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Re:Save, Create and Run Your Own Pirate Bay by teddyh on Sunday December 28, 2014 @01:54PM (#8806986)
What? The freak storm is supposed to represent the technological development of digital copying itself – I should know, I came up with the analogy. You stop mischaracterizing the analogy. It is an analogy, not a model.

Or are you implying that the developers of digital technology did so merely to copy cheaply those things which were previously hard and lossy to copy? (I doubt it.)

I.e. what is your actual criticism of my argument?

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Re:Save, Create and Run Your Own Pirate Bay by sbarre on Sunday December 28, 2014 @02:03PM (#8807014)
Your analogy is still flawed, but I think you know that and you're just being specious.
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Re:Save, Create and Run Your Own Pirate Bay by iamdave on Sunday December 28, 2014 @02:14PM (#8807051)
don’t try to earn cheap rhetorical points by misconstruing part of analogies and then taking them too far

That isn't what's happening. Your analogy was criticized, and now instead of taking it as an opportunity to refine your point and move the ball forward on a worthwhile conversation, you're digging in and demanding everyone just agree with you because you spoke up.

I even agreed with you on the merit and overall point of your post, but pointed out that calling people willfully distributing content to others who don't have to pay for it isn't a "freak storm". It's deliberate action.

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Re:Save, Create and Run Your Own Pirate Bay by iamdave on Sunday December 28, 2014 @02:26PM (#8807102)
I did. Twice. Sorry if you do not like people dissenting with your analogies but I don't owe you or anyone else here blind compliance with viewpoints. If I don't attack the argument and attack the speaker, well then we've got ourselves an ad hominem don't we? And what good is that?

I stated your analogy mischaracterizes an act of nature with willful and deliberate actions of people copying and redistributing content but agreed that markets need to evolve their distribution channels. I don't owe you anything more than that.

Have a nice day.

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Re:Save, Create and Run Your Own Pirate Bay by Sxw1212 on Sunday December 28, 2014 @06:59PM (#8807963)
Can we stop arguing? How about somebody sneaks a 3D scanner in (somehow) and shares the design for people to print themselves. Or just takes a picture. I think we get the point though.
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