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Re:I Know What You Download on BitTorrent by refurb on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @12:41AM (#23828589)
This just reads like a list of excuses. You could swap “piracy” with “selling drugs” and “entertainment industry” with “big pharma” and it would read just fine.
Re:I Know What You Download on BitTorrent by dboat on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @01:47AM (#23828932)
I don't think it's a valid argument to brush raised issues aside as excuses.

Media companies are aggressively litigious bullies and the way they conduct their business is at odds with the interests of the public at large. Not speaking for the others but I have no tears for cry for losses incurred by actors like that, especially not "losses" of digital media licensing opportunities.

Re:I Know What You Download on BitTorrent by waheoo on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @07:37AM (#23830698)
And it probably wouldnt be all that wrong. All that tells you is that the same problem exists in multiple industries and sections of society. General patent law is another one.

The real solution isnt ignoring copyright like i do. That is just all i have available.

The real solution is to reign in the timeframes copyright and patent law lasts for.

Have it only long enough to recoup costs of development and provide some level of capital for the next innovation. Not an indefinite stranglehold on information for the benefit of only a few.

The thing people seem to argue is that these businesses have a free right to profit off of society. They dont, society should demand something in return.