US Gov finds that piracy estimates are bogus

[lxskllr]

nice way to justify your piracy


i don't see how making a file available for FREE to millions of others to download is "fair use"

Fair use encompasses much more than format shifting. There's also derivative works and satire which get crushed daily on YouTube. I'm not trying to justify anything. The simple fact is I don't care about their "rights", I don't give a shit, simple as that. I probably have $1,000 in video, and over $20,000 in audio I legally purchased. You can save the preaching for someone else ;^)

 

[Ns1]

Fair use encompasses much more than format shifting. There's also derivative works and satire which get crushed daily on YouTube. I'm not trying to justify anything. The simple fact is I don't care about their "rights", I don't give a shit, simple as that. I probably have $1,000 in video, and over $20,000 in audio I legally purchased. You can save the preaching for someone else ;^)

I agree with you re: satire/fair use on youtube.

 

[pyonir]

Never? Yeah, those are the kinds of movies that are made w/o big Hollywood studios. Guess what, NOBODY WANTS TO WATCH THAT SHIT.

Actually, there are quite a few people that do want to watch that "shit". There wouldn't be independent movies if no one wanted to watch them. IFC and Sundance Channel wouldn't exist either. A majority may want to watch the $100 million crapfests that studio's put out...but there are plenty of us that enjoy movies with no big name actors and a very limited budget.