Comments on: IFPI shock-horror piracy report http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1972 p2pnet.net - reader powered Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:47:36 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1972/comment-page-1#comment-3559 Reader's Write Fri, 23 Jul 2004 08:34:08 +0000 #comment-3559 Hey there, don't get it twisted: filesharing and piracy are NOT the same, lest we fall into the RIAA's propoganda trap. The difference with the operations busted in this story is that they were SELLING bootlegged music. That is, they were making monetary gain from the use of someone else's intellectual property. That's unfair and perfectly punishable in my eyes. Now don't get me wrong, I love and support P2P for the sharing of ALL types of files. The difference with that environment is that when I share the latest hot song with my P2P client, I don't make any money from it. It doesn't matter whether I upload to 1 person or 6000, I don't see a cent. You received free, give free. These fake disc sellers are the REAL pirates the RIAA needs to look to for lost sales, not P2P users. I'm generally not sympathetic to the music industry's bleating, but I'm not sorry to see these guys go. There's only one question I have to ask the IFPI: these Third World countries have a lot bigger problems than bootleg CDs, including rampant poverty. How the hell do you expect them to put antipiracy initiatives on the front burner consistently for an extended period of time? Hey there, don’t get it twisted: filesharing and piracy are NOT the same, lest we fall into the RIAA’s propoganda trap.

The difference with the operations busted in this story is that they were SELLING bootlegged music. That is, they were making monetary gain from the use of someone else’s intellectual property. That’s unfair and perfectly punishable in my eyes.

Now don’t get me wrong, I love and support P2P for the sharing of ALL types of files. The difference with that environment is that when I share the latest hot song with my P2P client, I don’t make any money from it. It doesn’t matter whether I upload to 1 person or 6000, I don’t see a cent. You received free, give free.

These fake disc sellers are the REAL pirates the RIAA needs to look to for lost sales, not P2P users. I’m generally not sympathetic to the music industry’s bleating, but I’m not sorry to see these guys go.

There’s only one question I have to ask the IFPI: these Third World countries have a lot bigger problems than bootleg CDs, including rampant poverty. How the hell do you expect them to put antipiracy initiatives on the front burner consistently for an extended period of time?

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