Tossica wrote:Zanchief wrote:Tossica wrote:Copies for your own personal use are legal. Copies for your friends are not.
You say legal like you are equiped to answer this question factually, when all you are doing is providing an opinion. Neither is legally stealing.
In Canada it's legal to download copyrighted music and movies. In the US, it is NOT legal.
You guys can argue semantics all you want. If you are honest with yourselves, you KNOW that sharing music, movies, etc that the copyright holder does not want you to, is wrong. You KNOW that piracy and counterfeiting hurt the industries. Whether you care is another story.
And now we make an emotional plea. I’ve had so many arguments about this and they all end the same. First you argue the legal angle, when you lose, you argue the moral angle. Both are a dead end.
Sharing a movie you own would fall under your moral wrong. The act itself is no different then sharing on the internet. The scope is all that is different, and the law doesn’t care. The fact that no one is profiting is what is tripping everyone up.
Do I think DL have hurt “the industry”? I can’t speak for music, but movies? No. Not at all. I think it’s actually helped. It’s given people the ease to watch tens of thousands of classic or foreign movies that would otherwise be completely inaccessible. Those people are movie fans for life. People who download movies, are people who have an interest in movies. The only immediate lost revenue is to rental stores like blockbuster. Those dollars have gone to Netflix instead. Even without brick or mortar rental shops, people are still buying DVDs and Blu-Rays in record numbers. Why? Because people have an interest in film. People who care, shop. The best thing for “the industry” to do? Keep going after torrent sites who stand to profit from adds and leave the rest of the people alone.
