Comments on: Toronto police in CRIA raid http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12813 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Andy http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12813/comment-page-1#comment-144977 Andy Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:47:01 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12813#comment-144977 You're right, of course, Jon, but it's a lot closer to "theft" than, say, showing a bona fide purchased movie at a birthday party without checking to see if it has the letters "PPR" on it! In the back of my mind, I'm thinking that if we (we, "Canada") are strong on the things that really are wrong, then they'll listen more carefully when (if) we say to them "actually, this is fair use, and no, we won't make it a crime". You’re right, of course, Jon, but it’s a lot closer to “theft” than, say, showing a bona fide purchased movie at a birthday party without checking to see if it has the letters “PPR” on it!

In the back of my mind, I’m thinking that if we (we, “Canada”) are strong on the things that really are wrong, then they’ll listen more carefully when (if) we say to them “actually, this is fair use, and no, we won’t make it a crime”.

]]> By: Jon http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12813/comment-page-1#comment-144855 Jon Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:09:06 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12813#comment-144855 That is indeed how I see it. I agree with the first poster, although selling counterfeit items isn't theft. It's a kind of forgery. But I know what he/she means and as I've said many times, people who duplicate or copy for resale are definitely crooks and they deserve to be nailed However, I don't believe fake CDs and DVDs deserve the kind of government and police attention they're getting. Like the second poster says, there are lot of other people and businesses affected by counterfeiters, but you don't see the mainstream media giving crooks who copy jeans, say, or sunglasses or handbags, the same kind of non-stop attention. Cheers! That is indeed how I see it. I agree with the first poster, although selling counterfeit items isn’t theft. It’s a kind of forgery. But I know what he/she means and as I’ve said many times, people who duplicate or copy for resale are definitely crooks and they deserve to be nailed

However, I don’t believe fake CDs and DVDs deserve the kind of government and police attention they’re getting.

Like the second poster says, there are lot of other people and businesses affected by counterfeiters, but you don’t see the mainstream media giving crooks who copy jeans, say, or sunglasses or handbags, the same kind of non-stop attention.

Cheers!

]]> By: dusty http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12813/comment-page-1#comment-144844 dusty Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:50:29 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12813#comment-144844 yeh but the way it looks is police are spending too much time on this kind of thing and ignoring some of their proper police duties because of it. i think that is what jon is getting at. i say there are also lots of other people having the same problem but who arent getting the same kind of attention yeh but the way it looks is police are spending too much time on this kind of thing and ignoring some of their proper police duties because of it. i think that is what jon is getting at. i say there are also lots of other people having the same problem but who arent getting the same kind of attention

]]> By: Andy http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12813/comment-page-1#comment-144834 Andy Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:30:29 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12813#comment-144834 Does anyone really have a problem with this? Selling counterfeit goods really IS theft. Does anyone really have a problem with this? Selling counterfeit goods really IS theft.

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