Intellectual Property Rights: Piracy FTW :b: :b:

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Aeson
I see now why you need free music, because with the way you advocate throwing money away, you're going to need some help.

It's not throwing money away.

Nevermind, you don't seem to want to listen.

[Aeson]

Originally posted by Kidicious
It's not throwing money away.

Yah, it is throwing money away to not consider the value of what you are buying. (At least if the person you are dealing with isn't a total moron.)

Nevermind, you don't seem to want to listen.

I like to listen to your nonsense. It's hillarious!

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Aeson
Yah, it is throwing money away to not consider the value of what you are buying. (At least if the person you are dealing with isn't a total moron.)

The value of the house is whatever you pay for it. It doesn't matter if it has an alarm or not. That's what I'm trying to tell you.

[Aeson]

Originally posted by Kidicious
The value of the house is whatever you pay for it. It doesn't matter if it has an alarm or not. That's what I'm trying to tell you.

Kid goes to buy a house.

Kid pays $600k for cardboard box.

Kid thinks cardboard box is worth $600k because he paid that much for it.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Aeson




Kid goes to buy a house.

Kid pays $600k for cardboard box.

Kid thinks cardboard box is worth $600k because he paid that much for it.

Cardboard box house can be worth that much in Ca depending on the land.

You aren't all that clever are you?

[Aeson]

Originally posted by Kidicious
Cardboard box house can be worth that much in Ca depending on the land.

You aren't all that clever are you?

I said "cardboard box". Not "cardboard box and land". Learn to read.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Aeson


I said "cardboard box". Not "cardboard box and land". Learn to read.

STFU

[Slade Wilson]

Originally posted by asleepathewheel
I like to get paid (at the rate I or the market sets) for my work, so why should I enjoy someone else's work without compensating them at their desired rate?

Do people not value their own labor?

How much are you willing to pay for a new full length music cd?

Part of a free market is that you make something and sell it for what the buyer will pay. If you demand too much, they wont pay-in other words, you take prices from the customers. If you cannot make your gig work at the market price-get out. There is no moral law that says you deserve anything for your work. There are copyrights that exist to facilitate the producers of content-abuse it and lose money, use it wisely and profit. What value people place on their own labor is irrelevant. If this is not true, why do we allow companies to go out of business? Because they are bankrupt, inefficient and outdated? All the work those employees put into it, the 'trust' stockholders and investors had, didnt it have worth?

Users of Itunes for example, have indicated what price they find acceptable for music. Its not 20$ per album. Their alternative is free, so they show willingness to pay. Piracy wouldnt be anywhere near as bad if the music industry would set more reasonable prices.

[Aeson]

Originally posted by Kidicious
STFU

Aww... poor Kid. It's ok. Reality is overrated anyways.

[Slade Wilson]

Originally posted by Kidicious

I think that being able to listen to more music than one can afford is a very good thing.

Exactly. I have downloaded more music than i could have possibly afforded. Some of it i have deleted, i got bored of it, or didnt like it. Music downloading allows me to obtain a much much broader spectrum of music than the company wants me to see. Infact im free to obtain any music anywhere in the world, foreign etc, while buying from a store...that store determines your musical tastes, same with the radio. Someone is dictating to you, because you have limited time and money and cant see it all.

Now if a begger in Bangladesh(or Appalachia if you insist) downloads music, how much money did the maker lose? Think hard, its a tough question

[Darius871]

Originally posted by Kidicious
Yes, I value labor. I also value the joy that music brings to all of our lives. I think that being able to listen to more music than one can afford is a very good thing.

I also value the joy that Porsches bring to our lives. I think that being able to drive a Porsche when one can't afford it is a very good thing.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Darius871


I also value the joy that Porsches bring to our lives. I think that being able to drive a Porsche when one can't afford it is a very good thing.

[Darius871]

Originally posted by Kidicious

I rest my case.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Darius871


I rest my case.

Yes. Good job. Case closed. Let's go joy riding and listening to free music.

[Darius871]

I also value the joy that 9-year-old Thai sex slaves bring to our lives. I think that being able to schtup a 9-year-old Thai sex slave when one can't afford it is a very good thing.