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| favorite episode = [[Out of Time]] |
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| favorite heroes quote = ''First you show me that I can be harmed by no weapon, and then you cut me deeper than any blade possibly could.'' |
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| favorite color(s) = Green and Blue |
| favorite color(s) = Green and Blue |
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| favorite character = [[Peter]] and [[Elle]] |
| favorite character = [[Peter]] and [[Elle]] |
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Revision as of 07:16, 8 November 2007
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| About | |
| Alias | Seclusion |
| Sex |  |
| Age | 18 |
| Home | Australia |
| Occupation | Student |
| Favorite Heroes quote | First you show me that I can be harmed by no weapon, and then you cut me deeper than any blade possibly could. |
| Favorite color | Green and Blue |
| Favorite episode | Out of Time |
| Favorite character | Peter and Elle |
| Favorite power | Teleportation and Electromagnetism |
What really pushes my buttons...
- People who go on forums just to complain.
- Jerks who think their better than everyone and above the law.
- Monopoly companies such as the MPAA who attack piracy users with unfounded claims. Attack them by all means, but with justified attacks
Justification of Piracy
- If people want to do something it cant be completely unfounded.
• Many people object to the application of copyright to not for profit (or at a loss) distribution or redistribution of copyrighted works.
• When copyright was created, it was to prevent book publishers from taking an author's work, publishing it, and making profits from the sales of that work without giving a cent back to the author.
• However, when financial gain isn't involved, as in peer-to-peer file sharing, many feel that copyright is absurd, as no one is truly gaining from the distribution, because ideas, which copyright "protects", are naturally free, just as speech is naturally free—unless the creator of the ideas chooses to keep them secret and outside of public knowledge and distribution.
• In a similar vein, some argue that since sharing a copy of their data costs nothing, it would be unethical to not share when someone else asks for a copy.
+ Musicians tend to make the bulk of their profits from concerts, rather than the low percentage of sales given to them by their recording companies. Increased exposure is likely to lead to more people going to see live music and therefore, indirectly, copyright infringement might lead to greater profits for the actual artists.
- Companies such as the MPAA or the RIAA release ludicrous figures of how much they 'lose' to piracy.
+ They in fact, do not lose a single cent to piracy. Everytime someone downloads a movies or album, the MPAA or RIAA do not lose any money. They simply do not gain any money. But...
+ With the try before you buy mentality, if a downloaded album, film or piece of software is deemed useful the person will then buy it, otherwise it is deleted. This is to no finanical loss to the RIAA or MPAA