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A comment on Fox’s 8-Day Delay on Hulu Triggers Piracy Surge. Parent comment

Re:Fox’s 8-Day Delay on Hulu Triggers Piracy Surge by protomyth on Monday August 22, 2011 @02:51PM (#2913588)
If the creator is only selling it on his/her website or on iTunes / Amazon, do you pay or pirate?
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Re:Fox’s 8-Day Delay on Hulu Triggers Piracy Surge by chc on Monday August 22, 2011 @08:20PM (#2914756)
That would be a question of marketing for most people, I imagine.
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Re:Fox’s 8-Day Delay on Hulu Triggers Piracy Surge by protomyth on Monday August 22, 2011 @11:15PM (#2915187)
No, it's a question of respect. How can people expect the GPL to be honored when they won't honor the wishes of others in regard to their works?
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Re:Fox’s 8-Day Delay on Hulu Triggers Piracy Surge by chc on Tuesday August 23, 2011 @04:16AM (#2915817)
I don't see how what you said has to do with what I said.

You: If the author sold the work on his site, would you buy it there or pirate it?

Me: I guess that depends on if people know to find it there.

You: That's so disrespectful!

What's the connection?

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Re:Fox’s 8-Day Delay on Hulu Triggers Piracy Surge by sid0 on Tuesday August 23, 2011 @03:25AM (#2915713)
The tacit assumption you're making is that all wishes should command equal respect. They shouldn't. If the wishes of a creator include his creation not being available to buy where I live, well then, fuck his wishes.
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