
Who said he isn't? He is under house arrest, and he has been in jail, or on bail on house arrest for quite a while. He is awaiting an extradition hearing in March, then there will be a trial somewhere. Thjat is the law following due process.
Sorry Cathy, but you do need to review all facts before embarking on a hate trail.
For the record I am against piracy
I did not say that
- It happens but is a sad statement about humanity. Because the artists don't get enough it's OK to take what little they are due just so he can screw the big companies?
Artists get little, very little, the profits are held by the big 3 or 4 companies, that is totally unfair. Dotcom will get dealt with by the law. Sony BMG and the other 3 or 4 companies screwing the hardworking artists, will continue to screw the hard working artists.
Can the hard working artists go it alone? NO. because the Sony BMG's of this world tell the radio stations what to play, what not to play. Total control.
- The police are held to strict letter of the law but he isn't. How convenient for him.
Who said he isn't? He is under house arrest, and he has been in jail, or on bail on house arrest for quite a while. He is awaiting an extradition hearing in March, then there will be a trial somewhere. Thjat is the law following due process.
Sorry Cathy, but you do need to review all facts before embarking on a hate trail.
For the record I am against piracy
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agree.
He is a resident, so we are not harbouring him, and he is innocent till proven guilty. He is also charismatuic, many quite like him actually, despite being clearly guilty.
The issues here that are wrong is that he was raided illegally, by the Police here at the request of the FBI.
Interesting stuff. the argumentys I agree with over piracy. others who favour illegal downloading say that the artissts actually get very little, its the big few that reap the money, and they work hard to keep entertainment media off the internet so they can cream it. Truth to those arguments. The big few media conglomerates like Sony BMG, etc are not living in the modern online world
I agree with parts of both sides
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From: Devitt <devittad@comcast. net>
To: "iPad@yahoogroups. com" <iPad@yahoogroups. com>
Sent: Friday, 30 November 2012 7:50 AM
Subject: [iPad] Re: Cut the Cord on Cable - Finally!
Wy would NZ want to harbor a thief? Intellectual property is no different than physical property IMHO. How many books would be written, movies produced, etc. if they weren't protected? Stealing is illegal and immoral.
Cathy
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Kim Dotcom is here in NZ fighting extradition to the US. Has this been newsworthy up your way?
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>On 29/11/2012, at 7:21 PM, Just Murray <krismurray@ gmail. com> wrote:
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>> lol thepiratebay last i checked managed to host itself in the cloud as a way around legal issues, distribute the data or duplicate it across multiple international servers. and megaupload is down, which is a shame, because last i checked dropbox was easier to use to pirate data and they're not down.. lame.
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