The Pirate Bay files charges against media companies

Piracy is wrong by the pure definition of the word. If you have to sugarcoat what you do to feel better about yourself, and pretend you aren't doing anything wrong, that's pretty pathetic. Otherwise just admit you are breaking the law and move on. If you feel bad because of it, stop pirating. If you don't, well, keep doing it until you get caught.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Musharraf

If I had to pay for CDs and movies, I couldn't buy any food anyway. I would have to starve, man!!

Then the answer is simple - you deserve to die by starvation.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by DarkLink2135

Piracy is wrong by the pure definition of the word.

Which word?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I have never understood the objection to pirating music. No artist makes money selling albums, they make money touring and selling merchandise. Artists, by and large, get less than 1/100 of the cost of a CD per sale. That means your album would have to go platinum for you make about minimum wage. Selling out an arena at $100 a ticket, on the other hand, garners a bit more revenue.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by LeHah

Then the answer is simple - you deserve to die by starvation.

Or he needs to increase his Income (Get a better job) to allow for the legal purchase of Media, because someone who would starve if they bought movies and DVDs has other priorities and should not be engaging in such frivolous consumerism. He (Niczo) is being especially hypocritical I noticed in this aspect.

Also,

Originally Posted by LeHah

Two wrongs don't make a right.

What I think Skexis was trying to convey was that the Pirate Bay was
using the same tools as employed by the **AA in this lawsuit to enact a resolution, or as the phrase goes "Fighting Fire with Fire". I could be mistaken though.

Originally Posted by Niczo

Most artists wouldn't be known today if it wasnt for the record industry, handing them contracts and advertising their music.

You mean, up to this point in the general scope of Music History. The brilliant thing about the Internet and mass media these days is that Artists now readily have the tools to become self-sufficient in promotion, production, distribution and thereby gaining an audience! No Record Contracts, No Tours, No Bullshit!

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by knkwzrd

I have never understood the objection to pirating music. No artist makes money selling albums, they make money touring and selling merchandise.

I don't disagree - but what artist is going to tour if he's not selling CDs and what management agency is going to front the money for a concert if there are no CD sales to make it possible?

Its a big, big circle.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Pangalin

Which word?

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say it was probably "Piracy."

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by DarkLink2135

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say it was probably "Piracy."

You are so precious.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by DarkLink2135

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say it was probably "Piracy."

I am interested in what dictionary you have where the definitions of words include moral judgments about right and wrong.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I didn't say a single thing about morality in this. Lots of things can be right and immoral, or wrong and moral. Right and wrong are simply legalistic terms. If it was legal in a country to practice cannibalism, would that make it moral?

But according to
piracy - Definitions from Dictionary.com
it's illegal.

It's not actually that hard of a concept if you really take the time to think about it.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Wait, what?

"Right" and "Wrong" are concepts confined entirely to law, now?

I didn't realize I was speaking to a child.

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I am NOT getting into a definition war in a thread about media piracy on GamingForce.

I've said what I want to say, if you want to bitch about definitions, feel free, but I'm not going to take part in that. That wasn't the point of my original post in here.

I was speaking idiomatically.

The only place your dictionary.com definition mentions piracy being illegal are the entries regarding unauthorized radio/television broadcasts and violence at sea. If you're going to nitpick then at least read the definitions you give people. =/

lol you're not going to get into a definition war after you bring it up. Okay.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I didn't bring it up. Pangalin did.

But if you really want me to:

2. the unauthorized reproduction or use of a copyrighted book, recording, television program, patented invention, trademarked product, etc.: The record industry is beset with piracy.

You don't read very well, you know that?

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by DarkLink2135

But according to
piracy - Definitions from Dictionary.com
it's illegal.

I too, can quote from websites! =D

Originally Posted by Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)

1. practice of a pirate; robbery or illegal violence at sea.

Originally Posted by American Heritage Dictionary

3. The operation of an unlicensed, illegal radio or television station.

Originally Posted by Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law

1 : an act of robbery esp. on the high seas; specifically : an illegal act of violence

How ya doing, buddy?

Well, pangalin did want to know what dictionary I got my definition from. I didn't technically get it from there, since I thought the definition of piracy was pretty much common knowledge, but I thought it best to get it from somewhere halfway authoritative.

EDIT: Damn. Just got into a definition war =/.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

If you'd like to explain to me how, within the scope of your definition only, "unauthorized" means "illegal" that would be great. You don't read very well, and you're not very smart on top of it, you know that?

Originally Posted by DarkLink2135

Piracy is wrong by the pure definition of the word.

And just for your info, since you seem to have memory lapses on top of your multitude other of issues, you brought up definitions.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

You people are fucking stupid. But I suppose I'm even worse for feeding the trolls.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Who's bitching? Look, let's just pick a source and go from there.

Do you have a copy of the OED

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

By what definition of the word are we stupid?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Brent

By what definition of the word are we stupid?

Funny this one is .

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Is "Stupid" a moral or a legal term

FELIPE NO

Moralistic. Notice how I attached the adjective "fucking" before it. That implies the concept of adultery, which everyone knows, is a moral gray area. At least in America.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Well I don't know many lawyers, but the ones I do know aren't stupid so by process of elimination I conclude it is a moral term.

Furthermore, assuming that DarkLink's claim that we're stupid is correct, we are thus moral beings. Ergo, my superior morality demands you fuck off.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I would propose that stupidity is a purely legal construct as otherwise we would not have legal measures for dealing with retards

There's nowhere I can't reach.